TBILISI, DFWatch–More than USD 94 million was transferred to Georgia from abroad in January, 2013. This is more than USD 10 million more than the same period in 2012.
The total amount of money transfers in January was USD 94.1 million, which is 11.5 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia today start debating whether to write its foreign policy into the constitution, and if so, how many details of it.
Foremost among issues likely to end up in the constitution is EU and NATO membership aspirations.
The bill,
TBILISI, DFWatch–UNDP chief Helen Clark is expected in Georgia February 17 for a three-day visit.
According to the UNDP, the organization’s administrator will hold meetings with government officials and representatives of local and international organizations.
She
TBILISI, DFWatch–A second meeting between Georgian and Russian representatives will be held on March 1, 2013, in a European country, but not in Geneva.
Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s Special Representative for Russian Relations, said in an interview on
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has lifted the veil on what was said in an unusual conversation between him and President Mikheil Saakashvili last month.
The two leaders, who are maneuvering a precarious power-sharing situation,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Bidzina Ivanishvili was Saturday elected honorable chairman of the Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia Party.
The Prime Minister’s Party on Saturday held a large congress at Tbilisi Concert Hall to elect a political council and a party chairman.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Mayor of Tbilisi Gigi Ugulava has left the police building after three hours of questioning. He said that he thinks he won’t be questioned again about the street violence he was involved in on February 8.
The mayor was questioned as a witness
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream coalition and the National Movement Party agree to reduce the powers of the president.
This will need immediate enforcement of that part of the constitution which applies to the powers of the president and which should have been
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is to speed up the transfer of Turkish prisoners to Turkey, to let them be closer to their family as they serve out the rest of their sentence.
The government wants to make it easier for people to care for a family member who is in prison,