Samtskhe-Javakheti Armenians applaud the comeback of the year-long visa-free stay permit in Georgia, as those who hold Armenian or Russian passport no longer need a residency permit to stay in the country.
As DFWatch has reported
TBILISI, DFWatch–The investigative service of the Finance Ministry has found that a company produced and sold smoked fish in violation of all hygienic and sanitary standards.
Criminal charges have been brought against Tengiz Tsikaridze, who owns Donato Ltd, a company
TBILISI, DFWatch–The crown prince of Saudi Arabia is looking forward to investing in Georgia.
Crown Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud said this during a visit here.
After meeting the prime minister, he said that he feels honored arriving in Georgia and discussing
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Public Broadcaster has fired a sports commentator who made several mistakes during an under-19 football match between Georgia and Portugal. He mixed up the players, teams and also the score.
Even though he later apologized, Sandro
TBILISI, DFWatch–The ruling Georgian Dream coalition wants to create a new minister post in the government: mountain minister.
The initiative is quite fresh, and the public and opposition MPs have not yet formed an opinion about the idea because not many details are known.
TBILISI, DFWatch–One of the most influential members of government during Mikheil Saakashvili’s presidency, Zurab Adeishvili, has finally given an interview.
Adeishvili, who was sometimes called a ‘grey cardinal’, told Saakashvili-friendly Rustavi 2 about his own and
TBILISI, DFWatch–Non-governmental organizations have registered a legislative proposal in parliament on Wednesday that will obligate political parties to include women on their party lists for the parliamentary election.
Currently, 77 out of the 150 members of parliament
Tbilisi, DFWatch – After almost a year-long struggle with the new immigration requirements, the government of Georgia made a U-turn and granted visa-free stay for citizens of 94 countries, as well as British/French dependant/overseas territories, on June 8 ‘for full 1 year‘.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The popular Ukrainian festival KaZantip, which took place in Georgia last year after Russia’s annexation of Crimea, may this year return to Ukraine but with a different name. An alternative music festival will take place in Anaklia, where the festival was held in 2014.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president is preparing to veto a bill to form an independent supervisory agency to oversee the banking system, because it contradicts an association agreement which Georgia signed with the EU last year.
Recently, the government