Saturday, January 3, 2026

Russia demands that Georgia abandons law on territories

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Gregory Karasin, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister of Russia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia maintains its demand that Georgia must do away with its law on the occupied territories, which makes it a crime for people to visit the breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia without permission from official Tbilisi.

Gregory Karasin,

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Seven Georgian soldiers die in Afghanistan suicide bombing

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Irakli Dzneladze (center), Head of Georgia’s Joint Staff. (Ministry of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Seven Georgian soldiers died in a suicide attack in Afghanistan Thursday.

President Mikheil Saakashvili has called for a national day of mourning on June 7 and asked that all the flags be lowered.

The Ministry of Defense on Thursday informed that

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Saakashvili rallies people to resist Russia

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President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili Wednesday described the moving and fortifying of a de facto border between Georgian- and Russian-controlled territory in place since the war in 2008, as a call for everybody to resist Russian occupation.

“This session

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Abashidze mentioned border issue at direct talks with Russia

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Zurab Abashidze is the Georgian Prime Minister’s Representative for Relations with Russia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The small-scale careful dialogue between Georgia and Russia continued in Prague Wednesday as Zurab Abashidze and Gregory Karasin met to sum up the results of six month of talks.

Abashidze, who was specially appointed by Prime Minister Bidzina

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Thousands came for open air music festival in Tbilisi

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English indie rock band The Subways performing in Tbilisi Wednesday. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi Open Air 2013 brought thousands of people to Dinamo Arena on Wednesday.

The one-day festival started an hour late, which resulted in the Berlin-group Modeselektor having to leave without playing in order to catch the plane.

Georgian band Kid Jesus

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Georgian soldiers to remain in Afghanistan after 2014

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Georgia’s Minister of Defense Irakli Alasania (left) and NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The NATO-Georgia commission held a session in Brussels on Wednesday as part of a meeting of ministers from member states.

The Alliance’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen opened the session by reiterating the importance of Georgia’s

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Saakashvili calls Security Council session to discuss border issue

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President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili has called for an unscheduled session of Georgia’s National Security Council today at 4 pm.

Prime Minister Ivanishvili and several ministers who are abroad will not attend the meeting, but some government officials

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Georgia's Ivanishvili slams the Washington Post for editorial

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili claims the Washington Post is drawing conclusions based on information from President Mikheil Saakashvili’s lobbyists.

The newly elected head of government demands an answer as to how the newspaper gets

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Priests to be put on trial for anti-gay violence

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Almost thirty people were injured in the violence during the disruption of a gay rights rally in Tbilisi on May17. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The trial of the two priests who are suspects regarding the violent clashes on May 17, is scheduled for July 15. Meanwhile the Prosecutor’s Office didn’t ask the court to place them in pre-trial detention or administrative punishment.

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