Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Eight more Georgians detained at disputed SO border

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A sign warning about the Russia-imposed border. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry has confirmed that 8 more Georgians have been detained today on the disputed South Ossetia border.

Russian soldiers arrested 7 persons from the village Korbouli and one from the village Chala in the Imereti region, in western

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48% of Georgians will vote for the ruling coalition

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Davit Narmania from Georgian Dream can be reasonably confident he will become Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.

This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party

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Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül (left) and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.

The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already

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Georgia's former ruling party loses its trademark 'number 5'

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The number 5 has been the National Movement’s symbol in all recent elections. Here from a campaign rally in Tbilisi, August, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission has rejected the National Movement’s request to use the number 5 on the ballot-papers in the local elections in June.

UNM, which is running alongside the Christian Conservative Party, said in a statement May 5 that

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Rustavi 2 director claims police is watching him

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Head of Rustavi 2 TV Nika Gvaramia claims he is under surveillance. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV company accuses the government of wiretapping and spying on its management and journalists.

The accusations were put forth on Tuesday by Nika Gvaramia, director of Rustavi 2, the last major TV channel that remains faithful to former

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Georgians are split on minorities issues

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Demonstrators against accepting homosexuality, Tbilisi, May 17, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The latest survey of public attitudes, published by National Democratic Institute (NDI), shows that Georgians are split in their views on the need to protect minorities.

When it comes to protection of gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities,

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