TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia’s national antiterrorism committee says it has foiled a terrorist plot planned against the Olympics Games in Sochi in 2014.
The committee also says a significant arsenal of weapons was seized.
“The ringleader of an international terrorist
TBILISI, DFWatch – European liberal politicians visited an opposition billionaire in Tbilisi Thursday to contribute their views on how democracy can progress in Georgia.
Representatives of the Liberal International, which is an international federation of liberal
TBILISI, DFWatch – A series of discussion was held in Tbilisi on Tuesday to review conflict problems in Georgia. Comparisons were made between “good” and “bad” conflict case studies in various African countries with those in Georgia.
The main topic of discussion
TBILISI, DFWatch – Swedish TV recently revealed that Teliasonera has opened their doors for an Orwellian level of surveillance in former Soviet countries. A group of lawyers in Georgia now says that indiscriminate wiretapping is illegal.
Georgian Young Lawyer’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – Mikheil Saakashvili did not miss out on another chance to mention his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin while giving a speech in Batumi at an international conference about world tourism.
Saakashvili said Putin is a person who signed Georgia’s
TBILISI, DFWatch – Lawmakers in Georgia have temporarily given EU citizens political rights in the country for the next three years. The rights will expire on January 1, 2014.
The constitutional amendment is widely seen as a measure to allow opposition billionaire
TBILISI, DFWatch – Rivers in Georgia’s Eastern region Kakheti swelled Tuesday after heavy rain and melting snow, but so far there has not been a repeat ot the disaster year 2011.
Deputy Governor of the region told Interpressnews that the rivers feeding Alazani, one of
TBILISI, DFWatch – A hypothetical city of half a million which still only exists as a Facebook page will be written into the constitution of Georgia.
The initiative comes from president Mikheil Saakashvili, who in a televised speech December 4, 2011 said the new city
TBILISI, DFWatch – The opposition billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili is going back to court, in a further effort to be recognized as a Georgian citizen.
Authorities annulled Ivanishvili’s citizenship shortly after he revealed his plans to become a politician in October
TBILISI, DFWatch – The U.S. organization Committee for Open Democracy (COD) is to send log term election observers to monitor the parliamentary election in Georgia in October.
“We’ll be focusing on the processes of democracy and people’s confidence in these