TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia continues its operation on the border with Russia, while a Chechen Islamic Internet news agency claims what really happened was that insurgents stumbled upon a group of Georgians and let them go, after which their location was revealed.
Month: August 2012
Ivanishvili speaks on Maestro TV
TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the Georgian Dream coalition says he can’t wait until he leaves politics.
Georgia’s richest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, on Friday was invited on Maestro TV in the morning, where he stated that he has never been interested in
Georgia recovers 11 bodies from militant group
TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the rebel group, which according to the Georgian interior ministry counted about 20 people in total.
The ministry says some of the militants were from North Ossetia, a republic which is part of the
Ivanishvili calls for non-confrontational election campaign
TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia, promises that he will defend people’s vote solely by peaceful means and not call for a confrontation.
But he also says that there are several measures that need to be taken
Saakashvili believes border incident was a 'provocation'
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili explains the deadly incident on the Russian border this week as an attempt at ‘testing the country’s readiness to fight’ and ‘a provocation’.
President Saakashvili visited the town Kvareli, which is
Democracy groups in Georgia go on the offensive
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has released a statement regarding the period leading up to the parliamentary election.
The National Platform was set up in October 2010 with a goal to support
Georgia releases footage of dead Islamist militants
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia Interior Ministry released a footage of operation of Georgian special forces against Islamist militants from Russia’s volatile Dagestan republic of North Caucasus, when two Georgian officers and one army doctor died, along with 11
Georgian voters to get political debates
TBILISI, DFWatch – The ruling party says the current parliamentary speaker and the prime minister will represent it in election debates.
Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is the National Movement’s candidate for prime minister in the election.
The chair of the public
Bribery of a voter in eastern Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch – A group working on election fairness demands that a case of bribery in one of the regions of Georgia is investigated.
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) calls on law enforcement bodies to investigate a case of bribery in
Georgia says border shooting not reason for Russian action
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia says a serious border incident which led to fourteen deaths can not be a reason for Russia to intervene.
Despite witness accounts from the Georgian side, Russia’s secret police, the FSB, which also controls the borders, does not confirm that armed groups