Sunday, June 14, 2026

Margvelashvili declares 2016 the Year of the European State

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Guram Girgvliani (right) receiving the Order of Queen Tamar on behalf of his late wife, Irine Enukidze, from President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left). (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Monday declared 2016 as the Year of the European State.

He made the announcement at a ceremony to celebrate the 25 year anniversary of founding of the National Guard.

The president said

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Georgian politician bit off colleague's ear

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Emiko Peikrishvili. (Maestro TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A local politician in Georgia bit off part of the ear of a colleague during a fight on Monday.

Emiko Peikrishvili, the former head of Kareli municipality in the Shida Kartli region, bit off a small part of the ear of Ilia Kelekhsashvili, assistant to the current municipal

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Man sentenced to life for murdering policeman

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Shalva Abuladze was found guilty of murdering a policeman and attempting to murder four other police officers. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A man in Georgia was Monday sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering a policeman and trying to murder four other police officers.

According to Shalva Khachapuridze, a lawyer representing the murder convict Shalva Abuladze,

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E60 through Georgia cut off by flood for the third time

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The water level in River Chkhara was still too high for repair work to begin on Monday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A section of the E60, the main highway east-west through Georgia, has once more been cut off because a river spilled over its banks near Kutaisi.

The damaged section is the 206th km of the Tbilisi-Senaki-Leselidze road, the same section which

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NDI poll shows small Georgian Dream lead, voters still indifferent

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The share of people who wouldn’t vote for any party or don’t know which one is down to 38% (yellow line), after reaching almost 50% in August. (National Democratic Institute.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A poll published on Monday shows the ruling Georgian Dream coalition back in the lead, and a surge in voters’ apathy slightly abating.

The latest National Democratic Institute (NDI) poll, carried out in late November, early December, shows that if there

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