TBILISI, DFWatch–The new de facto rulers of Abkhazia are preparing to prevent Georgians with dual citizenship from voting in the election planned for August 24.
“25-26 thousand people are not eligible to vote in the
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Celebratory mood after Georgia's local election
TBILISI, DFWatch–Both the ruling Georgian Dream coalition and the National Movement celebrated the results of exit polls from Sunday’s local election.
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili congratulated candidate for Tbilisi mayor Davit Narmania on his victory,
Preliminary results: Government coalition 55%, UNM 20%
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Dream gets 55.45 percent of the votes in all of Georgia, UNM 20.19 percent while Burjanadze’s coalition received 9.8 percent of the votes counted in 468 out of 3,637 precincts in the country.
In Tbilisi, preliminary figures
Mother claims daughter discriminated against by priest
TBILISI, DFWatch–A mother claims a priest forced her daughter to leave a church a few days ago because of her ethnicity. The priest denied this.
Inna Sukiasyan, who is of Armenian origins, last week wrote on her Facebook page and later told journalists that
Exit poll: second round may be needed in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–An exit poll conducted by Rustavi 2 indicates that a second round might be necessary in Tbilisi.
If the exit poll is correct, the candidate for the ruling Georgian Dream coalition will get 46.3 percent of votes, UNM candidate gets 27 percent
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Footballer-minister Kaladze accused of election violation
TBILISI, DFWatch–A government spokesperson in Georgia defended himself Sunday against criticism from an opposition politician for standing in front of a political banner during a press conference on election day.
Energy Minister and Vice Prime Minister Kakhi Kaladze
What you need to know about Georgia's local election
TBILISI, DFWatch–Sunday’s election in Georgia marks a significant expansion of local democracy in the country.
Voters are electing twelve new mayors, 59 gamgebelis, or heads of municipalities, and about 2,500 members of 71 local councils.
16,190 registered
Voting goes smoothly in Georgia's local election
TBILISI, DFWatch-Voting went smoothly Sunday in Georgia’s local election. 517,123 people had voted by noon, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC). This is 16 percent of registered voters.
ISFED said 98.7% of precincts were ready to receive voters
Two of Georgian president's top people left
TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president’s foreign policy adviser Vano Machavariani left his job on Friday. The head of the president’s administration, Lasha Abashidze, also resigned.
Both delivered a written resignation, but Machavariani told
561 foreign observers for Georgia's local election
TBILISI, DFWatch–There will be 32 international and 59 Georgian organizations observing the local election on Sunday, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC).
The CEC said the number of representatives of Georgian organizations