Tuesday, August 25, 2026

Georgia's environment minister resigns

George Zedgenidze is the new environment minister of Georgia. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s environment minister has resigned in order to stand for election for the National Movement party.

George Khachidze, who was appointed to the post in 2008, today announced on his Facebook page that he has resigned in order to become a member

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Gov't rejects opposition’s election benchmark

Spokesperson for the ruling National Movement party Chiora Taktakishvili says Ivanishvili's opposition movement, Georgian Dream, wants to stoke unrest after the October 1 parliamentary election. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government refuses to accept conditions which the largest opposition coalition says are necessary in order for the October 1 parliamentary election to be considered fair.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition on Thursday

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Georgia recovers 11 bodies from militant group

Policeman patrolling Lapankuri, the village closest to where the battle took place. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the rebel group, which according to the Georgian interior ministry counted about 20 people in total.

The ministry says some of the militants were from North Ossetia, a republic which is part of the

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Saakashvili believes border incident was a 'provocation'

President Mikheil Saakashvili visiting one of the injured after the border operation. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili explains the deadly incident on the Russian border this week as an attempt at ‘testing the country’s readiness to fight’ and ‘a provocation’.

President Saakashvili visited the town Kvareli, which is

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Police operation on Georgia-Russia border

Special Georgian police driving to the border with Russia to take part in an operation inside a forest. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Tuesday night, security forces in Georgia were deployed near the border with Russia after an armed group was spotted in a the area.

The Interior Ministry has blocked access to a valley in Kakheti while while the operation is ongoing and all measures

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Georgian team in good position despite loss to Netherlands

Georgia lost to the Netherlands, but is in a shared first place with Bosnia-Herzegovina in Groud D for EuroBasket 2013. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s basketball team is in a shared first place in Group D of the qualification for EuroBasket 2013 next to Bosnia-Herzegovina after losing a match against the Netherlands.

After three victories in a row, it was the first defeat of Georgia’s Jvarosnebi

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Ivanishvili may hold referendum about parliamentary republic

The opposition's Bidzina Ivanishvili considers putting the question of shifting power from president to prime minister to the people in a referendum. (Georgian Dream.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia doesn’t exclude that if he wins the parliamentary election he will hold a referendum regarding government structure.

Currently, the president holds almost all power. From 2013 these powers will

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