Tuesday, May 5, 2026

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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National Movement activist beaten in Batumi

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Levan Tetemadze was taken to the hospital and treated for head injuries and broken facial bones. (Photo published on Facebook by the National Movement in Batumi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of the National Movement was Saturday attacked in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast.

Party activist Levan Tetemadze was beaten outside his house on Vazha-Pshavela street, according to Giorgi Kirtadze, head of the UNM in Adjara.

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Russia might intervene in Ukraine if major violence

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Professor Johan Galtung is a sociologist, mathematician and the founder of peace and conflict studies.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Right now we have a civil war in Ukraine, says peace researcher Johan Galtung. He warns that Russia might intervene with a ‘short sharp shock’ if ethnic Russians are subject to widespread violence in eastern Ukraine.

Russia is deploying troops

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National Movement implicated in election fraud video

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What happened at two precincts in the town Marneuli on election day has become a major criminal case. (The persons in this photo are unrelated to the case.) (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Interior on Friday charged 13 persons with having engaged in election fraud at two precincts in the south of Georgia in the local election on June 15.

The precincts lie in the town Marneuli, 30 km south of Tbilisi. The ministry

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Georgia repeat elections will be on June 29

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In a few places, people will be asked to vote again on June 29 because the elections results were canceled. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Repeat elections will be held June 29 at seven precincts because results there were canceled, Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) announced.

Among the precincts which will hold another first round in the local elections two are in Marneuli,

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