Saturday, January 17, 2026

150 000 households still without electricity in Georgia

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The snow masses have knocked out power supply in south western Georgia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Batumi, one of the largest cities in Georgia, has been without electricity and heating four days due to a snow storm.

There is still more than one and half meter snow cover in Batumi and the rest of the mountainous Adjara region. Some streets

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Georgians rallied in support of Kyiv protesters

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Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tbilisi Wednesday evening in solidarity with the protesters in Ukraine. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of people demonstrated in the streets of Tbilisi Wednesday to support the protesters in Kyiv.

Georgians, as well as Ukrainians living in Georgia, gathered in the evening outside Tbilisi concert hall, waving the flags of Ukraine, EU and Georgia,

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Georgian parliament declares support for Ukrainian people

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As parliament expressed full support for Ukraine’s EU integration, there was a street rally to show solidarity with Ukrainians. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The parliament in Georgia Wednesday passed a statement supporting the demonstrations in the Ukrainian capital.

“The Georgian parliament declares its complete solidarity with the Ukrainian people in its struggle for freedom of choice. It expresses

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Georgia increases the president's salary

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has decided to raise the president’s salary by 2 500 lari (USD 1 450).

There has been talk about increasing the president’s pay for the last week and on Tuesday the governing Georgian Dream coalition asked parliament

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Georgia appoints seven new ambassadors

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili signed the appointments of seven new ambassadors. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has seven new ambassadors abroad, after President Giorgi Margvelashvili last week signed their appointment.

The new ambassadors are the ones to Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, Germany, Japan, China, Iran and Jordan.

According to the Foreign Affairs Ministry,

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Local government reform modified after criticism from patriarch

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Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili has managed to convince the government to amend a disputed passage in a draft bill about local government reform, as promised.

The government prepared a draft law to regulate the country’s territorial

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Investments in Georgia up 20% in Q3 year-on-year

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Hydro power is one of the things international financial institutions are funding in Georgia.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The amount of direct foreign investments in the third quarter of 2013 was USD 239 million, up three percent from the second quarter.

Investments in third quarter of 2013 was 20 percent more than the same period last year.

Foreign investments

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Georgia cleaning up prison mafia in wake of inmate death

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Khatuna Kortava said earlier her nephew was a victim of a system of abuse, mafia and murder in Georgian prisons. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has charged prisoners and prison administration employees with causing the death of Levan Kortava, who was allegedly killed by the so-called thieves in law inside prison.

Kortava died May 23, 2013, at the prison hospital,

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