Monday, January 12, 2026

Ivanishvili will visit Lithuania and Poland July 18-19

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will visit Lithuania and Poland July 18-19.

Davit Zalkaliani, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, said on Monday’s briefing that Georgia sees visit to Lithuania to be important as it has recently taken

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Poll shows Ivanishvili bloc leading UNM 29 to 10 percent

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Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–45 percent of people like Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate for president, while 48 percent like Davit Bakradze, who most likely will be the National Movement’s candidate.

When asked who they would want as president,

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Beer festival in Tbilisi

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It’s the fourth year Tbilisi organizes a beer festival. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A beer festival was held this weekend on Roses Square in Tbilisi. The festival is organized by Georgian brewery Natakhtari. It has become a tradition and is held for the fourth time this year.

Among the beer brands guests could taste were Czech Kozel,

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Bakradze wins primary in Kakheti

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Davit Bakradze, one of the National Movement’s four candidates for president. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Bakradze, parliamentary leader of the National Movement, defended his frontrunner status Sunday with a third primary election win.

566 UNM delegates met in Telavi, a town in the eastern Kakheti region, to listen to a debate between Davit

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UNM lawmaker and two others released on bail in property scandal

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Rusudan Kervalishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Rusudan Kervalishvili, a former lawmaker for the National Movement party, and her sister Maya Rcheulishvili, who are accused of running a ponzi scheme through a construction company they founded, have been released on USD 150 000 bail each.

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Saakashvili: Government is worsening relations with EU

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Tamar Beruchashvili, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Saakashvili accuses the government of worsening relations with the EU and claims that the signing of an association agreement with the EU has been removed from the schedule of the Vilnius summit.

Tamar Beruchashvili, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister,

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