Friday, February 13, 2026

New book details ownership in Misha's Georgia

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Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia.

In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal

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Ivanishvili government's first 100 days

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From left to right: Eka Gigauri from Transparency International, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, and Prison Minister Sozar Subari. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Georgia met for a conference on Monday to sum up the three months after the parliamentary election of Georgia.

Representatives of NGOs working in the human rights field described the government’s first 100

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Are the trials against ex officials political revenge?

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Ex Interior Minister Bacho Akhalaia’s detention November 7, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Foreign diplomats in Tbilisi are concerned about the many speedy trials against former officials, saying the whole process looks like political revenge.

The new government in Georgia has received seven thousand complaints from people who say they

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Unchanged bonus system for public employees

Tamar Iakobidze, analyst at Institute for Development of Freedom of Information.

TBILISI, DFWatch — A group claims a bonus system for public employees has not changed after the parliamentary election, but that there is slightly more transparency.

According to the Ministry of Finance, bonuses given to public employees amounted to over 750 000 GEL

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