Thursday, May 28, 2026

New EU effort to save street children in Georgia

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A new 750 000 euro project funded by the European Union will target children living on the streets. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs, the number of children living in large orphanages has decreased by over 5 000. There are only five large child care institutions left, compared to 41 during 9 years ago. But the street

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Intellectual Dilemma or Political Hoax?

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George Khutsishvili is director of the International Center on Conflict and Negotiation in Tbilisi, Georgia.

“Georgia? What kind of place is that?”

“Well, this is a post-Soviet country where a pro-Russian billionaire won the elections over a pro-Western reformer president…”

That is a tag line that has already appeared in many foreign publications on Georgia,

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Local government reform to involve people more

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Davit Narmania, Minister of Infrastructure and Regional Development. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The goal of a new reform of local government is to involve locals in solving their own problems, like bad roads and failing water supply.

The Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure on Monday laid out its new decentralization plan and

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New book details ownership in Misha's Georgia

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Freelance journalist Paul Rimple’s book started with a trip to the corner shop to buy chocolate. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After the election for parliament last year, the process of changing and reallocation ownership has begun, says journalist Paul Rimple, who has published a new book called Who Owned Georgia.

In it, he vividly depicts the very sophisticated quasi-legal

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Saakashvili's party rallies to support Tbilisi mayor

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Vano Merabishvili, Secretary General of the National Movement. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava was charged with money laundering and embezzlement of the city’s money, but not detained.

Politicians from the United National Movement party of President Mikheil Saakashvili on Friday hastily left parliament Kutaisi

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