DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, November 26 – Twenty-two Georgian online platforms have accused one of the country’s biggest broadcasters of spreading falsehoods in a recent television report. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the platforms said they have filed a complaint with Georgia’s media regulator, demanding that TV Imedi retract information aired in a recent investigative segment. The … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Among the pointed questions Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze faced in parliament Wednesday was one about the government’s stance on Euro-Atlantic integration and the emergence of a new political party calling for neutrality. MP Vika Pilpani from the For Georgia party confronted Kobakhidze with an accusation that the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze spent Wednesday answering sharp questions in parliament over the huge Eagle Hills real estate project, describing it as a win for Tbilisi’s green spaces while critics kept warning about secrecy and political risk. The debate comes after weeks of controversy around the UAE-linked developer’s plans in Tbilisi’s … Read more
TBILISI, November 25 – Georgia’s Interior Ministry has launched a new nationwide campaign aimed at helping schoolchildren better understand the work of the police. The program, titled “Profession: Police Officer,” was formally presented on November 20 at the Interior Ministry Academy in Tbilisi, where officials said the goal is to introduce teenagers to police work … Read more
TBILISI, November 25 – Georgia has opened a major new power facility in Tbilisi as part of a long-running plan to modernize the capital’s electricity network. The Krtsanisi high-voltage substation, built by the private utility Telasi, was formally launched today, after more than a year of construction work carried out under the national energy regulator’s … Read more
TBILISI, November 25 – Georgia’s former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has won another round in his long-running legal fight with a Credit Suisse subsidiary, as a UK court ordered the bank to compensate him for losses linked to a major fraud case. But although the United Kingdom’s Judicial Committee of the Privy Council upheld earlier … Read more
TBILISI, November 25 – Georgia is preparing to extend its transitional rules on “social logging,” a long-standing system that lets rural households cut firewood for personal use. A bill submitted to parliament proposes keeping the scheme in place for one more year, until January 1, 2027, according to information published Tuesday, November 25. Under the … Read more
TBILISI, November 24 – Georgia’s National Bank expects inflation to settle back toward its long-term target next year after a temporary jump driven mostly by food prices, the bank’s president Natia Turnava told lawmakers on Monday. Turnava delivered the bank’s latest projections to Parliament’s Finance and Budget Committee during the presentation of its 2026–2028 monetary … Read more
TBILISI, November 24 – Georgia’s Interior Ministry is pushing ahead with a sweeping plan to tighten civilian access to pepper spray, electric shock devices and blank-firing “acoustic” guns. Critics warn it will restrict options for protesters. The proposal, first unveiled on 17 November and now moving through parliamentary committee hearings, would require state permits for … Read more
TBILISI, November 24 – A deadly construction accident on one of Georgia’s largest infrastructure projects has left four workers dead and one in critical condition after a mass of earth collapsed at a work site near the village of Tskere. The incident occurred during the installation of a retaining wall on the Kvesheti-Kobi road, a … Read more