Thursday, January 22, 2026

NATO will not offer Georgia a membership plan this year

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Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze (left) and NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meeting in Brussels on Tuesday. (Photo published by NATO.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO will not offer Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at a summit in Wales in September, the alliance’s secretary general said on Wednesday.

“The Summit in Wales will not be about a Membership Action Plan; but about more support

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Tbilisi mayor withdraws court case

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Former Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor who was removed from office has called off his lawsuit to get back his job, calling the whole justice system ridiculous.

Gigi Ugulava, who was elected mayor of Tbilisi in 2010, at a time when most of the international community

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Rebellion against oil company in Georgian village

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People blocked the road for employees of Canargo Georgia which is exploring for oil in Sagarejo. They don’t want to lose their water supply. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals have rebelled against an oil company that wants to search for oil in an eastern Georgian town. People fear that they may lose their water supply.

On Wednesday, they blocked the road for employees of Canargo Georgia and didn’t let

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Georgia ends moratorium on foreigners buying agricultural land

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The moratorium on foreigners buying agricultural land in Georgia has been lifted. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreigners will be again able to purchase agricultural lands in Georgia unhindered.

This follows from a decision by Georgia’s Constitutional Commission which means that the Constitutional Court abolishes the moratorium on foreign citizens

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Georgia and Russia to hold trade talks

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Wine export is one of the trade issues between Georgia and Russia.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia and Russia plan to hold a meeting of experts on trade and economic issues.

The meeting will also deal with Georgia’s signing of a new treaty with the European Union about reforms and free trade.

On the agenda is two treaties that Georgia

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South Ossetia parliament to discuss joining Russia

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Tskhinvali, the capital of the Georgian breakaway region South Ossetia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The de facto parliament in South Ossetia plans to start discussing the issue of joining Russia.

It was the parliament’s speaker who said this on Monday, as quoted by Itar-Tass.

“We do not renounce our slogans, there will be no two-pronged

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Russian experts in Georgia to inspect produce

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Georgian agricultural products are being scrutinized by Russian phytosanitary experts. (Photo published by the Ministry of Agriculture.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of four experts from Russia’s Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance, Rosselkhoznadzor, Monday arrived in Georgia to examine the quality of fruit and other products that are exported to the Russian market.

The

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Language exams prepare Azeri-Georgian youth for university

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Youth in the predominantly ethnic Azeri town Marneuli can take a one year course in Georgian language to prepare them for university. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tural is a 19 years old high school graduate who plans to go on to university and study IT. The problem is, the teaching language at university is Georgian, which he doesn’t know well enough.

Like many of his peers, Tiral chose to study

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