Monday, June 1, 2026

Daily life in the shadow of South Ossetia

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A banner installed in Koda at the administrative border (Dominik K. Cagara)

An inhabitant of Chvrinisi, a Georgian village located right at the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia, tells about his daily life in the conflict zone.

‘There is no fence at the border in our village’, Vakhtang, an inhabitant of Chvrinisi tells DF Watch.

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Georgian defense minister asks Ukraine to explain Saakashvili's statements

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Tina Khidasheli. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli has asked Ukraine’s government to explain whether they take responsibility for statements made by former Georgian President Mikheil Saaksahvili, who is now governor of Odessa.

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PM accuses president of promoting Saakashvili's party

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili practiced sarcasm on Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday accused President Giorgi Margvelashvili of being pro-National Movement, after the latter pardoned the brother of a member of that party, which is opposed to the government.

Among 98 prisoners

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Jachvliani: EBRD should award me for publicity

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“EBRD should award my for publicity” – Soso Jachvliani about his recent statement (IPN)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – A member of parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, whose apparent confusion of the abbreviation for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development with a brothel has become an instant hit in social media, came forward of Thursday in his attempt to explain his awkward speech a day earlier.

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