Tbilisi, DFWatch – One of commanders of Russian forces invading Georgia during August War in 2008, has been appointed as a Chief of the General Staff of the breakaway Abkhazia’s army.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is seeking closer relations with China. After a recent visit by a Chinese delegation to Georgia, a parliamentary delegation with government members plan to visit China in about a week.
Head of the delegation is Davit Saganelidze, MP from
TBILISI, DFWatch–Only 3.9% of CEOs around the world are women. And only 14% of the richest 500 companies in the world have female executives. What can be done to include more women to predominantly male world of business?
May 14-15 the European Bank
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia is preparing to drastically cut the state budget to deal with a 30 percent reduction in value of the national currency.
Presenting the plans Monday, members of the ruling coalition said the budget will be cut by 500
TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards on Monday detained one more person near the village Adzvi, which borders with South Ossetia.
The detainee is Grisha Balamtsarashvili (67), who was out in the field looking after cattle at the edge of the village, together with
TBILISI, DFWatch–A strike has broken out among workers on a new highway connecting Tbilisi with Rustavi, a town 20km to the south. Workers demand a ten lari (USD 4) pay rise from their current 20 lari (USD 8) per day.
Their demand comes as a result of a 30 percent
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Georgian from Pankisi has died in the war in Syria.
Ibrahim Tsatiashvili, 33, left his home village Tsinubani two months ago. His relatives knew he was in Turkey. On Friday, they learned that he had died. It is not yet known whether
TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has drawn up a plan to split the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) into two units, with counterintelligence kept separately and under parliamentary control.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the revived
TBILISI, DFWatch–When groups in Tbilisi wanted to mark the international day against homophobia May 17, they had to organize it in tightly-controlled secrecy and gather in silence.
Time and location was secret, and everyone who showed up, including journalists
TBILISI, DFWatch–Money transfers to and from Georgia fell by 24.4 percent in April 2015, compared to same month in the year before.
According to the National Bank, the amount of money transfers last month was USD 91.1 million, which was USD 29.4 million less than