Sunday, February 1, 2026

National Movement activist claims he was attacked by local officials in Rustavi

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(geotimes.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–An activist for the National Movement claims that several officials at the Rustavi City Hall, including the deputy mayor, insulted and beat him Monday night.

Mamuka Chikovani, head of the UNM’s branch

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Georgian team won European judo championship

JudoTBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s National Judo Team won the European Judo Championship in Kazan, Russia.

In the final competition, the Georgian male judo team won 3:2 against the Russian team. The victories were won by Nugzar Tatalashvili, Avtandil Chrikishvili

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Saakashvili confident his party will return to power in Georgia

mikheil_saakashvili_2015-05-31TBILISI, DFWatch–Mikheil Saakashvili, the former Georgian president and current governor of Odessa, told a Georgian TV channel on Sunday that he is confident of victory for his political party in the parliamentary election in October, and afterward

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North & East European foreign ministers support visa-free travel for Georgia, Ukraine

Photo by MFA of Latvia
Photo by MFA of Latvia

TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign ministers of Europe’s northern and eastern countries call on EU member states to go ahead with a plan to allow 90 days visa-free visits for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens.

On 21–22 April, a meeting of foreign ministers of Baltic,

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Abkhazian exhibition in Montenegro shut down on Georgia’s request

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Montenegrin police covered the exposition with tarp following Abkhazia’s refusal to remove it from the fair (Chamber of Commerce of the de-facto Republic of Abkhazia)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia filed an official complaint with the authorities of Montenegro, as a result of which Montenegrin police shut down an Abkhazian tourism exposition.

The Abkhazian exposition was a part of an international

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Georgia's frozen conflict hampers Easter celebration in border villages

According to the report, arbitrary detentions by Russian and de facto [South Ossetian] authorities of Georgian citizens along the administrative boundary line remain one of Georgia’s significant human rights challenges.
Khurvaleti, one of the villages where the cemetery is on the other side of the fence. (DF Watch.)
TBILISI, DFWatch–The frozen conflict over South Ossetia will prevent many people in the border areas from visiting their family graves this Easter.

As the observance of Orthodox Easter starts today with Palm Sunday, many will be unable to go to cemeteries

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