Sunday, May 31, 2026

Georgian PM declares support for Turkey after wedding terror blast

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PM Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of government in Georgia on Sunday in a written statement expressed concern about the recent terrorist attack in Turkey and voiced support for the people of Turkey.

Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says in the statement

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Jehovah's Witnesses recorded 51 cases of discrimination in 2015

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A lawyer for Jehovah’s Witnesses wondered why police were not using recordings from the surveillance cameras they have installed. (Rustavi 2.)
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Some of the discrimination occurs when members try to hand out flyers in the streets. (Interpressnews.)
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Problems getting a construction permit for a new congregation house in Terjola is one of the cases mentioned in the U.S. State Department’s report. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–On November 23 last year, shots were fired at a building used by Jehovah’s Witnesses in Vazisubani, a district in the Georgian capital Tbilisi.

When bullets slammed into the building again one week later, a lawyer representing the religious community wondered

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Military spox claims safety rules not violated when two divers drowned

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President Margvelashvili talked with family members of the missing soldiers. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Defense Ministry claims safety regulations were not violated when two Georgian soldiers went missing Tuesday during a military exercise at sea, off the Black Sea coast.

Two soldiers never made it up to the surface during a course in combat diving.

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Two military divers missing off Georgia's Black Sea coast

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Two Georgian soldiers are missing after diving off the Black Sea coast of Georgia during a military drill.

The Defense Ministry said the two failed to resurface near Gonio in southwest Georgia near the border with Turkey.

A search was immediately launched

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Georgia's CEC revokes registration of pro-Russian party

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Vladimer (“Lado”) Bedukadze. (Interpressnews.)
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In the free TV ad, the Centrists promised to ‘legalize the Russian military bases.’ (1tv.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission (CEC) in Georgia has revoked the registration of a micro-party which used its right to free advertisement to call for Russian pensions and dual citizenship, accompanied by a portrait of Vladimir Putin and Russian tanks and flags.

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