Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia begins pilot project for e-government

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili emphasized the importance of strengthening local governments and proposed building more public service centers. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is starting a pilot project to introduce electronic government, or e-government.

Representatives of the Justice Ministry on Monday presented an action plan for 2014-2018 named ‘digital Georgia’ which has 11 priority areas.

The goal is

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Obama to meet Georgian PM at Hague summit

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President Obama and Gharibashvili when they met last month at the White House. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Barack Obama writes in a letter that he hopes to meet Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili at the third Nuclear Security Summit in the Hague 23-25 March.

The US president’s letter to Gharibashvili, published on Monday,

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Stefan Fule to visit Georgia March 3-4

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EU Commissioner Stefan Fule (right) during a previous meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili in Brussels February 3, 2014. (Government photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–EU Commissioner Stefan Fule is planning a visit to Georgia next Monday and Tuesday.

According to his press office, the Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy will meet with President Giorgi Margvelashvili, Prime Minister

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John Kerry to visit Georgia in spring

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US Secretary of State John Kerry next to his Georgian counterpart, Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze. (Photo published by the Georgian government.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Georgia in spring 2014.

Kerry said after a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Wednesday that he is looking forward to coming to Georgia and that the trip might take place in spring.

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Georgian PM Gharibashvili met Obama and Biden

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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and US President Barack Obama. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili on Monday met with US Vice President Joe Biden at the White House. President Barack Obama later joined the meeting.

Topics included the US-Georgia strategic partnership, the prospects for Georgia’s integration

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Georgian PM starts weeklong US trip Saturday

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Georgian Prime Minister, Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili tomorrow begins his first United States visit since assuming office.

Gharibashvili, who is accompanied by several of his cabinet ministers, said at a government session on Thursday that it will be the first top

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Georgian PM wants 50% first past the post threshold

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili proposes to raise the threshold for winning in the first round of local elections to 50 percent.

Gharibashvili, who represents the Georgian Dream coalition, suggests having a 50 percent threshold also in mayoral

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Georgian PM ready for direct talks with Russian leaders

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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says he is ready to have direct dialogue with Russian leaders.

Gharibashvili’s statement was a response to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said on Monday that he is willing to meet with President

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NATO ambassadors encourage new Georgian government

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left), NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen and State Minister for Euro-Integration Alexi Petriashvili. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The new Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says NATO ambassadors gave him positive signals at Wednesday’s meeting of the NATO-Georgia commission in Brussels.

Gharibashvili said the ambassadors told him the new government has strengthened

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Georgian PM Gharibashvili met Jose Manuel Barroso

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili met with President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso to speak about EU-Georgia cooperation, Georgia’s integration process with the EU. 

Another topic was the deal with the EU Georgia approved

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