TBILISI, DFWatch – A new report shows that legislative changes ushered in by the Georgian government to counter the influence of an opposition billionaire has hampered the bank sector.
The report shows that new legislation about banks, tax and the executive made
TBILISI, DFWatch – Police have taken possession of a car belonging to Zurab Zviadauri, a Georgian who won gold in judo in the 2008 Olympics and now is a supporter of the opposition.
Zviadauri was stopped yesterday while on his way to Batumi to attend Sunday’s mass
TBILISI, DFWatch – A new survey says that the fuel and food market in Georgia is an oligopoly.
The new study presented by Transparency International Georgia (TI) on August 3 is called ‘Competition Policy in Georgia’ and deals with the fuel and food market segments.
TBILISI, DFWatch – An auction is in progress to sell property seized from 17 people who donated money to political parties.
A land plot with a dwelling belonging to Giga Bukia, a member of the Georgian Dream coalition, has already been sold.
The State Audit Service
TBILISI, DFWatch – Iran is suspending the agreement with Georgia about visa free travel in connection with a conference of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Georgian citizens who wish to travel to Iran from August 5 to September 1 will need a visa.
Georgia’s Foreign Affairs
TBILISI, DFWatch – A police employee threatened his cousin with a gun because he was a member of the opposition Georgian Dream coalition.
Georgian Dream representatives told DF Watch that the incident took place in the village Orulu near the town Zugdidi in the
TBILISI, DFWatch – Activists for the governing party Saturday prevented President Saakashvili’s main opponent, Bidzina Ivanishvili, from meeting with the population in a small mountain village in the Adjara region, in the southwest of Georgia.
Journalists are reporting
TBILISI, DFWatch – Saturday morning the deadline passed for when cable companies in Georgia will have to transmit three small government-critical TV channels which for years have been unable to reach a broader audience, because cable networks have kept them off.
TBILISI, DFWatch – Representatives of Georgian media Friday demonstrated in front of the chief prosecutor’s office in Tbilisi against the seizure of satellite dishes belonging to Maestro TV.
The event was called ‘Let’s Seize the Prosecutor’s Office’
TBILISI, DFWatch – A Georgian athlete says he might have been subject to political harassment at the London Olympics.
July 28, the Georgian sportsman Betkil Shukvani lost against an Australian in a judo match and then unexpectedly left the Olympics