Saturday, August 1, 2026

Georgian PM extends condolences to Yıldırım, confirms Turkey trip

giorgi_kvirikashvili2TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili spoke by phone with his Turkish colleague Binali Yıldırım on Monday, and both confirmed that Kvirikashvili will visit Ankara for the first session of the Georgia-Turkey strategic partnership council on July 19.

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Republican Party tops reject offer to join Georgian Dream

Davit Usupashvili (IPN)
Davit Usupashvili (IPN)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of the Republican Party says he and other party tops have received an offer from the ruling Georgian Dream to abandon their own party and join them ahead of the election, but they rejected the offer.

In an interview with the newspaper

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Campaigners' plea to president to free 22-year-old caught with ecstasy

KoteTBILISI, DFWatch–Groups demonstrated Thursday to ask the president to release a 22 year old man who is serving a one year prison sentence for possession of two grams of ecstasy.

Kote Japaridze, the recipient of a presidential scholarship, was arrested

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Coup attempt in Turkey prompts Georgia to close border

Sarpi___borderTBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Georgia decided Saturday morning to seal its land border to its neighbor Turkey and cancel all flights into that country for the time being, out of concern for the safety of civilians.

At the border crossing near Sarpi, only Turkish citizens are currently

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One Georgian feared dead in Nice attacks

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The TV tower in Tbilisi was lit in the colors of the French flag on Friday in a show of solidarity after the terror attack. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian citizen is reported missing after the terrorist attack in Nice, the Georgian ambassador to France has confirmed. The man’s wife, who is not a Georgian citizen, is confirmed dead.

Moambe, the evening news program on Georgia’s Channel 1,

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