Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Georgian president speaks at EU Eastern Partnership summit

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Czech President Miloš Zeman. (Photo by Georgian president’s office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Thursday met with his Czech colleague Milos Zeman during a visit to Prague.

Mergvelashvili came to take part in the five year summit of the Eastern Partnership, a political effort by the EU to reform six former

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Witnesses heard in intelligence blackmailing trial

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Tbilisi City Court. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three former Interior Ministry officials were in court yesterday. They are on trial accused of having blackmailed a bodyguard of businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili in 2012, shortly before the parliamentary election.

At Thursday’s hearing witnesses said

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Steinmeier: Georgia's treaty with EU not a threat to Russia

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU is not a threat to Russia-Georgia relations.

Steinmeier, who is visiting Georgia with his French colleague Laurent Fabius, said at a press

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Margvelashvili to speak at Eastern Partnership summit

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has left for Prague to participate in the five year anniversary summit of the Eastern Partnership.

According to president administration, Giorgi Margvelashvili will hold a speech at the summit on April 25.

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'Biden threatened sanctions to stop them questioning me'

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Mikheil Saakashvili during an interview with Ukrainian TV in December, 2013. (112.ua)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A government spokesman in Georgia rejects a claim by ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili that US Vice President Joe Biden called and threatened sanctions.

Saakashvili claimed Biden threatened that the West would seize ex-Prime Minister Bidzina

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Simpler Russian citizenship rules may pose threat to Georgia

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The Russian Interests Section in Tbilisi, where Georgians can apply for Russian citizenship. (Voice of Abkhazia.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian diplomat says Georgia must be on guard after the Russian Duma passed a bill which simplifies the rules for getting Russian citizenship.

The legislative amendment has been a cause of concern for groups in Georgia the last few weeks, with

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Memorial to the Armenian genocide unveiled in Tbilisi

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The memorial is a stone Khachkari with a cross and ornaments engraved. (Photo published by the Armenian community.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A memorial to the Armenian genocide was unveiled in Tbilisi on Monday. The memorial is made of stone and stands in the yard of Surb Etchmiadzin Church in the capital.

Levon Isakhanian, representative of the Armenian community in Georgia,

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Steinmeier and Fabius visiting Georgia April 23-24

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Germany and France will visit Georgia on April 23-24.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and France’s Laurent Fabius were originally to have visited Georgia on March 3, but they both postponed due to events in Ukraine.

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