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TBILISI, DFWatch–Paata Burchuladze, a Georgian opera singer who formed a political coalition which participated in the October 8 election, announced his departure from politics on Wednesday.
Local media outlets wrote that the new leader of the party will be historian Nika Machutadze.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The infighting in the United National Movement (UNM) continued on Wednesday as 20 members from the main opposition party’s central administration were dismissed.
The dismissal impacted mostly those who side with Saakashvili loyalist Chiora Taktakishvili,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili may refrain from participating in the work of the state constitutional commission and instead start ‘actively lobbying’ for launching a public discussion regarding constitutional amendments,
TBILISI, DFWatch–There were reports on Tuesday that 20-year-old Ramzan Baghakashvili from Pankisi Gorge in the northeast of Georgia has died in Syria.
Baghakashvili, who was from a village Dumastura, left Georgia for Syria two years ago with another teenager.
TBILISI, DFWatch–For two days, Nika Cherkezishvili has spent the night outside the government office in Tbilisi, refusing to leave until he gets a meeting with Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
What caused Cherkezishvili begin a one-man protest is that he claims
TBILISI, DFWatch–Two young people were pulled out of the snow alive Monday evening after being caught by an avalanche in a mountainous part of Georgia’s Adjara region.
Locals helped the two survive the ordeal. They did not have life-threatening injuries but were taken to hospital.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A 27-year-old camerawoman working for Georgia’s Public Broadcaster was discovered dead in her apartment in Kutaisi Sunday night.
Sopho Bobokidze’s death was first reported by her friends in social media.
A health problem is the likely cause
TBILISI, DFWatch–A protest against Georgia’s strict drug policy led to clashes with police and two people being detained in Tbilisi on Saturday.
Protesters gathered in front of the parliament building on Rustaveli Ave in Tbilisi to demand a softer drug policy.
TBILISI, DFWatch–A woman died in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region on Friday after being shot in the head by her ex-husband.
The incident happened as the man visited the victim’s house, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) said on Saturday.
During an argument
TBILISI, DFWatch–Social media in Georgia have lit up with debate about a young man’s naked self-portrait in the highland region Svaneti. Was it an insult to local traditions?
The debate was sparked by a video posted on Facebook which shows the man apologizing