DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, December 1 – Georgia is preparing to shut down a social employment scheme after four years, as the government moves to overhaul the way low income citizens are supported in the job market, BPN reports. A new draft of the 2026 state budget, released on Monday, confirms that the public works component of the … Read more
TBILISI, November 29 – Georgia’s opposition staged a large rally in Tbilisi on Friday night, warning that the country’s European path is at risk. Crowds gathered on Rustaveli Avenue for what organizers described as the next phase of a long struggle against the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party. Speakers urged supporters to stay on the … Read more
TBILISI, November 28 – The same day as Georgia’s opposition is staging a mass rally, parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili launched a fierce attack on domestic critics and the country’s Western partners. Papuashvili spoke to journalists in parliament on Friday, one year after mass protests turned violent outside the same building on 28 November 2024. He … Read more
Political scientist Paata Sheshelidze questions the government’s plan to partner with major Gulf developers on vast new real estate complexes in Tbilisi and on the Black Sea, saying the public still does not know what, exactly, the country is agreeing to. Sheshelidze, president of the New Economic School and a former politician, told Interpressnews that … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Georgia’s government says crews have finished digging a new 4.5 kilometer tunnel on the steep and avalanche-prone road between Stepantsminda and Gveleti, a part of a strategically important north–south corridor. The announcement came Thursday, one day after senior officials from Georgia and Armenia inspected the site. According to the Infrastructure Ministry, … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Georgia’s former president Salome Zourabichvili is signaling that she may make another attempt to unite the country’s fragmented opposition, after comments she made during a visit to France. Speaking at a Paris university, Zourabichvili argued that the current moment calls for coordination between political parties and civil society. She said the … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Two new hydropower plants planned along Georgia’s central Mtkvari River have cleared a regulatory hurdle, after the National Environmental Agency issued environmental approvals on Thursday for the construction and operation of the Skra HPP and the Urbnisi HPP. Both facilities will be built by the private company N-C Group 2022, which … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Georgia’s government is dismantling a key tourism body only three years after creating it, sparking sharp criticism within the sector. The Resorts Development Agency, founded in 2022 to help modernize and promote Georgia’s mountain and wellness destinations, will be shut down and absorbed into the National Tourism Administration by the end … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Russia has handed life sentences to eight men over the 2022 explosion on the Crimea bridge, Russian media reported on Thursday. According to the reports, a military court in Rostov-on-Don found the group guilty of terrorism and of illegally purchasing and transporting explosive devices. All eight received life in prison. The … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – At a hearing on Wednesday, Paata Burchuladze, a well-known opera singer turned opposition figure, told the court that the October 4 rally he helped lead in central Tbilisi was a “peaceful overthrow” carried out by the people, not an attempt at a violent coup as prosecutors claim. Burchuladze is on trial … Read more