TBILISI, DFWatch – A pro-democracy campaign in Georgia Thursday presented their latest package of modifications to various aspects of the election system, as there are four months left until the parliamentary elections.
Among issues they presented to an audience of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says 2012 has many parallels to 2008, and that NATO needs to show decisiveness to avoid a new war between Georgia and Russia.
He says NATO hesitated in 2008, and must show more decisiveness at a summit in Chicago
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian government says it will solve the problems with the David Gareja monastery complex on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border.
The government raised the issue after witnesses reported that Georgian citizens and tourists aren’t allowed into a
TBILISI, DFWatch – There are two articles in Georgia’s Labor Code which entitles employers to terminate a labor contract without giving any explanations or preliminary warnings.
A teacher from a village in the Gori region was fired because of her husband’s political
TBILISI, DFWatch – A celebration of the international day for the fight against homophobia Thursday turned violent as demonstrators were beaten and posters torn.
Members of the two organizations LGBT Georgia and Identoba and their supporters held the event in front of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Money transfers from foreign countries to Georgia increased 6.4 percent in April, compared to the same period in 2011.
There was also an increase in money transferred abroad in April, compared to last year, according to Georgia’s National Bank.
TBILISI, DFWatch – A man Thursday set himself on fire at the parliament building because the government hasn’t helped him.
Parliament employees managed to put out the fire. Then police and firemen arrived and arrested Giorgi Chikhladze. He did not resist arrest.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The recently founded Channel 9 TV, which is affiliated with Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party, has bought a ten percent share in a popular regional television station, TV Trialeti, for one million dollars.
Channel 9 Director Kakha Bekauri
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a new report, the EU Commission criticizes Georgia’s government for the police brutality on May 26, 2011.
The criticism comes as the Commission is taking stock of how well each country has performed in 2011 under a democracy building
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia is doing away with a law which guaranteed the public access to information about public officials.
This means that details about the income, expenses and social benefits of public persons will remain unknown to the public.
Openness in this