Friday, June 19, 2026

National Movement activist beaten in Batumi

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Levan Tetemadze was taken to the hospital and treated for head injuries and broken facial bones. (Photo published on Facebook by the National Movement in Batumi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of the National Movement was Saturday attacked in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast.

Party activist Levan Tetemadze was beaten outside his house on Vazha-Pshavela street, according to Giorgi Kirtadze, head of the UNM in Adjara.

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Barroso visits Georgia to underline EU's support

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José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission. (Photo published by the EU.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–José Manuel Barroso will visit Georgia Thursday and Friday.

The two day stopover will be the EU Commission president’s first official visit to Georgia.

Barroso is arriving from Moldova, and will leave for Azerbaijan on June 14.

During

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Merkel to visit Georgia

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Georgia before spring 2015, by invitation of Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.

The PM on Monday met Merkel in Berlin and invited her to Georgia. She accepted the invitation and expressed her desire

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Swiss President Burkhalter visiting Georgia

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Didier Burkhalter arriving at Tbilisi airport Monday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Swiss President Didier Burkhalter arrived in Georgia Monday evening as part of a round trip in the South Caucasus.

Lasha Abashidze, head of Georgia’s Presidential Administration, and Davit Zalkaliani, First Deputy Foreign Minister, met him

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Davit Kezerashvili acquitted of cognac fraud

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Davit Kezerashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday acquitted former Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili of cognac fraud.

Kezerashvili, who is under house arrest  and electronic surveillance in France after being detained at Nice airport last year and then released in February, was charged by Georgian authorities in February, 2013, with assisting

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Hydro power tunnel searched for survivors after landslide

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A hydro power tunnel that was flooded after a landslide on May 17 was searched for the first time Thursday. This is how the site looked in 2013. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–For the first time after the catastrophic landslide in Dariali on May 17, rescue crew made their way into a tunnel in search of survivors, Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2 reported Thursday.

The tunnel, which is part of a hydro power plant under construction,

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Georgian government meets EU commissioners May 21

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President of the EU Commission José Manuel Barroso. (Europe Diplomatic Magazine.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government will meet with EU commissioners in Brussels on May 21.

First Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani says this is the first time such a meeting is being held.

“This is an unprecedented format in EU-Georgia relations, which

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