Friday, January 23, 2026

Georgian president cancels New York trip due to resistance

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili says there was ‘very serious organized work’ against his planned visit to the US. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili has canceled a planned trip to New York to attend the UN climate change summit, after weeks of squabbling with the government about who should represent the country.

The decision comes after the businessman

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Georgian PM visiting Azerbaijan

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Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili met Thursday with President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev to discuss strategic cooperation and bilateral relations.

The meeting took place at the president’s palace, and Gharibashvili was accompanied by members

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Georgian businessman Ivanishvili criticizes president

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Palitra TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a rare interview, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has criticized President Giorgi Margvelashvili for harming the country’s image.

Ivanishvili left politics after the presidential election in October, 2013. He said in an interview

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Locals slaughtered pig outside planned madrasa in Georgia

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Locals in Kobuleti demonstrated against a planned madrasa on Monday. (TV-25.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals in the small Georgian town Kobuleti on the Black Sea coast are protesting against the construction of a madrasa, a religious educational facility for Muslims.

As a sign of protest people killed a pig and placed its head at the entrance

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Yazidi refugees in Georgia awaiting decision

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Irakli Lomidze (left), head of Asylum Department at the Refugee Ministry. Dimitry Pirbar, head of the Religious Council of Yazidis in Georgia. (Click to activate video.) (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–More than 50 Yazidis have fled from Iraq to Georgia and applied for political asylum here.

DF Watch September 3 organized a discussion about the situation.

Dimitry Pirbar, head of the Religious Council of Yazidis in Georgia, said he had been to Iraq

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Building of gigantic hydro power dam may be postponed

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There has been strong resistance to Trans-Elektrica’s plans for a hydro power dam in Khudoni. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The building of a controversial hydropower dam in a mountainous region of Georgia may be further postponed, if the company behind it fails to submit the required documents in time.

The planned Khudoni hydropower project is located

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