TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Defense Ministry plans to improve conditions for Georgian soldiers serving in NATO’s ISAF mission to Afghanistan.
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania on Friday stated that the salary will be increased for Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia and Russia representatives on Friday agreed to continue the dialogue.
Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s special representative for Russian relations, and Gregory Karasin, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, on Friday met in Geneva.
TBILISI, DFWatch — General Director of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster (GPB) Gia Chanturia has resigned. He handed in his resignation letter to the GPB’s supervisory board, which approved it today at a special session.
Late Thursday night, there were unconfirmed
TBILISI, DFWatch — The power company Telasi has brought back 73 out of 107 employees who were fired, according to the company’s director.
Workers at Telasi, which distributes electricity in Tbilisi, have been out in the streets for two months. They were among the
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Defense Ministry in Georgia has published details about flights made by the government with a Gulfstream G450 which was recently withdrawn from use due to budget cuts.
The information used to be state secrets, but was published because of the
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s direct foreign investments have significantly decreased in the third quarter of 2012 compared to the same period in 2011, according to Georgia’s National Statistics Department, Geostat.
According to the new report, the total amount
TBILISI, DFWatch — Russian police have published new evidence which seems to strengthen the case that Georgian politicians tried to foment social unrest in Russia.
The evidence relates to the connections between the Russian opposition and the Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch — The US supports Georgia’s decision to start direct talks with Russia, Thomas O. Melia, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, said Thursday.
Melia, whose full title is U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The two countries fought a brief war in August 2008. Tomorrow they will meet face to face for the first time.
The meeting will take place on neutral ground in Geneva, Switzerland, on the sidelines of periodic talks between the sides in that war.
TBILISI, DFWatch — Two thirds still consider themselves unemployed in Georgia, a new survey shows.
67 percent say they are without a job in the latest survey of public attitudes by the National Democratic Institute (NDI). The number has not significantly