Month: July 2012 - Page 16

Georgia woos Circassians, gains support in North Caucasus

July 2, 2012 by Rusiko Machaidze

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian parliament on Friday approved the country’s strategy on relations with North Caucasus people. At the beginning, the strategy had status as a concept, but when it finally was passed its status had been raised and it needed a

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Ivanishvili gathers supporters in Georgia's old capital Mtskheta

July 2, 2012 by Mari Nikuradze

bidzina_ivanishvili_mtskheta — Ivanishvili promised that fifty policemen who lost their jobs will get back to work if he wins. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian opposition figure head Bidzina Ivanishvili continued his tour of the country’s regions Sunday by staging a rally in the old capital Mtskheta, 20 km north of Tbilisi.

The rally started at 19:00 and saw the billionaire making new

Education reformer who was fired makes comeback

July 1, 2012 by Londa Beria

maia_miminoshvili — Maia Miminoshvili comes back as head of a private consultancy that will make recommendations to her former employer, the Ministry of Education. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – An key figure in Georgia’s education reforms who was recently fired has made a comeback and launched her own consultancy to improve the education system.

“We plan to provide some recommendations to the Ministry of Education and vigorously

Saakashvili's government has lacked long term plans

July 1, 2012 by Mari Nikuradze

mikheil_saakashvili_tractor — President Saakashvili's presidency has been a long list of stops and starts, with no long-term strategy, according to a new report. Here he is trying out a tractor for use in Georgia's agricultural sector. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – In the years from 2004 to 2011, the Georgian Parliament had ten votes of confidence for the government and approved ten government programs, although the programs changed each year and almost never followed the steps of the previous one.

This