Friday, December 5, 2025

Ex minister submits US Justice Department report in own defense

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Police used excessive force on May 26, 2011, according to Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The lawyer of the detained former prime minister Vano Merabishvili demands to stop the criminal prosecution against his client, or at least release him on bail, after the publication of a report commissioned by the US Justice Department.

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Last two defendents in 'tractors case' out on bail

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Cheap tractors were bought, and public money siphoned off, prosecutors say. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court Thursday released on bail the last two persons who had been detained in the so-called tractor case. All in all, seven are accused on charges spanning negligence, state money embezzlement and pressure on experts.

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Limestone formation partly destroyed along Kazbegi road

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A construction company needed an access road and cut through the limestone. Environmentalists say it will take centuries for the rock to reform. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of a massive limestone formation in Georgia has been destroyed during repair work on a tunnel.

The rock formation is located at a section of road between Gudauri and Kobi, leading up into the Kazbegi mountains in the north of Georgia,

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Georgia needs a competent energy strategy

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Murman Margvelashvili is Director of Energy Studies at World Experience for Georgia.

Georgia is an energy dependent country – with 65% of energy demand being covered from external sources. Despite the richness in hydropower resources Georgia still has a negative balance even in electricity import-export. Energy dependence has a negative impact

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Farmer cut down peach field in protest against falling prices

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Gia Shaoshvili is the first to carry out a threat by peach farmers to cut down their plantations if the government doesn’t help them. (ick.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A peach farmer in Georgia has cut down his plantation because the government hasn’t helped him and his colleagues deal with a slump in the market price.

When Gia Shaoshvili , a resident of the village Chumlaki in the eastern Kakheti region, carried

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Stalin statue to be restored at the museum in his hometown

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The statue of Stalin has been stored outdoors in a yard since its dismantling in 2010. (Radio Tavisupleba.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The monument of Stalin, which was removed from the pedestal in the central square in his hometown Gori in 2010, will be restored in the Stalin Museum in the same town.

Georgian government officials deny any notion of rehabilitation of Stalin’s

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