Wednesday, February 4, 2026

GD considers its party secretary as new speaker of parliament

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Irakli Kobakhidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After several weeks of speculation, Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili on Friday confirmed that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party is considering its secretary Irakli Kobakhidze for the post as new speaker of parliament.

It was expected that the stern

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Georgian lari drops again, approaching important benchmark

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Nodar Khaduri, Minister of Finance, insists ‘this is really a temporary decline.’

TBILISI, DFWatch–The opposition in Georgia is blaming the government of impoverishing the country after the lari dropped in value again and is approaching a ‘psychological’ benchmark rate of 2.50 against the US dollar.

Its official rate against USD was set as 2.4195

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GD plans to replace ministers in charge of the economy

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Dimitry Kumsishvili is proposed as new finance minister.

TBILISI, DFWatch–After a crushing victory in the parliamentary elections, Georgia’s ruling party this week began the work of forming a new government. Several changes have been proposed ahead of a meeting in the GD political council to take place at the end of this week.

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Many irregularities in second round of Georgia's election for parliament

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There were reports many places of people trying to vote with their fingers already marked. (Netgazeti.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In parts of Georgia, voters went to the polls again on Sunday in the second round of the parliamentary election. There were runoff contests in 50 single-seat districts, accounting for a third of the seats in the assembly.

Voting took place against a background

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