Daily Archives: November 22, 2013

Ivanishvili awarded the Supreme Order of Justice

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , , |

Ex Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (right) received the Supreme Order of Justice. (Photo published on Facebook.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister of Georgia Bidzina Ivanishvili has been awarded the Supreme Order of Justice. The award is given once a year by the World Jurist Association (WJA) to a person and one cleric for their work for peace and justice. WJA President […]

UNESCO marks anniversary of Georgian poet Tsereteli

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: In brief, News|Tags: , |

Akaki Tsereteli. TBILISI, DFWatch–UNESCO has placed the 100 year anniversary of the death of Georgian poet Akaki Tsereteli on a list of important events in 2014-2015. Tsereteli was born in 1840 and died in 1915 and is considered the best Georgian poet in this period. He also was […]

EU Commission evaluates Georgia’s visa action plan

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: Europe, News|Tags: , |

TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Commission is satisfied with how Georgia has completed first phase of a visa action plan which might lead to visa free travel with the EU. The evaluation is particularly important because compliance with the action plan is expected to be […]

Georgia may lift protected status of six thousand historic sites

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |

Narikala Castle in Tbilisi. (Photo published by Tbilisi.gov.ge.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Parliament in Georgia is discussing a draft law about cultural heritage which may remove the protected status of 6 319 historic sites. Among the sites are Borjomi Park in southern Georgia and Romanov Palace in Abastumani, as well as Narikala Castle, […]

Georgia-Russia talks: ‘Maniacal hostility’ is over, says Karasin

By | November 22nd, 2013|Categories: News|Tags: , , |

Zurab Abashidze and Grigory Karasin, negotiators for Georgia and Russia, respectively. (Interpressnews.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia and Russia met for the fifth time Thursday in Prague within the diplomatic channel established by the government that came to power a year ago. After the meeting, Georgia’s representative Zurab Abashidze said discussions dealt with practical […]