TBILISI, DFWatch – One of the largest electronics chains in Georgia has been taken away from its founder, as the remaining 15 per cent of shares were sold at an auction.
Anzor Kokoladze, who built the chain from scratch, is serving an eight year prison term after a tax
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, the opposition party everybody expects to challenge Mikheil Saakashvili in October’s parliamentary election gathered for a founding congress in Tbilisi.
Its unofficial leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, promised to revive agriculture
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s ambassador to Sweden protests against the portrayal of his country as an Orwellian society where everybody is under surveillance by the secret police.
Ambassador Konstantin Kavtaradze sent a letter to SVT, the Swedish public broadcaster,
TBILISI, DFWatch – American billionaire Donald Trump has left Georgia, after a two day visit.
Trump arrived Saturday in Tbilisi, and Sunday held a press conference in Batumi, where he plans to cooperate with local investors on building a 47-storey residential high rise
TBILISI, DFWatch – The international trade in weapons which fuels conflicts around the world may be brought under control, if talks in New York in July bear fruit.
If successful, the talks will lead to the world’s first Arms Trade Treaty, aimed at preventing weapons from reaching the
TBLISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s main opposition party today chose a female lawyer as its temporary leader.
As there is less than six months left until the parliamentary elections, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili today formally established his Georgian Dream party.
Due to
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new law lets companies escape all debt if they go bankrupt, freeing the owners of all responsibilities.
Following a decision by the government, companies in Georgia will be able to liquidate without paying debts. Creditors won’t be able to ask
TBILISI, DFWatch – The American billionaire Donald Trump arrived at Tbilisi international airport noon Saturday for a two day visit to Georgia.
Meeting him at the airport were Minister for Economic Development Vera Kobalia and head of Silk Road Group Giorgi Ramishvili.
TBILISI, DFWatch – It is still unknown who will be the formal leader of the main opposition movement in Georgia, less than six months before the parliamentary elections.
But there is little doubt that the real leader will be billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who Saturday
TBILISI, DFWatch – There are many reports in Georgia these days of deprivation of property rights. People abandon their property or donate it to the government right after registering it at the Public Registry, and later refuse to speak about their reasons.
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