Sunday, December 14, 2025

Still unknown who will be Georgia's next prime minister

ivanishvili_bidzina_PK__1_
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Despite the great public interest, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili refrains from naming his replacement as he steps down in the near future.

Georgia’s next head of government will benefit from a constitutional change which invests the prime minister with

Read more

Ivanishvili explains reasons for leaving Georgian politics

bidzina ivanishvili ii 2013-02-05
Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Press office photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili seems to be sticking to his word and really plans to leave politics after two years in the game.

On Monday, he issued another open letter explaining the reasons for his leaving. But again, he left the main

Read more

Saakashvili wants to promote wine industry after end of term

mikheil-saakashvili-phone-Anders-Fogh-Rasmussen-2012-10-12
President Mikheil Saakashvili is feeling bored sitting in his office. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili plans to open an education center for viticulture, wine-making and vine care in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region, where he owns a house and vineyards.

Speaking in front of journalists at his palace in Tbilisi Wednesday,

Read more

Georgia's CEC head goes into politics, may run for president

zurab_kharatishvili_2
Zurab Kharatishvili, for years head of the Central Election Commission, left his job to become a politician. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Zurab Kharatishvili, head of the Central Election Commission in Georgia, on Thursday explained that he resigned in order to go into politics and may even run for president.

On Monday, Kharatishvili applied to parliament for permission to leave as CEC head.

Read more

Economy minister and UNM candidate cancel meeting

giorgi_kvirikashvili
Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said the UNM’s call for a crisis meeting was election PR. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A planned meeting between two top people in the main political blocs in Georgia has been scuttled by a disparaging remark by one of the sides.

Economy Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili from the Georgian Dream coalition, and Davit Bakradze, the National

Read more