TBILISI, DFWatch–Elguja Khokrishvili was Monday appointed as Georgia’s new minister for regional development and infrastructure.
He will take over from Davit Narmania, who is stepping down in order to run for Tbilisi mayor in the local elections on June 15.
Announcing
TBILISI, DFWatch–The 2014 local elections in Georgia will be held on June 15. This is decided in a decree by President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed April 10.
The decree has been sent to the government for approval and will come into force as soon as it is published
TBILISI, DFWatch–An anti-Russia rally outside the government office in Tbilisi Sunday demanded a ban on organizations cooperating with Russia and making it a crime to publicly deny that Russia is an aggressor.
The rally was called ‘No to collaboration! No to
TBILISI, DFWatch–A concert was held in Tbilisi on Sunday to rally support for Georgia’s integration with the EU.
The concert was called We Want Europe. Among the speakers was President Giorgi Margvelashvili who addressed the crowd in the beginning of the concert.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Pariz Alakhverdiani, 17, is in 12th grade at the public school in Duzagrama, a small village in southeast Georgia populated by ethnic Azerbaijanis.
Alakhverdiani wants to study at the Medical University in Tbilisi and has decided to become a dentist.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has officially charged National Movement parliamentarian Roland Akhalaia.
Akhalaia is charged with abusing his power as prosecutor by demanding money from the family of a defendant for entering into a plea bargain
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani wants guidelines for criminal investigations involving people running in the local election in June.
Tsulukiani did not explain more specifically what kind of rules it will be beyond calling for ‘recommendations’. She said
TBILISI, DFWatch–We sat down with David Lidington, UK Minister for Europe, who visited on April 1-2, and asked him about Georgia’s association agreement with the EU and whether NATO should set it on course for membership.
Is it possible that Russia will bring pressure
TBILISI, DFWatch–A campaign to save an ancient gold mine in southern Georgia is planning to start a protest camp on Monday.
The Public Committee to Save Sakdrisi, which consists of students, scientists and an initiative group of non-governmental organizations, plans
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court has decided that the Public Broadcaster cannot fire members of its board before the end of their term.
Meanwhile, parliament has still not selected new board members, a process which has been dragged out over