Monday, October 12, 2026

Poll confirms Ivanishvili coalition's lead

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A Greenberg, Quinlan, Rosner poll confirms that Giorgi Margvelashvili is likely to win the presidential election. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new party poll ordered by the president’s administration shows that 43 percent of Georgians support the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate for president, while 22 percent supports the National Movement candidate.

The poll, which was conducted

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Soon leaving, Ivanishvili looks ahead to the next twenty years

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Ivanishvili claims he has fulfilled all the plans he had for the first two to three years after going into politics, and now moves on to the next stage: plans for the next 20 years.

Ivanishvili said this during a campaign stop Friday

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Saakashvili pardons 18 000 probationers

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People queued outside the president’s palace to apply for a pardon. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Saakashvili has pardoned about 18 000 people on probation or already finished serving their sentence.

The president signed a decree which has been sent to the appropriate bodies in order to be enforced.

Andro Barnovi, head of the

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Saakashvili doubts veracity of government's jihad video theory

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Andro Barnovi, spokesperson for President Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A spokesperson for President Saakashvili says his administration distrusts the theory presented by the government today about who was behind the jihad threat video, claiming the ministry is telling lies in an attempt to assure people that the case can

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