TBILISI, DFWatch–A former deputy foreign minister from the opposition Free Democrats Party is to return to his post following a proposal by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
The Free Democrats party, which came to power in 2012 as part of the
Maya Panjikidze
Free Democrats against holding snap election
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Free Democrats has rejected a proposal by the National Movement to hold a snap election one year before the next scheduled one.
UNM activists demonstrated Monday evening outside the residence of former Prime Minister
Georgia’s ex-foreign minister: ‘Let them arrest us’
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s recently resigned foreign minister believes herself and the recently dismissed defense minister might be arrested soon.
Defense Minister Irakli Alasania was dismissed last week because he according to the prime minister was trying to turn
Georgia offers rehabilitation for Ukrainian children
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on Tuesday offered her Ukrainian colleague to bring children to Georgia for vacation and rehabilitation course.
Panjikidze made the offer during a phone conversation with Pavlo Klimkin. She said that the
Georgian FM criticized for not clearly supporting Russia sanctions
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign minister is criticized by opponents for saying that the economic sanctions against Russia will not solve the Ukraine crisis. The minister says she was misinterpreted.
Maia Panjikidze on Thursday said that sanctions against Russia
Georgian minister: sanctions not proper way out of Ukraine crisis
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia’s Foreign Minister says that western sanctions against Russia and reciprocal moves by the Kremlin are not proper way out of the Ukrainian crisis and that conflict should be solved rather by the negotiations.
Maia Panjikidze,
Georgia and Russia meet to sort out EU vs CIS free trade
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian and Russian trade experts will meet in Prague on July 7 to find out how compatible Georgia’s new free trade with the European Union is with its already existing free trade framework with countries of the former Soviet Union.
The
Georgian foreign minister visiting U.S.
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on Tuesday began an official visit to the United States which will last until May 30.
According to the Foreign Ministry’s press office, Panjikidze will hold meetings with representatives of different
NDI poll shows patriarch remains most liked in Georgia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A new poll published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that Patriarch Ilia II remains the most liked person in Georgia.
96 percent of those asked say the like the patriarch. 61 percent say they like Davit Usupashvili, Speaker of Parliament;
Germany's Steinmeier to visit Georgia in late April
TBILISI, DFWatch–German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Georgia in about ten days.
Steinmeier announced the trip after a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze who visited him in Germany on Thursday.
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