Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Police evict city assembly members as Tbilisi land plots handed to Ivanishvili

Tbilisi council members were forcibly dragged away before two controversial property plans were approvedTBILISI, DFWatch–Two candidates for Tbilisi mayor were among opposition politicians and activists who were forcibly dragged out of the city council on Friday before a proposal was approved that will hand over two land plots to a company owned by former PM Bidzina Ivanishvili.

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Georgia's president refuses to convene parliament to pass revamped Constitution

President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili has turned down a request by the ruling party to call an unscheduled session of parliament in order to adopt the new Constitution, citing the threat of one-party rule.

“The president will not convene an extraordinary session,”

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