TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will today name his successor. The Georgian Dream political council will first discuss this issue after which Prime Minister will present the candidate to the parliament majority.
Ivanishvili will meet with Georgian
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia will send an appeal to the president asking to pardon him as soon as possible.
Akhalaia, who faced a number of charges after the change of government, was acquitted in two of the cases, and sentenced to three
TBILISI, DFWatch–National Democratic Institute (NDI) says after observing the election campaign and the October 27 election that a multiparty and competitive election is becoming routine in Georgian politics.
NDI’s observer mission consisted of a 20-member group, who
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Judiciary Committee in parliament supports a constitutional amendment to move parliament back to the capital Tbilisi.
For the last year and a half, parliament has been located in Kutaisi, in western Georgia.
Thursday, the
TBILISI, DFWatch–A court in France has confirmed the detention of former Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili.
Kezerashvili is charged with abuse of powers while he was defense minister and was detained at Nice airport on October 15.
A court placed him in 40
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is planning to fine the use of communist symbols with 1 000 lari (USD 600).
The use of communist symbols was prohibited by the previous government, but it failed to define the sanctions that apply, and the law has remained inactive.
Now, the