Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Tbilisi mayor to be questioned about violence today

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Mayor Gigi Ugulava waving his arms, urging supporters to break through a crowd of demonstrators Feb. 8, 2013.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court Friday issued a ruling that orders the city’s mayor, Gigi Ugulava, to appear before the police and explain himself about a massive street scuffle that he was involved in February 8.

The court instructs Interior Ministry employees

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Georgia to have constitution define NATO and EU wish

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Manana Kobakhidze, Vice Speaker of Parliament. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The governing coalition in Georgia accepts a demand made by President Saakashvili’s National Movement party to write the country’s foreign policy course into the constitution.

This means that Georgia’s aspirations to become a member of NATO

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Scuffle in TV studio during debate about violence

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Sergo Ratiani (left) and Koba Davitashvili (right) fighting while anchor Tea Sichinava (seated) of the show Arguments on Maestro TV tries to calm them down.

TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of parliament from the opposition and one from the ruling coalition beat each other live on Maestro TV Wednesday evening during a discussion about political violence.

The two briefly clashed together while discussing who was to blame for the

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