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
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and the leader of the parliamentary minority, Davit Bakradze, have agreed to create a commission to work on changing the constitution.
In return, members of United National Movement won’t be interrogated
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more member of the United National Movement, the party headed by President Mikheil Saakashvili, on Thursday left the party’s faction in Tbilisi City Council.
This time it was Davit Tsereteli, chair of the commission on urban planning, who
TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says he can be ‘useful’ for society for twenty more years.
The comment came on Wednesday at a routine press conference about current events in the country.
Ivanishvili was asked about a recent statement he made
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement has lost its majority in Tbilisi City Council after one of its members on Monday decided to leave the UNM faction.
UNM used to have 24 seats in the Council and this way remained in majority,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement has again suspended work in parliament, due to the recent detentions of the Tbilisi City Hall and Council officials.
Levan Bezhashvili, member of the UNM, on Friday said that their decision
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has vetoed the amendment of three more laws in a package passed by parliament. This time it was about the law on broadcasting, the election code and the law about the public defender.
The president’s spokesperson