Sunday, March 29, 2026

Georgian PM visits Armenia August 21-22

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili will visit Armenia on August 21-22.

After meeting his Armenian colleague, Gharibashvili and the rest of the Georgian delegation will meet with Armenian government representatives.

Prime Minister Hovik

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Saakashvili returns clothes after embezzlement charge

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Police took action as clothes belonging to former President Saakashvili were delivered at the government office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday returned clothes to the government in Georgia, after being charged with inappropriate spending while in office.

A few days ago, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Saakashvili with

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Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan strengthen energy transport security

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Defense ministers from three countries: Georgia’s Irakli Alasania, Azerbaijan’s Zakir Hasanov and Turkey’s İsmet Yılmaz. (Photo by Georgia’s Defense Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan met Tuesday in the Azerbaijani enclave Nakhchivan, a landlocked region on the border between Armenia and Iran.

This is the first time defense ministers from the three countries hold a trilateral

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Government wants to reduce president's power as commander in chief

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili with Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan in March, 2014. (Photo by Defense Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia wants to limit the power of the president as commander in chief.

The draft bill will take away the president’s power to approve the regulation of the Joint Staff, and the head of the Joint Staff will become subordinate

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Georgian president rejects ex-interior minister's citizenship application

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Kakha Targamadze was Georgian interior minister in the late 1990s. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rejected former Interior Minister Kakha Targamadze’s application for Georgian citizenship.

The decision follows a call by the National Movement to not approve the application by the controversial

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Georgia's Orthodox Church signs agreement with Defense Ministry

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Defense Minister Irakli Alasania (left) and Patriarch Ilia II (center), signing the memorandum. (Photo by the Defense Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Ministry of Defense on Sunday signed a memorandum with the country’s Orthodox Church.

The agreement was signed at Trinity (Sameba) Cathedral by Defense Minister Irakli Alasania and Patriarch Ilia II and is about ‘spiritual,

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Health minister warns about heat wave in Georgia

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Georgian Health Minister Davit Sergeenko. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian health minister warns people against staying too long out in the sun as temperatures many places in Georgia will surpass 40 degrees Celsius (104 F), according to the national environmental agency.

Health Minister Davit Sergeenko

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Defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan meet Monday

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Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Azerbaijan on Monday.

Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said Sunday this is the first formal meeting between the three ministers and has been planned for a long time.

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