Sunday, December 28, 2025

Court heard new charges against top general

The accused former general Giorgi Kalandadze was let free without bail after the court heard a third round of charges. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi City Court on Wednesday has released the accused former head of the General Headquarters from detention for a third time as he awaits trial for beating and harassing his subordinates.

The Prosecutor’s Office asked the court to detain

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Lidington visits Georgia

David Lidington, UK Minister of State for Europe. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — David Lidington, the UK’s Minister of State for Europe, will visit Georgia on November 21 and 22.

Wednesday, he will meet with President Mikheil Saakashvili, Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, Maia Panjikidze, Foreign Affairs Minister, Giga

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Saakashvili compares Ivanishvili with Robespierre

President Mikheil Saakashvili compares Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili with the French revolutionary leader Robespierre because of a series of criminal cases against former members of government. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili calls on the new government to start fulfilling its election promises and stop vengeance, comparing Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili with the French revolutionary leader Maximilien de Robespierre.

He drew attention

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Okruashvili case postponed

Listeners applauded when Irakli Okruashvili, former defense minister, entered Tbilisi City Court Tuesday afternoon. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The court hearing for former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was postponed till December 3 at the request of his lawyers.

Okruashvili served as minister in Saakashvili’s government, but left in 2007 and has since been living in France, where he has

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Okruashvili returned to Georgia to clear his name

Former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili was detained as he arrived at Tbilisi airport November 20. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A former Defense Minister who has lived the last years as a political refugee in France this morning returned to Georgia and was detained on arrival. He was brought to Gldani’s No 8 prison in Tbilisi, which is one of the most crowded prisons in

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