TBILISI, DFWatch – The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly again says Russia’s practice of issuing passport in territories it occupies in Georgia is a violation of international rules.
According to the Georgian parliament’s press office, relating information
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia and Turkey have still not reached agreement over the exact text of a treaty about protection of historic sites.
Deputy foreign minister Nino Kalandadze said Monday that additional sites may be included as the talks progress.
The treaty concerns
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights expresses readiness to take part in observing the parliamentary elections in Georgia.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nino Kalandadze adds that Georgia is not waiting for an official response
TBILISI, DFWatch – An advocacy group of young lawyers says the construction of a new parliament building in western Georgia is so opaque that there could well be corruption without anyone noticing.
Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association (GYLA) has researched the
TBILISI, DFWatch – A delegation of South African farmers have arrived in Georgia to check the prospects of taking root here.
Papuna Davitaia, State Minister for Diaspora Issues, opened the conference, which is held at Radisson Hotel, by underlining that business relations
TBILISI, DFWatch – One of the largest electronics chains in Georgia has been taken away from its founder, as the remaining 15 per cent of shares were sold at an auction.
Anzor Kokoladze, who built the chain from scratch, is serving an eight year prison term after a tax
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday, the opposition party everybody expects to challenge Mikheil Saakashvili in October’s parliamentary election gathered for a founding congress in Tbilisi.
Its unofficial leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, promised to revive agriculture
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s ambassador to Sweden protests against the portrayal of his country as an Orwellian society where everybody is under surveillance by the secret police.
Ambassador Konstantin Kavtaradze sent a letter to SVT, the Swedish public broadcaster,
TBILISI, DFWatch – American billionaire Donald Trump has left Georgia, after a two day visit.
Trump arrived Saturday in Tbilisi, and Sunday held a press conference in Batumi, where he plans to cooperate with local investors on building a 47-storey residential high rise
TBILISI, DFWatch – The international trade in weapons which fuels conflicts around the world may be brought under control, if talks in New York in July bear fruit.
If successful, the talks will lead to the world’s first Arms Trade Treaty, aimed at preventing weapons from reaching the