Thursday, July 30, 2026

Emigrants return to Georgia to defend democracy

Georgians living abroad returned to their homeland Monday to fight for their right to vote. Some brought satellite dishes. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian emigrants Monday returned to their homeland to protest the restriction of their right to vote.

A number of Georgian emigrants today arrived in Batumi, a port city on the Black Sea coast, and held a protest rally in front of a public

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EU ambassador urges parties to trust observers

Bulgarian diplomat Philip Dimitrov is the EU's ambassador to Georgia. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The EU ambassador to Georgia on Saturday evaluated the election period in the country and once again remarked that it is important that participants recognize the election results if international organizations do so.

Philip Dimitrov on Saturday

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Likely scenarios for the election aftermath

Lincoln Mitchell, Associate at Columbia University’s Harriman Institute.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia expert Lincoln Mitchell sees several possible outcomes of the election, and explained to us his assessment of the situation.

DFWatch: Your prognosis, your predictions about these elections, its outcomes are interesting.

Lincoln Mitchell: Well, we don’t know for sure

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