Monday, January 26, 2026

Georgian parliament approves new chief justice

margvelashvili-gvenetadze
President Giorgi Margvelashvili next to new Supreme Court chief justice Nino Gvenetadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Friday approved Nino Gvenetadze as new head of the Supreme Court by 88 votes against 0.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili selected Gvenetadze from 28 prospective candidates.

Gvenetadze was a Supreme Court

Read more

Ten police employees fired in Georgia for leaking information

givi_targamadze
One of the policemen sent information to National Movement politician Givi Targamadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–An employee of the Georgian Interior Ministry was sacked Thursday because he allegedly had been handing over secret information to parliament member Givi Targamadze from the National Movement.

Nine other police employees were also fired

Read more

Convicted murderer may be free one day after president converts sentence

geguti prison camp
(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Margvelashvili on Thursday converted the sentence of a man so he will no longer need to spend the rest of his life behind bars.

The head of the president’s pardon commission Zviad Koridze said the most serious crime the prisoner

Read more

Georgian and Russian diplomats clash over new South Ossetia treaty

davit_dondua
Davit Dondua. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian and Georgian diplomats meeting in Geneva for regular talks clashed over a new treaty Russia signed yesterday with the breakaway region South Ossetia.

At the latest round of talks, which ended on Wednesday, Georgia brought up the

Read more

South Ossetia signs treaty on 'alliance and integration' with Russia

leonid_tibilov_vladimir_putin2_2015-03-18
Leonid Tibilov (left) and Vladimir Putin. (kremlin.ru)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of South Ossetia, a breakaway region of Georgia, was in Moscow on Wednesday and signed a new treaty on alliance and integration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Georgia, EU, NATO and the United States protested against

Read more

Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan launch geopolitically important pipeline project

Ilham_Aliyev_Recep_Tayyip_Erdogan_Giorgi_Margvelashvili
Ilham Aliyev, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Georgia, Turkey and Azerbaijan have agreed to start construction of a natural gas pipeline which will bypass Russia and reduce Europe’s energy dependence on Russia.

The ceremony was held in Kars, a Turkish city near

Read more