TBILISI, DFWatch–Police Colonel Alexandre Chikaidze will replace Irakli Gharibashvili and become new Georgian Interior Minister.
Chikaidze was presented by Prime Minister Gharibashvili on Saturday.
The 28 year-old Chikaidze graduated from Tbilisi State
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president’s reserve fund will be cut from USD 30 million to 15 million for next year.
Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri said Wednesday that two months before the end of the year, the president’s reserve fund is empty.
He said the president spent
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party, which is member of the Georgian Dream coalition, Sunday elected a new leader at a party congress.
The party elected Khatuna Samnidze as new leader. She has been a party member since 2005 and has served as organizational
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s new prime minister, Irakli Gharibashvili, will select his own replacement as interior minister.
It was earlier thought that outgoing Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili would decide who will take over as Interior Minister.
Ivanishvili explained that now
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will today name his successor. The Georgian Dream political council will first discuss this issue after which Prime Minister will present the candidate to the parliament majority.
Ivanishvili will meet with Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Koba Davitashvili, a member of parliament from the Georgian Dream coalition and leader of the People’s Party, says he is leaving politics because of a lack of support.
Davitashvili says he realized after the recent presidential election that he
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has again postponed the naming of his successor, saying it needs to be discussed in the Georgian Dream political council first.
Ivanishvili said Monday at a press conference that he hopes the candidate for new prime
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says he will name his successor on Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
Giorgi Kvirikashvili, the economy minister and one of the possible candidates, is now excluded from the list, going by what the PM said,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of Christian Democrats plans to sue against Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili for defamation and will demand one billion lari (USD 600 million) in compensation.
Ivanishvili Thursday met with newspapers editors to talk about the upcoming
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili appeared full of confidence while meeting newspaper editors Thursday, vowing that his coalition, Georgian Dream, is going to win the presidential election.
Ivanishvili said he is sure that there won’t be a need