TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s vice prime minister criticizes foreign embassies in Tbilisi of not following up a new agreement meant to simplify visa application procedures.
Giorgi Baramidze was reacting to a new report by Liberal Academy Tbilisi, adding that
TBILISI, DFWatch – For the first time in more than five years, spring in the Georgian capital will not be marked by crowds demanding the resignation of President Saakashvili.
At least the largest opposition party won’t be demanding that he steps down. Georgian Dream doesn’t
TBILISI, DFWatch – The prime ministers of Georgia and Lithuania today signed a memorandum of understanding.
The MoU deals with cooperation within local government between Lithuania’s national assembly, the Seimas’s Committee on State Administration and Local Government
TBILISI, DFWatch – A team of election experts from the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) will visit Georgia June 11-16.
The OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) is sending a mission in connection with Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – A delegation from Lithuania’s Seimas will visit Georgia on Monday.
In the morning, the delegation which are members of the Seimas’ Committee on State Administration and Local Government, will participate in a Georgian-Lithuanian forum about local
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia has opened an embassy in Nicaragua.
According to Apsnypress, Abkhazia’s ambassador to Venezuela, Zaur Gvajava, will also take on the function as ambassador to Nicaragua.
Nicaragua will help Abkhazians in their relations
TBILISI, DFWatch – In a letter to Hilary Clinton, U.S. Senator John McCain expresses concern about Georgia’s occupied territories and calls for the Secretary of the State to support Georgia.
“The upcoming NATO summit in Chicago presents an excellent opportunity to
TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia says if it wins October’s election, it will get back the breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia through negotiations, with Germany as mediator.
Irakli Alasania, an ex-diplomat and opposition politician who
TBILISI, DFWatch – A Russian businessman was severely beaten at his office in Abkhazia by local business partners. A video was posted to Youtube showing footage taken from a surveillance camera.
Igor Varov was taken to the hospital on April 6, due to injuries suffered
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Interior Minister says Georgia is the only country in the world where police haven’t used weapons against a criminal for three years.
“For the last three-four years no person has died from policemen’s weapon in Georgia, no policeman died