Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Three Georgians detained on South Ossetia border

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The detainees are believed to be held in a Tskhinvali prison. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained three Georgian citizens in the village Khurvaleti for violating the border with South Ossetia.

All three detainees – Rusudan Khuroshvili, Zeinab Kharkheli and Lali Khuroshvili – were taken to South Ossetia.

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Steinmeier and Fabius visiting Georgia April 23-24

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Germany and France will visit Georgia on April 23-24.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and France’s Laurent Fabius were originally to have visited Georgia on March 3, but they both postponed due to events in Ukraine.

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Georgian president: No preparations made for Putin meeting

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili says the proposal by Russia’s Vladimir Putin for a meeting has had no actual follow-up or preparations.

At the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics, the Russian president said that there is a possibility

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No news about release of Georgian TV crew held in South Ossetia

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Vakho Lekiashvili (left) and Bela Zakaidze, two of the TV3 employees who are in detention in South Ossetia. (Interepressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–It is still unknown whether three Georgian journalists detained by South Ossetia will be released today. Neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor EUs Monitoring Mission have been informed about when they will be released.

The Foreign Ministry

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Germany's Steinmeier to visit Georgia in late April

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Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Photo by SPD.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Georgia in about ten days.

Steinmeier announced the trip after a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze who visited him in Germany on Thursday.

One of the topics they

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Georgian parliament prepares to check safety of large facilities

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Gia Tsagareishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is preparing to conduct impact assessments for many large factories and other facilities, built during the Soviet Union.

Gia Tsagareishvili, head of parliament’s environmental committee, says many big installations have Soviet-era standards

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Georgia marks 25 years since deadly clashes with Soviet troops

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Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani took part in planting of saplings in remembrance of the 21 who died during a demonstration for Georgian independence April 9, 1989. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of the Georgian government today planted saplings in the Ninth of April Garden in Tbilisi, comemmorating the deadly dispersal of protesters by Soviet troops 25 years ago today.

In remembrance of the tragedy, cabinet members planted

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