TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto authorities in Abkhazia yesterday detained six suspects in the case about the assassination attempt on the president in February.
On February 22, Alexander Ankvab’s car was fired on with machine guns and a
TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia does not take seriously allegations about the existence of a plan to kill President Saakashvili’s main competitor, Bidzina Ivanishvili.
But one of the politicians in Ivanishvili’s coalition says that
TBILISI, DFWatch – The media regulatory body in Georgia Thursday said a cable station was trying to politicize the situation in order to divert attention from its own violations.
The body has fined Trialeti TV 5 000 lari (about USD 3 000) for broadcasting on a
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group in Georgia asks the media regulatory body to stop putting pressure on independent media outlets in the country.
The alliance behind the appeal is called Solidarity for Freedom of Media and was formed in early February in the wake of the takeover of
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Constitutional Court made a decision in favor of canceling the requirement of a license for cable broadcasting. But a license is still needed for satellite broadcasting.
The court partly satisfied an appeal by the Public Defender, who
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Foreign Ministry has formally protested against how Russia is treating a royal cemetary in Moscow.
Tbilisi believes that authorities in Moscow are going ahead with construction work on the cemetary, which contains the graves of the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Frank Wisner, former US Ambassador to the UN, who last year negotiated with Hosni Mubarak to defuse the Egyptian crisis, is in Georgia to hold meetings.
Wisner arrived on invitation of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Georgian president’s main political
TBILISI, DFWatch – Around ten youth activists today protested outside the Georgian National Communication Commission against the fining of a regional television station.
Irakli Beraia, one of the activists, says the fine is an attempt by the government to suppress
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s richest is not going to apply to the president for double citizenship.
Bidzina Ivanishvili’s citizenship issue is still unresolved. Six months has passed since the president revoked it, which happened four days after the businessman released
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. Department of Defense has brought 28 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP) to Georgia to train Georgian troops.
The U.S. embassy in Tbilisi released a statement saying that the vehicles will be transfered from the