Thursday, January 1, 2026

Norland asks government to avoid vengeance

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From left to right: Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, the ambassador’s wife Mary Hartnett, and US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland. (US Embassy photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland asks the Ivanishvili government to avoid vengeance as it seeks to prosecute many of the people who ran the country while President Mikheil Saakashvili held power.

“There was a need now to balance the desire for

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Saakashvili invites Ivanishvili to meeting

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President Mikheil Saakashvili talking to TV journalists. (Photo by the president’s administrations.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants to sit down with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to talk about how to solve a gridlocked power-sharing process.

“I think we should talk with the government about many issues, like relations with Russia,

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Russia sends experts to examine Georgian wine making

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Davit Davitashvili, Chairman of the National Wine Agency. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Six Russian experts yesterday landed in Georgia to inspect the production process of wine with an eye to returning the beverage back onto Russian dinner tables.

They are sent here by the Russian consumer protection agency CPS to inspect companies

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EU and Georgia agree on visa action plan

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Cecilia Malmström (left), EU’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, and Maia Panjikidze, Georgia’s Foreign Affairs Minister. (MFA.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–EU has agreed with Georgia about a visa action plan that may one day allow Georgians to enter Europe without a visa.

But first, the country must pass through a set of requirements in data safety, border management, migration, public order, security

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