Daily Archives: August 25, 2013

Georgian Olympic Committee chair charged with embezzlement

By | August 25th, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former member of parliament and chairman of the Olympic Committee Gia Natsvlishvili is charged with appropriation of 4 052 108 lari (USD 2.5 million) of public money. He denies guilt. The investigative service of the Ministry of Finance said Saturday […]

How the role of the president will change in Georgia

By | August 25th, 2013|Categories: Elections '12-'13, News|Tags: |

Power will shift from president to prime minister after October’s election. Pictured: President Mikheil Saakashvili (left), and Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Photo published on Ivanishvili’s Facebook page.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia will change from a presidential republic into a parliamentary one after the election on October 27. We give you the details. The new president will start fulfilling his duties as soon as he has been sworn in, and after this ceremony, the […]