Saturday, January 31, 2026

Gunman wounds four ahead of Georgia's local elections

Georgian Dream's party office in Kyzilajlo near Marneuli
People gathered outside the hospical in Marneuli, where the wounded Georgian Dream members were being treated. (1tv.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A gunman opened fire at a local office of Georgia’s ruling party Thursday night, wounding four people, two days before nationwide local elections that will gage the government’s hold on power.

The attack, which wounded a candidate for Georgian Dream,

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Georgian priest sentenced to nine years in prison for murder attempt

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Tbilisi court on Tuesday sentenced a high ranking cleric to nine years in prison for trying to kill the patriarch’s personal secretary with poison. The case has sent shock waves through Georgian society and revealed divisions within one

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State auditor shown holding pistol in bar in new online video

Lasha Tordia pointing a pistol at the staff of P.A.M. Club in Tbilisi.
Lasha Tordia (far left) apparently brandishing a pistol at PAM Club last December. 

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new video of a public auditor pointing a pistol in a bar last December further undermined his claim that a recent fight with an ex-prosecutor was corruption related.

The video surfaced on the Internet on Wednesday, and shows state auditor Lasha Tordia

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