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.
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
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has answered its critics who say that the economy is in crisis, assuring them that all commitments and plans will be fulfilled and that the economy is in no danger.
Georgian Dream coalition MPs on Wednesday met with the
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals of Bolnisi, a town in southern Georgia, demand the resignation of the acting head of the local government, the gamgebeli, because they believe he is not fulfilling any of his duties.
People in Bolnisi, in the Kvemo Kartli region, claim that
TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Georgia is starting to review a set of amendments to the constitution that aim to balance powers between the prime minister and the parliament, after a draft has been through a process of public discussion.
The hearing process
TBILISI, DFWatch–Koba Davitashvili, leader of the People’s Party, one of the Georgian Dream coalition partners, on Friday said he is leaving the coalition to run for president.
Davitashvili said the reason for his leaving is a systematic disagreement with Prime Minister
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tedo Japaridze, who chairs the foreign affairs committee in parliament, denies rumors that former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be appointed as official advisor to the Georgian prime minister.
A few days ago, the Russian newspaper
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Saakashvili’s National Movement party has lost its majority in Tbilisi City Council.
Members of Georgian Dream coalition, and former members of the National Movement who switched sides after the parliamentary election in 2012,
TBILISI, DFWatch–A duel of words has broken out in Tbilisi after members of the Russian Duma turned up at a football match between Dinamo Tbilisi and Dinamo Moscow.
The friendship match on July 7 is the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union that the two
TBILISI, DFWatch–The public review process of the amendments aimed at reducing the power of the prime minister that he will assume after the presidential elections scheduled for October 27 commenced this week, bringing together MPs, politicians, civil society