Thursday, January 1, 2026

Saakashvili 'bought 25 000 SIM cards to build Facebook support'

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Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri (left) and Defense Minister Irakli Alasania inspecting a military camp earlier this month. (Ministry of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Irakli Alasania Thursday told parliament that the defense ministry last year purchased 25 000 SIM cards for mobile phones in order to build up Facebook support before the election.

Speaking during a meeting with the defense committee

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More stowed-away post-war supplies discovered in Georgia

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Emergency aid given after the 2008 war has been rotting away in several storehouses around Georgia. (Info9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Local government and Refugee Ministry representatives have discovered another locked warehouse full of undistributed equipment and supplies intended for people affected by the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.

This is the second such discovery. In late 2012

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Agricultural University's fate to be decided on Tuesday

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Students staged a mock lecture in the street in front of the Education Ministry. (Tabula TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Education Quality Development Center will March 26 at 18:00 decide whether to reinstate the Agricultural University’s accreditation.

The center on Wednesday informed that five issues will be on the agenda of Tuesday’s session, including the issue

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After mass amnesty, some ex-prisoners go back to jail

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Prisoners released in the 2013 amnesty. (Photo is unrelated to the story in the article.) (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tengiz, a man now in his early sixties, was sentenced to 11 years in jail for burglary in 2007. December 7, 2012, he was pardoned by the president because of a difficult health condition after being recommended by Prison Minister Sozar Subari.

Two

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Saakashvili's party agrees to constitutional changes

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Member of Parliament Davit Bakradze says the National Movement party will give exactly as many votes to the governing coalition as it needs. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili’s party has agreed to support a set of the constitutional amendments which will limit the powers of the president, but only if Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili’s coalition lacks the required votes.

The Georgian

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Georgia's foreign minister visits Azerbaijan

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Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maia Panjikidze, and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev. (Ministry photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze on Tuesday met with the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, to discuss bilateral relations and further cooperation.

During her visit to Azerbaijan, Panjikidze also met with the prime minister

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