Monday, April 27, 2026

Saakashvili asks the government to travel more

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President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, is visiting Thailand. (Photo posted on the president’s Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili again asks members of the Georgian Dream coalition to go on visits abroad together with him.

The president on Sunday left for Thailand in order to participate in the second Asia-Pacific Water Summit, as well as to hold

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Calls for a truth and justice commission

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Victims and activists ask parliament to create a commission to study the crimes of the Saakashvili regime. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former political prisoners on Sunday held people’s congress at Sport’s Palace in Tbilisi in order to demand the restoration of justice and put the Saakashvili regime on trial.

The congress decided to set up a people’s movement with the same

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Police Day observed in Georgia

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Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili speaking at Police Day. (Photo published by Interior Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police Day was marked in Georgia May 19. It was supposed to have been held on May 6, but the event was rescheduled due to the Easter celebration.

The Interior Ministry used the occasion to present a new uniform, a shoulder-mounted video

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Day after violence, LGBT campaigners call for accountability

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Repulsed by Friday’s violence, campaigners demand a proper investigation of every incident. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A peaceful rally to protest Friday’s violent clashes went ahead without serious incidents outside the government office on Saturday.

In the afternoon, LGBT activists and their supporters started gathering in front of the government’s office,

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Gathering today to condemn Friday's violence

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Priests removing the police barricades Friday. (Click to enlarge.) (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After the violence yesterday, a gathering is planned today Saturday outside the government building on Ingorokva Street 7 at 15:00 to condemn what happened.

Organizers say the goal is to condemn the violence by clerics and others who confronted the LGBT

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Georgian Church distances itself from anti-gay violence

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Clerics addressing the anti-gay demonstrators with megaphone Friday. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian church is distancing itself from the violence on May 17, but maintains that LGBT propaganda is not acceptable.

Patriarch Ilia II commented on the violent clashes between his parishioners and LGBT campaigners in Tbilisi.

Ilia II called

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Gay rights protesters driven out of Tbilisi, many injured

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Orthodox Christian activists successfully prevented a peaceful demonstration against homophobia in Tbilisi Friday. Twenty eight people were injured. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Orthodox Christian activists Friday successfully prevented a peaceful demonstration to mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Tbilisi.

After numerous violent incidents throughout the day which led to more than twenty people being

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Foreign trade turnover fell 4% Jan-Apr 2013

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Georgia’s foreign trade turnover fell in the first four months of 2013. (GeoStat.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–According to preliminary data, Georgia’s foreign trade turnover has decreased by four percent in the months January through April of 2013, compared to the same period in the preceding year.

The total foreign trade turnover in this period totaled

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Three rebel fighters reburied in Pankisi

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Salam Zaurbekov, Aslan Margoshvili and Bajaudi Baghakashvili were reburied in Duisi, Pankisi Gorge, Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The bodies of three militants who died in a border shooting in August 2012 were Thursday reburied in Duisi, in the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia.

An autopsy has been carried out on the bodies of Salam Zaurbekov, Aslan Margoshvili and Bajaudi Baghakashvili,

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Three dead ISAF soldiers brought back to Georgia

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The three ISAF soldiers killed in a May 13 attack were Thursday brought back to Georgia. (Ministry of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The three Georgian soldiers who May 13 died in Afghanistan were today brought back to Georgia.

The bodies of Corporal Alexandre Kvitsinidze, Corporal Vladmier Shanava and Sergeant Zviad Davitadze, arrived at Tbilisi airport on Thursday morning.

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