Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Alasania to focus on defense

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Irakli Alasania is no longer vice prime minister, only defense minister. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has relieved Defense Minister Irakli Alasania of his additional responsibilities as vice prime minister.

The press office of the PM says a decree was issued January 21 and that Ivanishvili will explain

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Alasania not a candidate for president

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Defense Minister Irakli Alasania in the funeral of Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze Jan. 5, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Defense Minister Irakli Alasania says the Georgian Dream coalition has had ‘an awkward discussion’ about selecting a candidate for the presidential election, but he doesn’t consider himself a candidate, as he feels responsibility for the post he

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Repeat elections give Georgian Dream the upper hand

Repeat elections turned out favorable to the Georgian Dream movement. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — There were repeat elections at eleven precincts in three regions of Georgia on Sunday.

According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), voter turnout at the time voting ended was 32.9 percent. The repeat election was conducted peacefully without

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Repeat elections in Georgia due to serious fraud

The election results were cancelled at eleven precincts, which are calling voters to the ballot-box once again today. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Eleven precincts in three districts in Georgia are holding repeat elections Sunday, because of grave irregularities which led to results of the October 1 parliamentary election being canceled.

All eleven are what’s called majoritarian or first-past-the-post

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Counting completed, many complaints

Eka Azarashvili, spokesperson for the Central Election Commission, asks the media not to jump to conclusions while complaints about alleged fraud are still being looked into. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Four days after the election, the Central Election Commission (CEC) said the counting of votes had been completed and announced the final results.

After collating votes from 3 766 district, preliminary results show the Georgian Dream coalition received

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Video shows armed attack on voting precinct

Info9 showed this footage of an armed man entering an election precinct in Khashuri on election night October 1. (Info9.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A video was publishedThursday showing a person wearing a mask breaking into one of the election precincts in Khashuri, a small town in eastern Georgia.

On election day Monday, there were reports about special units breaking into several precincts

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Wave of demonstrations against election fraud

Georgian Dream activists are contesting the apparent win of Saakashvili candidates in Zugdidi (pictured) and 18 other districts, claiming fraud. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian Dream and others are protesting outside the election commission offices in nineteen one-past-the-post districts where the National Movement party is winning.

According to the latest figures from the Central Election Commission, Georgian Dream

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