Friday, January 2, 2026

Georgia best nation in European Judo Championships

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Amiran Papinashvili (left) and Lasha Shavdatuashvili, two of Georgia’s gold medalists this year. (Ministry of Sport.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia won the 2013 European Judo Championships for men with three gold, three silver and one bronze medal, followed by Russia with one gold, one silver and one bronze and France with one gold and six bronze.

The Georgian team won a gold medal

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Counting finishes in Georgia by-election

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Voting underway Saturday at a precinct in Nadzaladevi, Tbilisi. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream coalition’s candidates have won the by-election in all three districts, according to preliminary results after counting of votes in all precincts.

The Central Election Commission on Sunday published the results of counting votes

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Ivanishvili says Georgia has softer tone towards Russia

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili speaking from his business center in Tbilisi. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said Friday that Georgia has softened its tone towards Russia in the new security doctrine. But Defense Minister Irakli Alasania and Secretary of the National Security Council Giga Bokeria deny that Georgia

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Ivanishvili alliance wins Georgia by-election

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Voting precinct in Tbilisi’s Nadzaladevi district Saturday. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Results published by the Central Election Commission after Saturday’s by-election in Georgia show that all three Georgian Dream coalition candidates are leading.

According to the CEC results, Tamar Kordzaia, Georgian Dream coalition candidate

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Violations observed in Georgia by-election

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Photo from Baghdati showing the car allegedly belonging to a policeman parked outside the voting precinct. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, a by-election is underway in three election districts. Turnout is largest in Baghdati, a town in western Georgia, where 21 percent (5 000) voters already had cast their vote by noon.

10 percent voted in Nadzaladevi, a district in Tbilisi,

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