Thursday, April 9, 2026

Women's representation in Georgia unchanged for over a decade

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Eka Beselia, head of the human rights committee in parliament. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The percentage of women in local government has remained unchanged for the last fourteen years, according to campaigners.

There are currently 11 percent women in city and municipal assemblies. In the previous period, there were 10 percent

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Quota system in Georgian universities helps ethnic minorities, but is easy to abuse

TBILISI, DFWatch- The possibility to study Georgian intensively for one year and then to continue studies in any Georgian university seems like a great opportunity for students coming from ethnic minority background. How helpful is the integration program

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Muslims in northeast Georgia demonstrate against Charlie Hebdo

Muslims rally in a village Duisi, Pankisi Gorge (Interpressnews)
Muslims rally in a village Duisi, Pankisi Gorge (Interpressnews)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Muslims in a valley northeast in Georgia demonstrated Monday against the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo for publishing a caricature depicting Prophet Mohammad on January 14.

People in the village Duisi, in Pankisi Gorge, believe the cartoon

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Weak ruble and new immigration law impacting Armenians in Georgia's south

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Statue in Akhalkalaki of Mesrop Mashtots, the creator of the Armenian alphabet. (Interpressnews.)

It is a hard winter for ethnic Armenians living in Georgia’s southern Samtskhe-Javakheti region. The fall of the ruble has led to less money being sent home from relatives who have found jobs in Russia, and Georgia’s new immigration law is forcing people

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Government members attend Catholic Midnight Mass in Tbilisi

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Midnight Mass at The Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Tbilisi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several government members attended Midnight Mass at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Tbilisi last night.

The ceremony started at 23:30 and Giuseppe Pasotto, Apostolic Administrator of the Caucasus, conducted the prayer.

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Georgia doubles state funding of four religious communities

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Friday prayer at Orta Jame mosque in Batumi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government is doubling the funding of four religious denominations operating in the country, apart of the Georgian Patriarchate, the head of the State Agency for Religious Issues said on Wednesday.

The four denominations

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