I was distressed to read in your newspaper that former Georgian President Saakashvili had been appointed as a so-called “Senior Statesman” at the Fletcher
Saakashvili's appointment as 'Senior Statesman'
Opinion
Child protection is missing from Georgia's Association Agreement
In December 2013, Georgia signed the Association Agreement with the European Union during the Eastern Partnership summit held in Vilnius.The newly signed Association Agreement thus becomes the main treaty between Georgia and the EU and highlights key areas of cooperation.
The Agreement focuses
Seeing Georgia plain
Almost two centuries ago, the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote in an oft-cited verse “And would some Power the small gift give us/To see ourselves as others see us! /It would from many a blunder free us, /And foolish notion:/What airs in dress and gait would leave us, /And even devotion!”
Better regulation of vehicle procurement by public offices
The issue of procuring vehicles by public agencies has frequently been discussed by the public and the media for the past several years. Procurement of luxurious cars by high state officials with state money has also been criticized.
State procurement which is linked
The Georgian Judiciary Today
The judiciary is in permanent need of control from the side of an impartial and quality observer with a view to ensuring its existence. We are still on
The "two truths" about the reserve funds
Since some days after the 2013 presidential elections, much has been said about the millions spent from the President’s Reserve Fund.
Representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream Coalition allege that funds from the President’s Reserve Fund were spent for party
Why 'no' to the Eurasian Customs Union
“The Eurasian Customs Union in the framework of Eurasian Economic Development” – the name of this union mainly has an economic connotation to it. However, everyone agrees that its main goal is political. Spheres of competence of the union prove this argument:
Tbilisi enganges Europe, Europe engages an Eastern neighbor
In the recent International Parliamentary Conference that took place under the aegis of the Parliament of Georgia and the United Nations Development programme in Tbilisi on October 7, 2013, the focus was on the Vilnius Summit.
Suitably, the Georgian delegates,
Georgia and the Eurasian Union
A few weeks ago, speaking at a press conference, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili floated the idea of Georgia joining the Eurasian Union. Although he later backtracked on his statements, the cat was out of the bag.
Predictably, the United National Movement slammed
The price of the state
Everyone demands something from the state budget: pensioners – increased pensions, public sector employees – higher salaries, socially needed – adequate social assistance, everyone else – free healthcare, education, etc. Not many of them realize that there is no