Sunday, December 21, 2025

Fogh Rasmussen visits Georgia September 6

President Mikheil Saakashvili (left) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Chicago earlier this year. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – NATO’s Secretary General will come to Georgia on September 6 and hold official meetings for one day.

Manana Manjgaladze, Spokesperson for president told DF Watch that Anders Fogh Rasmussen arrives in Georgia as part of a tour of the Caucasus.

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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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Forest fire in Borjomi

The fire took place in Borjomi, known for its mineral water and natural park popular among hikers. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – About one acre of forest burned as a result of a fire in Borjomi, a resort town in eastern Georgia.

The fire started yesterday afternoon and wasn’t put out until Monday morning. What caused the fire is not yet known, but the reason might have been

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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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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 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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Opposition group opens branch office in tent

Soon the whole world will know how the government is terrorizing the people, says Bidzina Gujabidze, opposition candidate for Samtskhe Javakheti. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The Georgian Dream coalition Thursday opened a tent in the Samtskhe Javakheti region, because the locals refused to let them rent an office.

The coalition has had problems with rent offices before. It blames the government, saying it does not

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