Thursday, January 29, 2026

Constitutional Court suspends new bank supervision agency

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The National Bank will still supervise private banks, for the time being. (National Bank.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Constitutional Court has suspended the work of a newly created agency that was to take over the supervision of private banks; previously the responsibility of the National Bank.

The ruling was made during a lawsuit against the parliament

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Georgian president appoints new political adviser

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Giorgi Margvelashvili (right) and his new political adviser Pikria Chikhradze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday presented Pikria Chikhradze as his new political adviser.

Chikhradze is active in the New Rightists Party and is most known for her work as a youth activist in the National Liberation Movement,

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ISIS commander from Pankisi reported to have died in Iraqi air raid

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Omar al-Shishani, also known as Tarkhan Batirashvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch–An Iranian news agency reports that Omar Al-Shishani, an ISIS commander who originally comes from Pankisi, Georgia, has died in an Iraqi air raid. The reports have not yet been confirmed.

IRNA reports that Iraqi fighter jets wounded

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Construction work starts on new children's hospice in Tbilisi

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(DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Construction work began Saturday in the north of Tbilisi on what will become in Georgia’s first palliative care center for children.

The initiators of the new hospice marked the start of construction work in the village Dighomi, a Tbilisi suburb.

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NGOs warn of selective justice after activists' detention

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The NGOs react to a decision by Kutaisi City Court to place three Free Zone activists in pre-trial detention. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) warn against selective justice from authorities and call on the government to treat everyone equally.

The NGOs’ express concern about the detention of the three activists from Tavisufali

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