Friday, December 5, 2025

Glimpses of daily life in Iormughanlo, Georgia

Iormughanlo is a village at the river Iori and lies in the Kakheti region in the south eastern part of Georgia. The village has a population of not more than 2 000, according to the most recent census data, predominantly ethic Azeris. The majority of families in Iormughanlo have sheep as a livelihood. While walking … Read more

Managing non-performing loans in Georgia

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Irina Guruli is Program Manager at the Economic Policy Research Center.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The problem of bad loans gets huge attention nowadays. It has become a headache for all from bank managers to government authorities. Bad loans were basically the driver of the recent world economic downturn. The situation is no different in Georgia.

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Constitutional Court in Georgia lifts ban on homosexuals giving blood

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(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The constitutional court in Georgia has struck down a thirteen year old ban on homosexual men becoming blood donors.

The court agreed with a complaint from five Georgian citizens and recognized several articles of an order issued by the labor, health

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Georgian gov't updating legislation ahead of local election

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a week the government in Georgia will decide whether to follow recommendations and proposals made by the non-parliamentary opposition and non-governmental organizations about amendments to the Election Code.

Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili

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What Georgia can expect from the Munich Security Conference

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Photo published on the Munich Security Conference website.

TBILISI, DFWatch–When the annual Munich Security Conference opens in a few days, it will be the first time Georgia’s delegation is headed by the prime minister and not the president.

The reason for the change is partly that a constitutional amendment came into force

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Video shows Merabishvili promising reward for 'two corpses'

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The video shows Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili instructing soldiers after a mutiny at a tank battalion base near Tbilisi in 2009. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–There may be added new charges against former Prime Minister and Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili, according to the head of parliament’s defense and security committee.

Wednesday, a 4-minute long video was posted on Youtube,

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Saakashvili's appointment as 'Senior Statesman'

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John C. Kornblum is an American diplomat and businessman. (Photo: International Students’ Committee.)
This letter was published January 21, 2014, in The Tufts Daily, a student newspaper at Tufts University.

I was distressed to read in your newspaper that former Georgian President Saakashvili had been appointed as a so-called “Senior Statesman” at the Fletcher

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1000 people demonstrated to save Vake Park in Tbilisi

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Around a thousand people gathered in Tbilisi’s Vake Park Sunday to show their resistance to a planned new hotel. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Around a thousand people showed up in Vake Park in Tbilisi Sunday to protest against the construction of a new hotel.

The event, which was planned on Facebook, brought together people, families, some with dogs or carrying balloons, enjoying snacks

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Mining company wants to dig gold in 5400 year old mine

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Mining company RMG claims the 5400 years old gold mine has no archaeological value and demands that its employees are not left idling as experts work to determine whether Sakdrisi should be protected. (Culture Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists in Georgia are trying to prevent a five thousand year old gold mine from being opened up for commercial exploitation.

It started in spring 2013, when archaeologists became aware that the mining company RMG was about to start excavating gold

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