Saturday, May 2, 2026

Georgia investigating coup plans by the former ruling party

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Deputy Interior Minister Levan Izoria. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian law enforcers are investigating alleged plans by the former ruling party, the National Movement, to destabilize the country and overthrow its government, Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Levan Izoria told opposition-leaning TV channel Rustavi 2.

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Georgian diplomats clash over proposed Russia-Abkhazia pact

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Tedo Japaridze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A proposed new comprehensive agreement between Russia and Abkhazia has triggered a quarrel between two veterans of the Georgian diplomacy who both belong to the ruling Georgian Dream coalition.

The text of the draft proposes ‘a common space

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Former members of Georgian elite forces accused of kidnapping

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Photo published on the kidnap victim Ioseb Giorkhelidze’s Facebook page.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The police on Monday arrested four persons for alleged kidnapping, two of whom are former members of special forces units in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA).

MIA states that the four kidnapped a 19 year old man, Ioseb Giorkhelidze. Two members

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Georgia eyes with suspicion Russian plans for new road through Caucasus

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The Roki tunnel, one of the roads through Caucasus that is virtually not operational due to the political situation. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia views with caution the construction by Russia of yet another trans-Caucasus road, while the opposition sees a direct threat for a country whose territory’s 18 percent is occupied by its northern neighbor.

In North Caucasus, authorities

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Human rights court faults Georgia for its treatment of Jehovah's Witnesses

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The house where Jehovah’s Witnesses meet in Ozurgeti was attacked January 1, 2014. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Court of Human Rights last week found that Georgia has violated the human rights of the Jehovah’s Witnesses community in the country.

The violations the court looked at date 14 years back in time, but the group is still being attacked

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Brother of deceased PM Zurab Zhvania expects results soon

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A new investigation of Zhvania’s death was one of the promises made by the Georgian Dream coalition in the 2012 election campaign. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The investigation into the death of the Georgian prime minister Zurab Zhvania in 2005 will soon enter its final stage, according to the brother of the deceased.

Goga Zhvania said Friday that it’s still unclear whether the investigators

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Georgia's president pardons 88 prisoners

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili has pardoned 463 prisoners so far this year. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Wednesday was probably the happiest day in the lives of 88 prisoners in Georgia, as they were allowed to walk free following a presidential pardon. Another 27 got their sentences reduced by half or one third.

The decree by President Giorgi

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3.7 magnitude earthquake rattles southern Caucasus

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The earthquake caused debris to fall down in the Mindeli coal mine in Tkibuli, injuring one miner. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A 3.7 magnitude earthquake rattled the south central slopes of the Caucasus mountains Wednesday.

The earthquake occurred at 4:36 pm Tbilisi time and had its epicenter near the mining town Tkibuli, in western Georgia.

According to Tamaz Dolaberidze,

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