Tuesday, July 28, 2026

DFWatch staff

Georgia's parliament to consider a ban on wearing burqa and niqab in public

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The  parliament in Georgia is to consider a proposal by a far-right group to ban the wearing of burqa and niqab in public. The bill was proposed by Emzar Kvitsiani, a member of parliament from the socially conservative political party Alliance of Patriots. The party is often accused of having pro-Russian sentiments, but party … Read more

Akhalgori administrator, who discriminated against Georgians, resigns

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AKHALGORI, DFWatch–The de facto head of administration in Akhalgori, who is known for his anti-Georgian policies, has resigned, but received praise from de facto president Leonid Bibilov, who pledged to find a new job for him in the government in Tskhinvali. If an ethnic Georgian was coming to the office of Philip Khachirov, he didn’t … Read more

გალელ მასწავლებლებს სახელფასო ბარათები დაუმზადეს

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როგორც DFWatch-ს მასწავლებლებმა უთხრეს, ბარათები რუსულმა Сбербанк-მა დაამზადა. „დღემდე ხელფასს ხელზე ვიღებდით, დირექტორებს იბარებდნენ თვეში ერთხელ და მათ ატანდნენ მთელი შემადგენლობის ანაზღაურებას. ახლა ბარათები დაგვიმზადეს და ხელფასი იქ დაირიცხებაო“, – განუცხადა DFWatch-ს ერთ-ერთმა მასწავლებელმა. პედაგოგები ამბობენ, რომ საბანკო ბარათები მხოლოდ იმ მასწავლებლებს დაუმზადეს, ვისაც ე.წ. მწვანე (აფხაზური) პასპორტი აქვთ. „ბარათები არ დაუმზადეს იმ მასწავლებლებს, რომლებსაც … Read more

Georgia revokes decision to freeze Gulen-linked university's student intake

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian regulatory body for quality in education on Saturday revoked a controversial decision to bar a Tbilisi university from accepting new students for a period of one year. Black Sea International University, one of Georgia’s leading higher educational institutions, was also allowed to increase the number of students enrolled each year from 2,500 … Read more

Seven jailed Donbass Battalion members plead not guilty, go on hunger strike in Tbilisi

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Seven jailed members of the Donbass Battalion have gone on hunger strike in Tbilisi, protesting their detention and claiming that the police planted illegal items. The six Ukrainian and one Georgian citizen are charged with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition and were placed in pre-trial detention by Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday. During … Read more

Seven members of Ukraine's Donbass Battalion detained in Tbilisi

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian police have detained six Ukrainian and one Georgia citizen who are members of the Donbass Battalion, a volunteer detachment of Ukraine’s National Guard. The seven are suspected of ‘illegal purchase and possession of firearms, ammunition and explosive devices’, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated. Semen Semenchenko, opposition MP to the Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada and commander … Read more

'Georgia has no president': Georgian opposition demands snap parliamentary elections

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Several thousand people attended a rally in Tbilisi Sunday to support the United Opposition and its demand to dissolve parliament and hold snap parliamentary elections. The opposition repeated its claim that the presidential election was falsified and therefore illegitimate, demanded snap elections and offered the government an ‘ultimatum’: Either negotiate in ‘a different legal … Read more

Chidaoba, Georgian traditional wrestling, listed by UNESCO as intangible cultural heritage

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Chidaoba has been added to the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. The traditional Georgian style of wrestling has bred dozens of Olympic and world champions in freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling as well as judo. “The practice is a complex phenomenon that combines elements of wrestling, music, dance and special … Read more