Georgia’s parliament adopts labour safety law
All 88 MPs present voted in favour of the bill, in a plenary session on 7 March.
‘Secret meeting’ between Georgian broadcaster, TV regulator, and ruling party
The heads of the Georgian Public Broadcaster, state telecoms regulator, and PR for Georgian Dream ‘conspired to select member of board of trustees’.
Armenia appoints president completing shift to parliamentary system
Armen Sargsyan has been appointed president, completing the country’s transition to a parliamentary system.
Derbent District head arrested in Daghestan
Magomed Dzhelilov is being charged with ‘abuse of power’, in the latest of a string of arrests on corruption charges.
Advisor at Georgian Embassy in US appointed head of RFE/RL’s Georgian service
Natia Zambakhidze will replace Davit Kakabadze, after he was controversially fired for ‘refusing to partner with Rustavi 2’.
South Ossetia links dead Georgian citizen to ‘home-made bomb’
South Ossetian authorities say they found a bomb in Akhalgori, and have linked it to a Georgian citizen who died in their custody last week.
Borjomi’s mayor and staff go on strike
Borjomi’s local government is in crisis in a dispute between the opposition-run council and GD mayor, over pay rises at the mayor’s office.
Tbilisi council member arrested on corruption charges
Investigators say Temur Gorgadze demanded $7,000 in exchange for releasing a prisoner through the Pardon Council.
Armenia’s parliament to discuss deadly 2008 crackdown
A case into the deaths of 10 people in anti-government protests is still pending at the European Court of Human Rights.