TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, John Bass, says there is a deficit of curiosity and questioning among Georgian journalists.
He said this in Batumi while meeting with the media.
Bass says he sometimes is surprised by the lack of curiosity among
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian authorities today denied the billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili of becoming a citizen of his native country.
Today’s decision by the Civil Registry to deny him citizenship by naturalization ends the last legal avenue the opposition
TBILISI, DFWatch – Finland’s Foreign Minister is on a working visit to Georgia within the frames of a tour of the region.
Erkki Tuomioja arrived in Georgia on April 3, the 20 year anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Finland and
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s foreign minister Grigol Vashadze says he too is concerned about a major military exercise Russia is planning to hold right before Georgia’s parliamentary election in October.
Russia’s exercise “Kavkaz 2012” will for the first time take place
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president calls on the international community to send ultra long-term election observers to his country before the parliamentary elections in October.
Rights groups and part of the opposition have been appealing to the world to send
TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO once again underlines that the decision that Georgia will become member of Alliance stands firm.
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO Secretary General, said this today during a press conference with Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili at the
TBILISI, DFWatch – A top Georgian security official warns that there could be another war with Russia.
Russia and Georgia fought a brief war in August 2008 over two breakaway republics. Now the secretary of Georgia’s National Security Council warns that an
TBILISI, DFWatch – The number of visitors to Georgia in the first quarter of 2012 was 680 000. This is a 40 per cent increase compared to the same period last year.
The new statistics were released by the Interior Ministry on April 2 and is based on data from custom’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – The second of two Georgians has been saved from execution for drug crimes in Malaysia.
Babutsa Gordadze had her death sentence changed into eight years in jail. She has already served two years in a Malaysian jail. Earlier, Darejan Kokhtashvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is considered the main competitor of the Georgian government, is counting the days left until his Georgian citizenship is restored, giving him full political rights.
The final date for when the government