Friday, December 26, 2025

Georgia wins qualifying match against Bosnia-Herzegovina

Georgia won its second qualifying match and now has a strong position in its group ahead of next year's European cup. (Photo: Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s national basketball team yesterday defeated Bosnia-Herzegovina in a qualification match for Eurobasket 2013.

The final score was 96:95. Georgia started first round with significant advantages scoring 20 points, but the opposing team

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Ivanishvili announces his candidacy for prime minister

Bidzina Ivanishvili is Georgian Dream's candidate for prime minister. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Opposition businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is challenging Mikheil Saakashvili in Georgia’s October 1 parliamentary election, has announced himself as candidate for prime minister.

The announcement comes one day after Saakashvili’s National

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Cleanup work starts in villages, as new storm hits Rustavi

Cleanup work has started in Georgia's eastern region Kakheti after the latest storm there August 19. Another storm struck near Tbilisi Monday evening. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Another cleanup effort has started in villages in the east of the former Soviet republic of Georgia following another hailstorm. Meanwhile, people reeling from the losses after the last storm, which caused massive damage.

Thousands of houses were

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Saakashvili says his PM will continue after October 1

The government of President Mikheil Saakashvili does not rule out that his prime minister will take over as president after he leaves. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia has placed the speaker of parliament on the top of its party list, which probably means he will keep his post if they win.

It also said the current prime minister is their prime minister candidate after the election.

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Opposition bloc in Georgia signs code of conduct

Spokesperson Maia Panjikidze announced that Georgian Dream will adhere to the code of conduct for political parties and accept the election result. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The largest opposition bloc in Georgia has decided to join the code of conduct for political parties.

The rules were the brainchild of the campaign This Affects You Too, and the 17-point document outlines rules of conduct for political parties

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Forest fire in eastern Georgia

A storm helped put out the forest fire after two days, but the storm damaged crops and villages. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – 15 acres of forest has burned down in eastern Georgia despite two days of attempts at extinguishing it.

The fire occurred in the village Artana, which is 21 km from Telavi, the largest city in the Kakheti region. Beech, hornbeam and chestnut trees

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Georgian Dream denied to use number 7 on the ballot

Maia Panjikidze, spokesperson for the Georgian Dream coalition, says the decision shows that the government is afraid. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The largest opposition bloc in Georgia was denied to register under the number seven on the ballot in the upcoming parliamentary election.

Representatives of the Georgian Dream coalition say that they have asked the Central Election Commission

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Georgian opposition has run out of cash

Nodar Khaduri says Georgian Dream has no money, because the government has seized all the coalition's bank acounts. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Nodar Khaduri from the opposition Georgian Dream says the coalition doesn’t have money, because the government seized the party’s accounts. He calls on the population to donate to Georgian Dream, only to not give money, but posters and t-shirts with

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Girl to swim across the Dardanelles with hands and feet tied

Ana Lominadze (17) plans to swim 5 km with her hands and feet tied.

A 17 year old Georgian girl plans to swim across the Dardanelles with her hands and feet tied on August 30, the ten year anniversary of Henry Kuprashvili carrying out the feat in 2002, setting a Guinness record.

Kuprashvili is the girl’s instructor. This style of

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