Sunday, March 22, 2026

One Georgian feared dead in Nice attacks

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The TV tower in Tbilisi was lit in the colors of the French flag on Friday in a show of solidarity after the terror attack. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian citizen is reported missing after the terrorist attack in Nice, the Georgian ambassador to France has confirmed. The man’s wife, who is not a Georgian citizen, is confirmed dead.

Moambe, the evening news program on Georgia’s Channel 1,

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Bring back Tbilisi tram? Too expensive, says City Hall

Dmitry Yermakov
Dmitry Yermakov

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Hall is not planning to bring back the trams in the capital, despite a call from a member of Tbilisi City Council. City Hall will only considers it in a long-term perspective.

Aleko Elisashvili, independent member of Tbilisi City Council,

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Georgian Dream announces top 15 candidates for parliament – 8 are women

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Tamar Chugoshvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream Party on Wednesday announced its top 15 people on the party list for the parliamentary election in October.

The list consists of eight women and seven men. There are no MPs or cabinet members among them. Three of them are deputy ministers.

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Keti Tsikhelashvili becomes acting minister for reconciliation and civil equality

keti_tsikhelashviliTBILISI, DFWatch–Keti Tsikhelashvili, Deputy Minister for Reintegration and Civil Equality, will be the acting minister as Paata Zakareishvili from the Republican Party leaves his post in connection with the 2016 election campaign.

Zakareishvili said on Tuesday

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Two Islamist militants from Georgia killed in Syria

Mideast SyriaTBILISI, DFWatch–Two men from Pankisi valley in Georgia, one aged 26 and the 34, have been killed in Syria.

The younger of them, Bekkhan (Beka) Tokhosashvili, was a native of the village Birkiani. Tokhosashvili left Georgia in 2014 and joined the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria,

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