Sunday, December 28, 2025

Borisov to Saakashvili: Bulgaria backs Georgia's EU approach

Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borisov (far right), met Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili (center) at the presidential residence in Tbilisi Sunday.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Bulgaria expresses its full support for Georgia’s integration process towards NATO and the EU.

Boyko Borisov, Bulgarian Prime Minister, said this Sunday during a meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Specifically Borisov said his

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Bosporus doesn’t divide, Bosporus unites

Bosporus doesn’t divide, Bosporus unites, says former EU Commissioner Gunter Verheugen, He says the EU should not stop thinking of enlargement despite the current dire economic situation. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Where exactly does Europe end and Asia start? Some say it’s the Likhi mountain range, which separates Georgia’s western and eastern parts.

Regardless of how Europe’s geographical extent is measured, the cultural connection to Europe has long been a

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Don’t mention the lawyers

TBILISI, DFWatch – 123 lawyers have been put in jail the last 7 years, and tell horrific stories of beatings and rape. But EU parliamentarians Thursday decided not to mention the lawyers in their criticism of Georgia. Krzysztof Lisek, speaker of the European Parliament on Georgia issues, was in Tbilisi Friday discussing the latest resolution … Read more

PM: Georgia doesn’t need EU integration yet

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s Prime Minister Nika Gilauri thinks that under today’s conditions, Georgia doesn’t need to be integrated with the European Union. There are negotiations with the EU now about a free trade agreement, and Georgia ‘is hoping for visa liberalization agreement and free trade agreement’. “For now EU is not ready to accept … Read more