Saturday, July 11, 2026

Georgian president transfers signing power to PM

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has transferred the right to sign an Association Agreement with EU to the prime minister for him to sign.

Who will sign the AA has been a subject of debate the last few weeks.

Government officials have

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Davit Kezerashvili acquitted of cognac fraud

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Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday acquitted former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of cognac fraud.

Kezerashvili, who is under house arrest  and electronic surveillance in France after being detained at Nice airport last year and then released in February, was charged by Georgian authorities in February, 2013, with assisting

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Georgian soldiers took oath on Independence Day

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Soldiers took an oath and were greeted by their commander-in-chief, President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Thousands of people came to downtown Tbilisi to mark Independence Day on Monday. The day was celebrated in 12 cities and towns all over the country.

There was no military parade, which used to be a tradition during the Saakashvili government, but the new

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School closure in Georgia extended four days due to virus

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Kindergartens and schools will remain closed at least until the end of the week, due to an outbreak of viral meningitis. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian kindergartens and schools up to sixth grade will remain closed until the end of the week to deal with an outbreak of viral meningitis.

The schools should have been opened today, but Health Minister Davit Sergeenko announced Monday that they

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Speculations about Saakashvili's Kiev role celebrated by UNM

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Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Speculation that the new Ukrainian president, Petro Poroshenko, might hire former Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili as an advisor, is cheered by the latter’s supporters in Tbilisi.

It has not been possible for DF Watch to confirm a claim

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Violence against women increasing in Georgia, group claims

The group Identoba claims violence against women is on the rise in Georgia, and that legislation meant to protect women is ignored. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The rights group Identoba held a demonstration Saturday outside the government office to highlight the problem of violence against women.

The organization, which is most known for having organized a gay rights rally in May 2013 which was attacked

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Georgia celebrates independence without military parade

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Although generally a people’s day, there will be a little military element to Georgia’s national day this year. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the second year in a row, Georgia will mark Independence Day without a military parade.

The government has decided that Independence Day will be a people’s celebration and aimed at letting people take part.

But even though there is no military

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Scuffle outside National Movement office in Rustavi

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Georgian Dream and National Movement activists clashed in Rustavi Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A scuffle developed Saturday as supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition demonstrated outside the National Movement’s party office in Rustavi, a city 20 km south of the capital.

Mamuka Chikovani, the UNM candidate for Rustavi mayor,

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