TBILISI, DFWatch–Elguja Khokrishvili was Monday appointed as Georgia’s new minister for regional development and infrastructure.
He will take over from Davit Narmania, who is stepping down in order to run for Tbilisi mayor in the local elections on June 15.
Announcing
TBILISI, DFWatch–A coalition of opposition parties not represented in parliament met on Friday to present their candidate for Tbilisi Mayor: former MP Dimitry Lortkipanidze.
The coalition was created by Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement together with three
TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new poll, 52 percent of Tbilisians say they would vote for the Georgian Dream candidate for mayor if the local elections were held tomorrow.
Four percent say they won’t vote for anyone, and 18 percent haven’t decided yet.
Another source
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has been without an ambassador to the UK for more than a year.
In recent days, a candidate who is being considered for the post became a subject of dispute among politicians.
During the process of so-called co-habitation between ex-president
TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili refrained from commenting on criticism from ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili beyond saying it is ‘painful’.
In a TV interview, Ivanishvili said Margvelashvili revealed completely different features after the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is dissatisfied with the president that he selected as candidate.
Ivanishvili selected Giorgi Margvelashvili as the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate before the presidential election in October
TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Targamadze, the leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement, has left the party, after it began planning to form a coalition with Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement.
Targamadze, a former TV journalist, said at a press
TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the out-of-power National Movement party has designated its candidate for Tbilisi mayor by direct appointment.
Nika Melia, a relatively unknown former official in the capital, was directly appointed, as the party chose not to conducted a
TBILISI, DFWatch–Political parties not represented in parliament accuse the government of making one-sided decisions in relation to the Election Code.
The opposition parties accuse the governing Georgian Dream coalition of anti-democratic actions when it last week
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council decided to write the 2014 budget themselves, after refusing twice to pass drafts proposed by City Hall.
The capital’s executive government is staffed by people from Saakashvili’s National Movement, but the city council is dominated