Sunday, August 2, 2026

UAE signs USD 32 million contract with Georgia’s Delta

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Former President Mikheil Saakashvili inspecting a Lazika infantry combat vehicle in 2012.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Arab Emirates has signed a contract to buy military equipment worth USD 32 million from the Georgian state-owned company Delta.

Delta’s former director Ucha Dzodzuashvili said the first batch of equipment

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Georgian businessman to open McDonald's in Armenia

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Temur Chkonia (right) discussing the opening of a new McDonald’s in Rustavi earlier in 2016. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian businessman may open the first ever McDonald’s restaurant in rival Armenia, Sputnik Armenia reports.

The news agency reports that the opening of the first of the chain’s restaurants in Armenia was decided at a meeting

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Rustavi 2 loses ownership case in Appeals Court, vows to continue fight

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Rustavi 2 lawyer Tamta Muradashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Appeals Court in Georgia upheld a decision by Tbilisi City Court to transfer ownership of the largest opposition TV station, Rustavi 2, to Kibar Khalvashi, a former owner.

Khalvashi successfully sued claiming that Rustavi 2 was forcibly

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Ivanishvili plans to build new hotel on the border with Abkhazia

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Ganmukhuri is symbolic because it lies on the “Abkhaz” side of the border river Inguri.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has revealed a plan to build a luxury hotel in western Georgia on the border with the breakaway region Abkhazia.

He told journalists on Friday that he also has some other plans which he will disclose when they are approved.

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