GALI, DFWatch–Four-wheel horse carts (‘tachkas’) are still the main means of transport for crossing the Enguri Bridge, which separates breakaway Abkhazia from Georgia proper. However, recently three ‘marshrutkas’ have started competing for this profitable business,
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Georgian president accuses Russia of running smear campaign in Europe
TBILISI, DFWatch–The president of Georgia has hinted that Russia may have manipulated media in Europe and made them focus on crime committed by Georgian nationals.
“It may be the result of Russian propaganda when in the capitals of some European countries
Gulen-linked school manager released on bail by Tbilisi court

TBILISI, DFWatch–The manager of a private school linked to the exiled Turkish preacher Fethullah Gülen was released on bail by a Tbilisi court on Monday.
Mustafa Emre Cabuk, quality manager at Demirel College, was arrested in May, 2017 in what appeared to be a case of pressure
Georgian far-right group plans to form new political party
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BILISI, DFWatch–A far right group in Georgia that is forming vigilante groups to patrol Tbilisi’s streets looking for ‘suspicious foreigners’ is also planning to establish a new political party.
Leaders of Georgian March confirmed this to different media outlets.
Ukraine detains Saakashvili and deports him to Poland

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has been deported from Ukraine. Saakashvili was detained in central Kyiv and deported to Poland by the border guard service.
A statement on the service’s website says supporters of Saakashvili
CEO of Tbilisi clinic claims government of Azerbaijan intervened in his trial
TBILISI, DFWatch–The director of a Tbilisi hospital claims he was sentenced to prison on orders of the Azerbaijani government.
Ferman Ceyranli, the director of Lancet Clinic, was sentenced to six years in jail by Tbilisi city court on Friday.
'Anti-oligarchy' revolution 'imminent' in Georgia: Saakashvili
TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian president and ex-governor of Odessa Mikheil Saakashvili thinks an ‘anti-oligarchy revolution’ is ‘imminent’ in Georgia.
“This post-Soviet quagmire will be swept away, because it is contrary to human instincts,” Saakashvili said
Former high-ranking 'Mkhedrioni' paramilitary shot in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman who served in a banned paramilitary force in the 1990s and her son was shot in Tbilisi Wednesday morning. Dodo Gugeshashvili (59), a former high-ranking member of the Mkhedrioni paramilitary group, sustained a wound to her chest and was hospitalized. Her son, 32 year old Nodar Gusgeshashvili, was also shot in the attack … Read more
Rare Georgian language memorial discovered in Abkhazia
TBILISI, DFWatch–A World War II memorial in Abkhazia has been found to bear an inscription in the Georgian language; a rarity after a recent wave of cultural cleansing.
DFWatch’s reporter unexpectedly stumbled upon the memorial stone in Merkheuli,

