Friday, December 5, 2025

Democracy groups in Georgia go on the offensive

Many of Tbilisi's non-governmental organizations have signed on to an appeal to end the violations.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has released a statement regarding the period leading up to the parliamentary election.

The National Platform was set up in October 2010 with a goal to support

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Georgia releases footage of dead Islamist militants

MIA released footage from operation on Russian-Georgian border. (Screengrab from Rustavi2)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia Interior Ministry released a footage of operation of Georgian special forces against Islamist militants from Russia’s volatile Dagestan republic of North Caucasus, when two Georgian officers and one army doctor died, along with 11

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Georgia says border shooting not reason for Russian action

Russia claims no-one has crossed Russian-Georgian border for the last days in Dagestan section. (Photo: IPN)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia says a serious border incident which led to fourteen deaths can not be a reason for Russia to intervene.

Despite witness accounts from the Georgian side, Russia’s secret police, the FSB, which also controls the borders, does not confirm that armed groups

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Two law enforcers, one military doctor and 11 boeviks killed, Georgian officials report

Three military cars now moved to the valley. Operation continues 30 km away from a village Lapankuri on Russian-Georgian border. (IPN)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Two members of Georgian Interior Affairs Ministry special unit and one military doctor has died, while eleven saboteurs were killed and 6 are currently surrounded, MIA reported recently.

According to Georgian officials all hostages released in the

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Audit agency fines pro-government campaign group

Giga Nasaridze may be fined USD 3 000 for offering TV channels pro-government political commercials for free. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s State Audit Service wants to fine a non-governmental organization (NGO) which supports the government by 5 000 lari, or about USD 3 000.

The State Audit Service, which has authority to track the financial relations of political parties and

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Busy season for Georgia's mountain rescue workers

Elbrus, Europe's highest mountain, 5 642 m, is part of the greater Caucasus range and lies in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay–Cherkessia, Russia, close to the Georgian border. (Photo: Aleksander Sorel.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian rescue workers have conducted three separated operations to save foreign climbers stuck in the Georgian mountains.

One Russian climber slipped when he was going out of his tent. He fell down from the cliff and died. The other two in his

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The Dry Bridge in Tbilisi – a market of memories

Old cameras and Soviet memorabilia are among the many things for sale on the Dry Bridge in Tbilisi. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – For many years, Goga has been selling various old things in downtown Tbilisi. He mostly sells to tourists, but also to local collectors. He can’t even remember when he started, but really enjoys it, as most of his stuff is handmade by himself.

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Journalist stalkers in Georgia continue unhindered

Stalkers are continuing to interrupt the work of journalists, despite the existence of laws that could be used if authorities wanted to intervene. (info9)

TBILISI, DFWatch – For more than a month, journalists with an opposition-leaning news service in Georgia have been followed around by a group of unknown people while trying to do their work.

The stalkers carry cameras and microphones, but do not appear to have an

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Georgia's small broadcasters protest strict campaign rules

Kakhi Kurashvili, lawyer at the communication commission, must get regional broadcasters to comply with the rules for free political ads. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s National Communications Commission (GNCC) claims that broadcasters will be forced to air free political commercials, even if they don’t air paid commercials. Regional broadcasters say it is an incorrect interpretation of the law, which will

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