Monday, February 2, 2026

Georgian Dream announces top 15 candidates for parliament – 8 are women

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Tamar Chugoshvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream Party on Wednesday announced its top 15 people on the party list for the parliamentary election in October.

The list consists of eight women and seven men. There are no MPs or cabinet members among them. Three of them are deputy ministers.

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Keti Tsikhelashvili becomes acting minister for reconciliation and civil equality

keti_tsikhelashviliTBILISI, DFWatch–Keti Tsikhelashvili, Deputy Minister for Reintegration and Civil Equality, will be the acting minister as Paata Zakareishvili from the Republican Party leaves his post in connection with the 2016 election campaign.

Zakareishvili said on Tuesday

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Two Islamist militants from Georgia killed in Syria

Mideast SyriaTBILISI, DFWatch–Two men from Pankisi valley in Georgia, one aged 26 and the 34, have been killed in Syria.

The younger of them, Bekkhan (Beka) Tokhosashvili, was a native of the village Birkiani. Tokhosashvili left Georgia in 2014 and joined the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria,

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Two Republican members of government resign

Tina Khidasheli (Interpressnews)
Tina Khidasheli (Interpressnews)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republican Party in Georgia announced on Tuesday at its members of the government are resigning.

The ministers who will be leaving their posts shortly are Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli and Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili.

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Ukraine's police chief claims her native Georgia plans to revoke citizenship

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Khatia Dekanoidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A former Georgian government official who started a new career as head of Ukraine’s police force claims the government of her native country threatens to revoke her citizenship.

Khatia Dekanoidze was education minister during President Mikheil Saakashvili,

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