Sunday, August 16, 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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