TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili has presented a new initiative to double pensions for veterans and allocate permanent pensions for families of soldiers and policemen who have died in the line of duty.
The president’s administration has prepared a
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Prison Ministry plans to release political prisoners no later than Sunday, immediately after a new law on amnesty comes into force.
Prison Minister Sozar Subari said after the government session today that the ministry will publish a list
TBILISI, DFWatch — Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was Friday set free on bail, as prosecutors have dropped two of the four charges against him.
The charge regarding setting up illegal armed units was today withdrawn, while a USD 9 000 bail was set
TBILISI, DFWatch — A court in Kiev has prolonged the pretrial detention of a former Georgian interior ministry employee for 12 more months.
Oleg Melnikov, who used to work at the Constitutional Security Department, probably the most feared body in Saakashvili’s
TBILISI, DFWatch — Parliament’s judiciary committee has started reviewing a draft bill which will free former government officials from responsibility for crimes committed while in office.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili first announced the idea in the end of
TBILISI, DFWatch — The former Georgian defense minister Bacho Akhalaia who is now in detention facing three charges wants to be judged by a jury.
Davit Dekanoidze, lawyer of Akhalaia, on Wednesday said at a press conference that his client wants his
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvil has appointed a former government official who has twice been detained after the change of government as new governor in the Samegrelo region.
Tengiz Gunava used to be Chairman of the General Inspection
TBILISI, DFWatch — Another witness has changed his testimony in one of several court cases against former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili.
The changed testimony led the Appeals Court to strip the case of one of the charges.
Orkuashvili was minister
TBILISI, DFWatch — Four Russian climbers have been taken by an avalanche in the Kazbegi mountains in northern Georgia. One has been brought to safety alive, the other three are presumed dead. Rescue workers have been unable to find their bodies because of thick fog.
The four
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili accuses the new government of suspending a number of projects which his government started, and causing a loss of thousands of jobs.
A few days ago, he said that the previous government started many projects and