Monday, October 19, 2026

Refugees from Abkhazia are in a difficult situation

Valentina Sajaia, 90, lives in Sanatorium with her grandchildren for last 20 years (DF Watch photo)
Valentina Sajaia, 90, lives in Sanatorium with her grandchildren for last 20 years (DF Watch photo)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Valentina Sajaia, 90, has been living in the Likani settlement for the last 20 years with about 120 other families, who were forced to leave their houses in Abkhazia, a breakaway region of Georgia. She has raised four children without her husband

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UNM lawmaker may face 11 years in jail for ponzi scheme

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Rusudan Kervalishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A former member of parliament from the National Movement and her sister are accused of fraud in connection with a construction company they own and if convicted may face up to 11 years in jail.

Thursday they were summoned to the Prosecutor’s Office

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Georgians think country is mostly corruption free, except courts

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51% of Georgians think the courts are extremely or very corrupt. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has one of the lowest rates of bribery among the 107 countries included on the Global Corruption Barometer survey, but 51% think the courts are extremely or very corrupt.

Georgians still perceive the judiciary, the media and parliament as

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Georgia's presidential election to be held October 31

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October 31, Georgians will select a successor to current president Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has decided to set October 31, 2013, as the date of the presidential election.

A few hours before this became known, October 27 was named as Election Day, but the head of the president’s administration held a briefing to say

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Freedom to peaceful assembly and freedom of movement

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Nona Kurdovanidze is coordinator of the Project ‘Innovative and Durable Solutions to Displacement‘ at the Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association.

I can think of a number of demonstrations over the past few years when the police arrested participants for blocking traffic and violating the public order. However, today, I would like to draw your attention to the latest incident of May 1, 2013 in which the question

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Five thousand came to Oasis Music Festival

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Five thousand tickets were sold for Saturday at Oasis Festival in Mtskheta, Georgia. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Oasis Music Festival was held this weekend in Mtskheta, not far from the capital, with well-known bands like WhoMadeWho, Mumiy Troll and Motorama.

The festival lasted two days and was held at Theatron, an area between the old castle and the River

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