Monday, January 19, 2026

Georgia had 8 percent increase in visitors in March

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10% more tourists visited Georgia in January-March 2014, compared to the year before. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia had an 8 percent increase in number of visitors in March, 2014, compared to the same period last year.

There came 392,725 visitors in the third month of 2014, according to new monthly figures published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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Georgian PM visits site of new air, sea and land transit hub

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia on Wednesday confirmed plans for a new airport in conjunction with a port in Anaklia, a small settlement on the Black Sea coast, on the border with Abkhazia.

Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili, who visited Anaklia with Infrastructure

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Lawyer group demands effective investigation of prisoner abuse

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Kakha Kojoridze from Georgian Young Lawyer’s Association. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) demands that the government starts investigating several cases of possible mistreatment of prisoners.

According to GYLA, 17 persons have contacted the organization the last 2 months, eight of them tell about

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NATO chief doesn't exclude Georgian membership plan

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (NATO photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen does not rule out that the alliance might give Georgia a Membership Action Plan (MAP) at the summit in Wales in September.

At a press conference in Brussels yesterday, a journalist from Georgia’s

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Videos seem to rule out torture of Data Akhalaia witness

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The office of Georgia’s chief prosecutor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has described more details surrounding the death of Shalva Tatukhashvili, which it says shows that he could not have been tortured during interrogation.

Tatukhashvili, a former deputy department head

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Poland's Komorowski urges Georgia to sign EU treaty

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President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili (left), and President of Poland, Bronislaw Komorowski.

TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili, on Wednesday met with his Polish counterpart Bronisław Komorowski.

Margvelashvili spoke about Georgia’s integration with Europe and Poland’s experience in the same regard.

The two also discussed security

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NATO chief reiterates support for Georgia's borders

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (NATO photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–As NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels and discussed the Ukraine crisis, the alliance’s secretary general underlined that it supports Georgia’s borders.

“At this time, it is more important than ever to stress that the breach of territorial

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Georgia expects visa free travel with Schengen by 2016

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Georgia’s Minister for Euro-Integration Alexi Petriashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government hopes its country’s citizens will be able to travel to Schengen countries visa free from 2016 at the latest.

Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili said on Monday that he hopes to see the first phase

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Georgian President Margvelashvili visiting Poland

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Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Wednesday began a two day visit to Poland.

On the first day of his visit, Margvelashvili was to meet his Polish colleague, after which they were slated to hold a joint press conference.

He will also meet with

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