TBILISI, DFWatch – A second Bollywood film is being filmed in Georgia on the initiative of Georgia’s National Investment Agency. The film tells a story set in Georgia in the Middle Ages. Indian actors and actresses play the roles of a Georgian king and other characters.
Month: August 2012
Assessment of the election campaign so far
TBILISI, DFWatch – The international community has begun to assess the election period in Georgia. Their comments focuse on the government’s fining of Georgian Dream coalition members and seizing their bank accounts.
As they see it, such actions restrict
Eleven parties and blocs agree to campaign financing
TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven party lists and coalitions have agreed to election campaign financing.
Central Election Commission informs that Freedom to Way of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, Georgian Dasi, Free Georgia, New Rights Party, Christian Democrats, People’s
Archaeologists in Georgia discover graves from 3rd century BC
TBILISI, DFWatch – In Georgia, archeologists have discovered burial chamber from the third or fourth century BC.
The discovery was made during sewage work. The qvevri burial place lies in Kaspi, a small town 48 km away from the capital Tbilisi.
The online newspaper
Georgia wins basketball match against Latvia
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s national basketball team won against Latvia on August 24, strengthening its position in the qualification for the European championship next year.
The match ended 79:76, which puts Georgia at the top of Group D. The qualification match
Pro-democracy group: violations are harming the election process
TBILISI, DFWatch – An American pro-democracy group says it’s questionable whether there is rule of law in Georgia.
The non-government organization (NGO) Committee for Open Democracy said at a press conference on Friday that the organization will have 20 observers
Thornike Gordadze becomes Minister for Euro-integration
TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister has become State Minister for Euro-integration.
Thornike Gordadze replaced Giorgi Baramidze, former minister for Euro-integration, who left the position in order to participate in the upcoming parliamentary
OSCE calls on South Ossetia to not demolish Georgian villages
TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities asks the de facto leadership of Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia to explain what a statement about demolishing Georgian villages means.
Leonid Tibilov, de facto president of South Ossetia,
Former AC Milan player Kaladze denied to book Tbilisi stadium
TBILISI, DFWatch – Former AC Milan player who left football to go into politics was planning to hold a friendship match with Milan in Georgia as a symbol of him leaving, but Georgia refused to make a stadium available for the match.
Kakhi Kaladze, who now is a partner
Saakahsvili to deal with problems in the election environment
TBILISI, DFWatch – A spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakahsvili says the president is thankful to a delegation from OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly which recently criticized conditions here before the election.
The experts visited Georgia in order to the study the