Thursday, January 29, 2026

Four dead bodies discovered in Georgia near border with Turkey

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Vladimer Gogidze found the bodies while he was out hunting with a friend. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Four dead bodies were discovered in Khelvachauri in southwestern Georgia on Saturday, four kilometers from the border with Turkey.

The four bodies were frozen and almost covered in snow, and allegedly belong to citizens of Bangladesh.

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Georgia's Ministry of Economy scores lowest in openness survey

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Giorgi Kldiashvili (left), IDFI, and Keti Khutsishvili, OSGF. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Economic Development is the most closed public institution in Georgia, in terms of providing public information.

This is one of the findings in a new report published Friday by the Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI).

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Did government officials interfere with pardoning of prisoners?

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Aleko Elisashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Government officials tried to pressure the president’s pardon commission into releasing certain prisoners, former commission head Aleko Elisashvili claims.

The current head of the pardon commission, Zviad Koridze, says he can confirm Elisashvili’s

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Georgia: Direct foreign investments slump 33% in third quarter

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A new mineral water factory under construction in the Guria region with EBRD financing. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Direct foreign investments in Georgia was 33 percent lower in the third quarter of 2015 than in the same period last year, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Department.

Direct foreign investments amounted to USD 489 million

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Georgian man will not face trial for marrying 13 year old

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From a recent street performance by school children to highlight the problem of child marriage. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A man who married a 13 year old girl and now has two children by her will not face trial for sexual relations with a minor, prosecutors have decided.

Nadim Paksadze, who is now 21, was under investigation for marrying a minor, which has become

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Georgian Orthodox Church clarifies statement about pardoning prisoners

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TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Orthodox Church issued a short statement Sunday evening explaining that Patiarch Ilia II never meant to ask for legislative amendments to grant him the right to pardon prisoners.

December 5, the patriarch attended a performance by women prisoners at Rustaveli Theatre,

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