Statement of Civil Society and Media organizations against alleged revocation of the status from the-now seven self-governing cities in Georgia
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Sen. McCain encourages Georgia to preserve pluralistic media
Georgian court’s decision regarding Rustavi 2 looks like ‘an attempt to silence opposition voices’, US Senator John McCain said to Voice of America’s Georgian service. “I am deeply concerned that the Georgian Supreme Court’s decision regarding Rustavi 2 appears to be an attempt to silence opposition voices in the press and curtail the country’s vibrant, … Read more
State Oil and Gas Company Spending Questioned
Between 2012 and 2014, the Georgia Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC) spent 3.8 million lari (about $US2.26 million) to finance patrols watching to make sure nobody was stealing gas from oil or gas pipelines.
Target of Georgia Church poisoning attempt was patriarch’s adviser
TBILISI, DFWatch–Top prosecutors in Georgia now say the target of an assassination attempt within the Orthodox Church was not the patriarch, but one of his advisers.
In an interview with the newspaper Rezonansi, POG spokeswoman Natia Sukhiashvili specifically
Paul Goble: I fear that Trump will largely ignore countries like Georgia
To assess the latest developments in the domestic and foreign affairs of Georgia, Voice of America’s (VOA) Anna Kalandadze interviewed Washington-based long-standing Eurasia observer Paul Goble. The Georgian-language interview first appeared on VOA. Here is an English version:
Atlantic Council Vice-President: Perhaps it’s time to go on the offensive
To assess the visit by three top US Senators, John Mccain (R- AZ), Lindsay Graham (R-SC), Amy Klobucher (D-MN) to Georgia and Ukraine, Voice of America’s (VOA) Anna Kalandadze interviewed Washington-based Damon Wilson, Executive Vice-President of US Atlantic Council.
Georgia’s Public Broadcaster selects new head who has links to Ivanishvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–The supervisory board of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster (GPB) on Thursday selected as new director a candidate with close ties to the ruling party and personal links to billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The decision to appoint Vasil Maglaperidze
19.3 percent more tourists so far in 2016
Almost 5.9 million international visitors arrived in Georgia during 2016, which is 7.9 percent more than in the same period last year, the head of Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Friday.
Out of these tourists (who stayed in the country during 24 hours and longer)
Georgian lari drops again, approaching important benchmark
TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Georgia is blaming the government of impoverishing the country after the lari dropped in value again and is approaching a ‘psychological’ benchmark rate of 2.50 against the US dollar.
Its official rate against USD was set as 2.4195
Tourism jumps by one fifth, statistics
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia had a 19.5 percent growth in tourism in the nine months in 2016, according to the data released by National Tourism Administration on Monday.