Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Who are behind the surveillance tapes at Rustavi 2?

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Nika Gvaramia (center), head of Rustavi 2. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Spokespersons for the Georgian Dream coalition say a claim by a TV station head that he and his staff are under police surveillance is staged and part of the National Movement’s election campaign.

Head of Rustavi 2, Nika Gvaramia, claimed

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Stalin bust unveiled in dictator's hometown on V-Day

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The bust of Stalin did not remain long, and is now kept inside the municipality building in Gori. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A bust of Joseph Stalin was Friday erected and taken down again the same day in the Soviet dictator’s hometown Gori, close to the Georgian capital.

The bust was brought there by car and installed by members of a group called Eurasian Institute,

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Eight more Georgians detained at disputed SO border

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A sign warning about the Russia-imposed border. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry has confirmed that 8 more Georgians have been detained today on the disputed South Ossetia border.

Russian soldiers arrested 7 persons from the village Korbouli and one from the village Chala in the Imereti region, in western

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48% of Georgians will vote for the ruling coalition

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Davit Narmania from Georgian Dream can be reasonably confident he will become Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.

This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party

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Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül (left) and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.

The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already

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Georgia's former ruling party loses its trademark 'number 5'

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The number 5 has been the National Movement’s symbol in all recent elections. Here from a campaign rally in Tbilisi, August, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission has rejected the National Movement’s request to use the number 5 on the ballot-papers in the local elections in June.

UNM, which is running alongside the Christian Conservative Party, said in a statement May 5 that

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Rustavi 2 director claims police is watching him

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Head of Rustavi 2 TV Nika Gvaramia claims he is under surveillance. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV company accuses the government of wiretapping and spying on its management and journalists.

The accusations were put forth on Tuesday by Nika Gvaramia, director of Rustavi 2, the last major TV channel that remains faithful to former

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