TBILISI, DFWatch — The opposition National Movement party in Georgia compares Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili with Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro after statements he made at a press conference Tuesday.
Ivanishvili was summing up his first hundred days of being in
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili calls on Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream coalition to make all constitutional amendments unanimous.
The governing Georgian Dream coalition wants to change the constitution, but is nine votes
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili compares the opposition victory in the October, 2012 parliament election with an epidemic.
“Sometimes I think there was no election on October 1, but some type of natural disease swept across some of our
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s political party says it can’t wait four years for a change of power and instead will try to ‘weaken’ the Ivanishvili government.
Secretary General of the National Movement, Vano Merabisvhili, says they do not plan
TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian President and Prime Minister, who only have met once after the parliamentary election, Sunday celebrated the jubilee of the Georgian patriarch and shared what seemed to be a serious conversation.
Last time the two leaders met
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says he will continue to appoint his party members to bodies under his control.
Saturday, Saakashvili appointed Khatuna Ochiauri, member of parliament (MP) before the last election, as governor of Mtskheta Mtianeti
TBILISI, DFWatch — Parliament’s judiciary committee has started reviewing a draft bill which will free former government officials from responsibility for crimes committed while in office.
Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili first announced the idea in the end of
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvil has appointed a former government official who has twice been detained after the change of government as new governor in the Samegrelo region.
Tengiz Gunava used to be Chairman of the General Inspection
TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili says he is ready to cooperate with the governing Georgian Dream and its leader and has proposed a plan of cooperation.
The invitation came during Saakashvili’s New Year’s speech Monday night. He focused on cooperation
TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says he has no intention of dismissing the new government.
In a live televised press conference late Thursday night, he said that he has no plans to use his constitutional powers to dismiss the cabinet.