Saturday, December 20, 2025

Trump spoke about planned high rise, left Georgia

Georgian TV channel Imedi showed Mikheil Saakashvili giving Donald Trump a guided tour of the presidential palace in Tbilisi Saturday. Sunday, the two spoke in Batumi about the planned high rise Trump Towers. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – American billionaire Donald Trump has left Georgia, after a two day visit.

Trump arrived Saturday in Tbilisi, and Sunday held a press conference in Batumi, where he plans to cooperate with local investors on building a 47-storey residential high rise

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Georgian opposition movement chooses woman to front party

Lawyer Manana Kobakhidze will be chairwoman of the opposition Georgian Dream party until a constitutional amendment is passed and enforced which allows billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili to take over. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBLISI, DFWatch – Georgia’s main opposition party today chose a female lawyer as its temporary leader.

As there is less than six months left until the parliamentary elections, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili today formally established his Georgian Dream party.

Due to

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Donald Trump arrives in Tbilisi for 2-day visit

Donald Trump arrived to meet the Georgian leader Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi Saturday to talk about plans to build a 47-storey residential high rise in the tourist resort of Batumi. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The American billionaire Donald Trump arrived at Tbilisi international airport noon Saturday for a two day visit to Georgia.

Meeting him at the airport were Minister for Economic Development Vera Kobalia and head of Silk Road Group Giorgi Ramishvili.

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Russia concerned over Georgia's NATO aspirations

Russia's foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is concerned that Saakashvili might go on more adventures. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russia’s foreign minister Sergey Lavrov says it causes confusion and apprehension for his country that Georgia continues to be a candidate for NATO membership.

Lavrov said this after a meeting of the NATO-Russia Council Thursday.

“Now, NATO

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Tax incentive for Georgians living near the conflict zone

The village Dvani, on the de facto border with South Ossetia, is one of the places likely to be exempted from property tax. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Property close to the occupied territories of Georgia are to be exempted from property tax.

The government proposes to amend the tax code so that land which is owned by a person or property lands that are located near the occupied territories,

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