TBILISI, DFWatch – As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is visiting Georgia, Speaker of Parliament Davit Bakradze would like to see the visit `end with a specific decision’. But he doesn’t say exactly what this decision this would be, nor does he want to
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Another suspected political firing in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – Another case of a possibly politically motivated dismissal has come to light. This time it’s an employee of United Water Supply Company of Georgia.
Lasha Shvangiradze has been employed in the company since 2006. He works in Khoni, in the region
Construction company says government behind hassle
TBILISI, DFWatch – Monday the offices of a construction company in Georgia was invaded by a group of people demanding that the company completes construction work on flats that many customers have invested in.
The office invaders claimed to be relatives of customers
Democracy campaign on the streets again
TBILISI, DFWatch – A democracy campaign in Georgia is keeping up the pressure on the government to change the law to counteract pro-government bias in TV media ahead of the election in October.
The campaign This Affects You Too started in February as a reaction to
Hillary Clinton arriving in Georgia Monday
TBILISI, DFWatch – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to arrive in Georga from Armenia Monday evening as part of a tour of the South Caucasus.
Tomorrow Clinton is meeting with President Saakashvili and Prime Minister Nika Gilauri, and later leaders
Control over TV is preventing democracy in Georgia
-The absence of a free media makes any kind of meaningful democracy impossible. Saakashvili’s givernment is using legalistic and legislative pyrotechnics to ensure an unfair political system, says Lincoln Mitchell, Associate at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and Georgia-expert.
Why is the Georgian government into sports?
TBILISI, DFWatch – Recent sports events in Georgia are mainly connected to politics. After the Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri joined the opposition Georgian Dream movement, two others within the same sport have joined him: Olympic bronze medalist Nestor
Growth continues in visitors to Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – The number of visitors to Georgia is increasing.
The latest figures from the Interior Ministry show that the number of foreigners who visited Georgia in the first five months of 2012 was half of what it was during all of 2011.
2 822 363 persons
Georgia embassy bomb had foreign origin
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Interior Ministry is looking into a foreign trace in the search for those responsible for placing a bomb in front of Israel’s Embassy in Tbilisi in February.
There are no further details about the investigation.
On February 13, police
Dirk Niebel to study water project in Batumi
TBILISI, DFWatch – Dirk Niebel, Germany’s Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development, will visit Batumi on June 2.
The German embassy informs that Niebel is planning to meet with Georgian government representatives. He will also study bilateral projects