TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia is placed 100 among 179 countries on World Press Freedom Index list 2013. This is an improvement by four places compared to last year.
The report, published by Reporters without Borders, mentions Georgia only in passing together with a few
TBILISI, DFWatch — The National Enforcement Bureau has started seizing the property of Tbilisi Minibus Ltd, which owns all the yellow minibuses in the capital. Their drivers are on strike for the seventh day.
Employees of the bureau arrived in the garage in Gldani,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The governing Georgian Dream coalition is ready to cooperate with the opposition about the foreign policy.
Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said this on Wednesday after Saakashvili’s party accused the prime minister and his party
TBILISI, DFWatch — The company which runs the minibuses in Tbilisi has given striking drivers an ultimatum: If they don’t agree with the company and end their protest, the company will fire them and announce new vacancies.
But despite the threat, the drivers have
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says that the governing Georgian Dream coalition is unable to gather together a constitutional majority in parliament – that’s why they are threatening the opposition.
Saakashvili said this while visiting Kutaisi,
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Speaker of Parliament promises that his country will not adopt constitutional changes that are not in line with recommendations by the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission.
After meeting with Venice Commission President Gianni
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Ivanishvili government is replacing Georgia’s ambassadors to 18 countries, and has sent the list of candidates to President Mikheil Saakashvili for approval.
After he has signed it, the list will be sent to parliament to get its approval,
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s National Movement party wants to tie Georgia to the mast in terms of the course of its foreign policy.
Spokesperson Giorgi Baramidze Wednesday presented a draft bill that will write into legislation what the
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia is preparing to start distributing spring vouchers to its farmers.
Preparations for spring are already finished, Agriculture Minister Davit Kirvalidze said after Tuesday’s government session.
The ministry has completed registering about 800
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia is not considering to return to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). There is no contact with Russia about this issue.
This is how official Tbilisi responds to Russian media who are reporting that there are negotiations with Georgia