Tuesday, January 20, 2026

New investigation into brutal 2008 murder in Georgia

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs main office in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Internal Affairs has opened an investigation into the 2008 disappearance and murder of Paata Kardava, an intelligence officer at the Ministry of Defense.

The investigation centers on Roman Shamatava, former head of the Constitutional Security

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Orthodox activists protest evangelical event in Tbilisi

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Giorgi Gabedava, candidate for Tbilisi City Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Orthodox Christian activists protest against the international evangelistic Festival of Hope to be held in Georgia and call on people not to attend.

Clerics and their supporters gathered at a church in Didube, the district of Tbilisi where

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Dariali Valley evacuated after landslide alert

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Clean-up work was resumed in Dariali Valley Saturday after a brief evacuation. (TV1.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Clean-up work in Dariali Valley in northern Georgia was resumed on Saturday, a day after  workers were evacuated due to a risk of a new landslide.

Seismologists registered microquakes in Devdoraki glacier, which the government’s experts said was the direct

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Mayor breaks into district election office, swears at official

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Suspended Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and other National Movement members accuse a district election official of being partial. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Suspended Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava Thursday broke into a district election commission office in Marneuli and swore at the local official in charge.

It’s the latest in a series of incidents involving the party, as Georgia gets closed to the local

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Georgia doesn't know what Obama's military assistance means

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“A historical moment for our country’s relation with NATO,” says Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian government is unable to say specifically what Barack Obama’s initiative to boost the military capacity of non-NATO partner countries will mean and how the US will assist Georgia, but they welcome the initiative.

Georgia’s defense

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Rasmussen stops short of promising Georgia MAP

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Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania (left) and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–NATO’s Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen promises that Georgia’s progress will be assessed at the upcoming NATO Summit in Wales, but stops short of saying what the outcome might be.

Many Georgians had reckoned that their country would

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30,000 conservatives demand anti-discrimination law changed

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Conservative Orthodox Christians in Georgia have gathered 30,000 signatures to remove a phrase in a new law which specifically prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–30 000 people in Georgia have signed a document demanding changes in a newly adopted anti-discrimination law.

The Union of Genus Leaders has been gathering signatures since May 17, International Day Against Homophobia, and asked

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Merkel to visit Georgia

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo published on Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–German Chancellor Angela Merkel will visit Georgia before spring 2015, by invitation of Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.

The PM on Monday met Merkel in Berlin and invited her to Georgia. She accepted the invitation and expressed her desire

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Georgian PM expects 'adequate assessment' of his efforts

Tbilisi, Dfwatch – Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili hopes that a progress done by Georgia will be ‘adequately assessed’ on the upcoming NATO Summit in Wales, but he also thinks it is not advisable to speak of this issue in advance, as it raises false expectations among his fellow counterparts.

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