DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze, imprisoned over the events of October 4, 2025, has published a letter from prison marking one year since the protest that led to his arrest. In the letter, reported by Interpressnews, Burchuladze republishes the declaration adopted at what organizers called a “National Assembly” during the October … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – Germany’s ambassador says all four German political foundations operating in Georgia have been forced to suspend their activities, amid worsening relations between Tbilisi and Berlin. The foundations are the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, affiliated with Germany’s Christian Democratic Union; the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, linked to the Free Democratic Party; the Heinrich Böll … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – Candidates from Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party won all four municipal by-elections held on Saturday, according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission. The votes were held in Vani, Dmanisi, Tsalka and Akhmeta to elect four majoritarian members of local municipal councils. A total of 2,225 voters were registered across … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgia’s national football team suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Hungary in the third round of the UEFA Nations League B division. The match was played at the Puskás Arena in Budapest. Hungary scored the only goal of the game in the first half through Milos Kerkez. Georgia were unable to … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgian authorities have charged 94 people in a major organized-crime case targeting the country’s so-called “thieves-in-law” underworld network. Police said 80 people were arrested during raids in Tbilisi and several regions over a 24-hour period. Another 14 were to be charged either in prison or in absentia, including one alleged “thief-in-law” … Read more
TBILISI, October 4 – A prisoner abuse case from last year has resurfaced in Georgia after prisoner Giorgi Davitadze raised the case in court, prompting a debate about what happened inside Rustavi Prison No. 6. The prisoner’s lawyer contacted Georgia’s Public Defender on December 26, 2025, reporting that the prisoner had been subjected to ill-treatment. … Read more
TBILISI, October 2 – Georgia’s United National Movement held a small rally in central Tbilisi on Thursday, demanding the release of former president Mikheil Saakashvili and other jailed party members while calling for further protests. Several dozen people gathered at an amphitheater in the Rike area for the October 1 event, as reported by Rezonansi. … Read more
TBILISI, October 2 – Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili marked 14 years of Georgian Dream rule by arguing that the country has gradually regained sovereignty and reduced foreign influence since the party came to power in 2012. Papuashvili said the nine years before Georgian Dream’s election victory were not only a period of what he … Read more
TBILISI, October 2 – Georgia’s Communications Commission has fined Formula TV 10,000 lari after finding that its news programs violated legal requirements on fairness and impartiality, Interpressnews reported. The regulator said it monitored Formula’s 5 p.m. news broadcasts from September 14 to 16 and found cases where presenters and correspondents expressed personal opinions while covering … Read more
TBILISI, October 2 – A former deputy head of Georgia’s State Security Service has been released on 500,000 lari bail after spending more than four months in custody. Levan Akhobadze, a former deputy head of the domestic intelligence agency, is charged with bribery in a wider corruption investigation involving his former boss, ex-security chief Grigol … Read more