TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dimitry Medvedev says the Russian and Georgian people should have relations and thinks it’s therefore necessary to restore trade relation.
The president made this statement on Monday during a meeting with his supporters.
“We have
TBILISI, DFWatch – There is growing uncertainty about whether the Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili may stay on as prime minister after the end of his second term as president.
Yesterday, the editorial board of the Washington Post published a comment in which
TBILISI, DFWatch – It is one of Georgia’s most touted reforms abroad, but now lawyers who have experienced it in practice warn that the overhauled Criminal Procedure Code of 2010 isn’t working.
The reform saw deep involvement by top legal expertise from
TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia is getting more complicated as both top candidates refuse to take part in a rescheduled election on March 25.
Kremlin favorite Anatoly Bibilov says he refrains from taking part
TBILISI, DFWatch – A shot was fired at a journalist’s house in the Georgian capital Monday. No-one was injured.
The journalist Khatuna Paichadze was at work when the shot rang out at around 14:00 local time. The bullet broke a window in her first floor flat in an Italian yard
TBILISI, DFWatch – United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has been in contact with the foreign minister of Georgia to discuss security issues.
It’s the country’s deputy foreign minister Nikoloz Vashakidze who brings this information at a regular briefing on Monday.
TBLISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Speaker of Parliament says that there is no talk of Georgia having a role in a potential conflict between Iran and the USA.
Davit Bakradze was commenting a statement made earlier by the deputy secretary of the country’s security council, Batu Kutelia,
TBILISI, DFWatch – English is first priority for Georgian youth, but they might as well keep a basic knowledge of Russian too, just in case.
Margo is getting ready to go abroad for a year through an exchange program, after graduating from university last summer, specializing in journalism.
TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian president says Russia stopped its attack in August 2008 after the United States started deploying forces to assist the small country.
Mikheil Saakashvili was speaking to students at the U.S. Naval Academy February 3, a speech that was carried
TBILISI, DFWatch – A South Ossetian opposition leader calls for the other candidates to not take part in a rescheduled election March 25, calling it illegal, and instead recognize her as the legitimate head of government.
Several candidates have registered with the Central