TBILISI, DFWatch – A bill in Georgia will entitle the president to issue secret acts if the country’s defense and security is at stake.
Not only the president will have this right, but also the ministries of defense, internal affairs, justice, finance and energy and natural
TBILISI, DFWatch – German Foreign Affairs Minister Guido Westerwelle will visit Georgia on March 15 as part of a tour of the South Caucasus.
Travelling with him are Markus Loning, the German Federal Government’s Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Aid
TBILISI, DFWatch – A two day business conference was launched in Tbilisi Wednesday called Making Business with USA.
The conference is the result of an agreement between U.S. President Barack Obama and Georgia’s Mikheil Saakashvili to hold high level dialog between their
TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia is ready to cancel its visa requirements for Georgian citizens if Georgia changes the law about the occupied territories, says Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
According to the law, Russian citizens who go to Abkhazia or South Ossetia can
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition Christian Democratic Movement blames the government of having adopted a law which discriminates against women.
Representative of the Christian Democrats Magda Anikashvili said this on March 13 at a parliament session.
She says that before
TBILISI, DFWatch – Do you know what “NGO” means? If not, look out. You might be targeted by their next campaign to raise awareness.
They have been on the streets of Georgia demonstrating for democratic rights, and their ads are on TV promoting the environment.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili will attend the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit to be held March 27-28 in Seoul, South Korea.
The president’s press spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze said this at a regular briefing Tuesday.
According to the summit’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – American defense officials Tuesday visited Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili to talk about a biological research facility which opened near Tbilisi one year ago.
The Central Public Health Reference Laboratory is a joint American-Georgian cooperation,
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Chamber of Control has started a wave of interrogations in western Georgia.
People are being called in for questioning at local government buildings.
The coalition Choice for Freedom says the letter calling people in for talks does not give any
TBILISI, DFWatch – The delegations of the U.S. and the EU in Georgia do not recognize the recent de facto parliamentary elections in Abkhazia as legitimate.
Both have releases statements expressing support for Georgia’s territorial integrity.
“The United States