Tuesday, April 28, 2026

Two drowned in Georgia mine accident

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Mine workers in Chiatura pictured during the strike in November, 2012. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two mine workers have drowned in a mine in Chiatura as result of an accident as water flowed up while they were drilling in an old mine.

Roland Nozadze, 51, shift leader, and Iuza Samkharadze, 49, worker, died as result of an accident. Two other

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Ivanishvili launches his candidate's presidential election campaign

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (left) and candidate for president Giorgi Margvelashvili with supporters in Nokalakevi. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili opened the Georgian Dream coalition’s election campaign on Monday, in the historical town Nokalakevi.

The event marked the official launch of the coalition’s election campaign and its candidate for president,

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EU calls for restraint after shooting near South Ossetia checkpoint

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The village Kveshi. (Radio Tavisupleba.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In the morning of August 10, there was a shooting incident close to the so-called administrative border around South Ossetia. A patrol car of Georgia’s Interior Ministry and representatives of EUMM were present.

The Georgian Interior Ministry in

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Ivanishvili wedding appearance might have violated campaign rules

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili taking part in a village tradition at an Adjara wedding. (ISFED.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili might have violated election legislation after he gave a ring to a wedding couple during a visit to a village.

International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), which is observing events around the

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Former prisoners demand Supreme Court chair's resignation

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Demonstrators in Batumi don’t want any ‘cohabitation’ between the Saakashvili regime and the current government. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former political prisoners and refugees from Abkhazia held a rally in Batumi on Sunday outside the prosecutor’s office in Adjara to demand the arrest of Supreme Court Chairman Kote Kublashvili and the dismissal of Chief Prosecutor Archil Kbilashvili.

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Georgian doctors are fed up: haven't been paid for six months

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The hospital in Kharagauli, owned by Aditti. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors demonstrated in six towns in Georgia Saturday, demanding to have their salaries. Their target is the company Aditti, which has bought many of the formerly state-owned hospitals in the country.

Doctors have gone without pay for more than six

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