TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rebuffed a parliamentarian in his own coalition for criticizing a tweet by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.
The controversy started when Bildt criticized the criminal charges against former President Mikheil
TBILISI, DFWatch–Though officially on summer break, the parliament in Georgia convened on Saturday to declare trust in the government after seven of the ministers were replaced.
The vote ended with 89 out of 150 representatives declaring trust in the government. No-one
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two members of the Georgian parliament insulted each other on Thursday during a meeting of the human rights committee.
The committee was discussing the Public Defender’s annual report for 2013 when Chiora Taktakishvili from the National Movement
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Wednesday presented economist Mikheil Giorgadze, a government insider, as new culture minister.
The PM on Monday dismissed seven ministers, but immediately reappointed two of them in new ministerial positions.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Tuesday named another four out of seven candidates to fill the empty ministers seats left in a major government reshuffle.
The first two replacements – for refugee minister and environment minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday fired seven ministers: the ministers for agriculture, prisons, refugees, environment, infrastructure, culture and diaspora.
Explaining his decision at a morning briefing, he said that for the last two
TBILISI, DFWatch–The new Tbilisi City Council on Monday held its first session after the local election to elect a new council head.
Only nine members are being carried over from the previous assembly; four from the Georgian Dream coalition and five from
TBILISI, DFWatch–The former mayor of Tbilisi, Gigi Ugulava, was Monday charged with embezzlement involving the city’s parking company.
In a statement the Finance Ministry’s investigative service says the company CT Park Ltd, which hires parking
TBILISI, DFWatch–The public watchdog overseeing the financial activity of political parties in Georgia claims that the government coalition has received an illegal donation of GEL 40,000 (USD 22,500).
The Financial Monitoring Service of the Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president, whose authority includes signing international treaties and who delegated the right to sign the Association Agreement with EU to the prime minister, won’t be in the Georgian delegation.
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze