TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover was USD 1 567 million in January-February 2014, according to preliminary figures from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat.
The figures show that foreign trade turnover in the first two months of the year
TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi does not recognize the referendum in Crimea, according to a statement released by the Foreign Affairs Ministry Sunday evening.
The statement says the referendum was conducted as a result of Russian pressure of armed forces and in violation
TBILISI, DFWatch–Supporters and opponents of the referendum in Crimea clashed in Tbilisi Sunday.
A group called “Eurasian Choice” tried to hold a demonstration on Cholokashvili Street in front of the old Russian embassy building at 15:00, but were pushed away
TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Targamadze, the leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement, has left the party, after it began planning to form a coalition with Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement.
Targamadze, a former TV journalist, said at a press
TBILISI, DFWatch–RMG Gold, a company which owns mines in the south of Georgia, was Friday given permission to start mining work in Sakdrisi.
According to German and Georgian scientists, the site is an ancient mine with a rich history.
Deputy Culture Minister Alexandre Margishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with ambassadors at the president’s residence in Tbilisi, which has been nonoperational after Saakashvili left office in October, 2013.
In a ceremony in the Avlabari residence, President Margvelashvili received
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has asked parliament for its consent to start a criminal prosecution against one parliamentarian, Roland Akhalaia.
Parliament will announce its decision on Monday.
MP Roland Akhalaia is father of Data
TBILISI, DFWatch–A parliamentary commission in Georgia has exposed how one television station was operating for years without a license during Saakashvili.
The channel, Alania, was found to have close links to the government while Saakashvili was in power and though
TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday, about 100 Orthodox Christians demonstrated in Georgia against Jehovah’s Witnesses constructing a congregation center in their town.
The Witnesses began building a Kingdom Hall in the western town of Khobi about a week ago. Today, opponents were
TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian counterintelligence chief who is currently wanted was today convicted in absentia for abuse of power.
Data Akhalaia, whose whereabouts are unknown, was head of the Constitutional Security Department (CSD). He was on trial for