DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, September 27 – Transparency International Georgia (TIG) says it will add jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili to its list of political prisoners. The watchdog group announced its decision on Friday after reviewing case materials supplied by Saakashvili’s lawyer in July. The materials covered the so-called “jackets case”, his illegal border-crossing case and proceedings connected … Read more
TBILISI, September 27 – Willy Sagnol has stepped down as head coach of Georgia’s national football team after more than five years in charge, ending a spell that included the country’s first appearance at a European Championship and a run to the last 16. The Georgian Football Federation announced Sagnol’s departure on Saturday. Georgian coach … Read more
TBILISI, September 25 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze used his address to the UN General Assembly in New York on Thursday to appeal directly to the people of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Kobakhidze said Russia still occupied 20 percent of Georgia’s territory and that hundreds of thousands of displaced people remained unable to return … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – An EU-funded music festival in Georgia has been postponed over safety concerns after a musician said threats forced him to cancel. The decision has sparked a dispute between Georgia’s ruling party and the EU delegation in Tbilisi. The Danish Cultural Institute, which was involved in organizing the Kamara festival, announced that … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Russia says Georgia must give legally binding guarantees that it will not use force against its breakaway territories Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The statement further demands that Georgia agree to formally mark the borders of those territories. The Russian Foreign Ministry statement was issued following talks on Wednesday between Deputy Foreign … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – Up to 80,000 water customers in and around Georgia’s capital will face a roughly 36-hour disruption this weekend as crews connect a new water main to the existing network, the government said Wednesday. The interruption is scheduled to begin at 3 a.m. on Saturday and last until 3 p.m. on Sunday. … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – An 85-year-old woman has been killed in her home in eastern Georgia, with local residents reporting that an intruder may have demanded money before setting the house on fire. The woman lived alone near a ravine on the outskirts of Almat, a village in the Kvareli municipality, according to residents cited … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – A 12th-grade student in western Georgia has died three weeks after being struck by shotgun pellets during a hunting trip, Interpressnews reported Wednesday. The teenager had gone quail hunting with a relative near the town of Terjola when pellets fired by the relative struck him, according to the news agency. He … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has appointed Goga Kikilashvili, the son of judge Khvicha Kikilashvili, to the country’s Constitutional Court. The president’s office announced Kikilashvili’s appointment on Tuesday. He will replace Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze, whose term ends on October 2. Kverenchkhiladze was appointed by former president Giorgi Margvelashvili. On Wednesday, Georgia’s Supreme Court … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – The Council of Europe says it did not transfer a grant to a Georgian political school or pay its officials for a recent seminar after Georgian authorities launched a probe for possible violation of the grants law. In a statement to Interpressnews on Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based organization said it had directly … Read more