DFWatch staff 
Tbilisi,DFWatch – Following the tense electoral night in the United States, Ian Kelly, US Ambassador to Georgia has emphasized that no matter who wins, US will remain strong alley to Georgia.
Tbilisi, DFWatch – Political party New Rights left a coalition led by operatic bass Paata Burchuladze after it suffered sound defeat in the parliamentary elections in October.
Mamuka Katsitadze, lead figure at the New Rights,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former first lady Sandra Roelofs has turned down her mandate to serve as a member of parliament despite being among the top ten names on the National Movement’s party list.
On Monday, Roelofs asked the Central Election Commission (CEC)
Tbilisi, DFWatch – The head of Georgian Church is expected to pay a visit to Moscow in November to attend a 70-year jubilee of his Russian counterpart.
According to the Patriarchate of Georgia, Catholikos-Patriarch Ilia II was invited by the Patriarch Kirill of Moscow
TBILISI, DFWatch–One more Pankisi native has been killed in the Middle East. Reports vary about where the 24 year old Mukhad Khangoshvili was killed.
According to Interpressnews, which relies on an unidentified source in Pankisi, it happened in Mosul,
TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Levan Izoria said Monday that he is reversing a decision by his predecessor Tina Khidasheli to end compulsory military service.
He made the announcement on Monday during a meeting with the media to present a report about his first 100 days on the job.
TBILISI, DFWatch–The exiled former president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili announced on Monday that he is leaving as governor of Ukraine’s Odessa region, a position he has held since May 2015.
During a press conference broadcast on his Facebook page,
TBILISI, DFWatch–After a landslide victory in the election, Georgian Dream bigwigs gathered on Sunday to agree on key appointments for the new parliament.
After the political council session was over, GD announced its list of candidates, which, not surprisingly,
TBILISI, DFWatch–The teenager colluded with her boyfriend and another friend to knock her elderly mother unconscious, then they stabbed and killed her, dismembered the body, burnt it with gasoline at a garbage dump in Tbilisi and threw it in a ditch, according
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