Tuesday, January 20, 2026

Erisimedi – a village on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border

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Ioseb Giuradze in Erisimedi says they have little contact with people on the other side of the border, but the situation is peaceful. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Erisimedi is a small village right on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border with a population of not more than a few hundred.

It belongs to the Georgian municipality Sighnagi, but lacks a clear demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan, which has caused

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Georgians are split on minorities issues

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Demonstrators against accepting homosexuality, Tbilisi, May 17, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The latest survey of public attitudes, published by National Democratic Institute (NDI), shows that Georgians are split in their views on the need to protect minorities.

When it comes to protection of gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities,

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Georgians less satisfied with their government

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Does ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pull the strings in government after he left office, is one the issues people were asked about in NDI’s poll. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–36 percent of Georgians think the country is definitely or mainly going in the right direction. This is significantly lower than in November 2013, when 53 percent were of the same opinion.

This is one of the results presented Monday in the latest

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Poll shows more Georgians see Russia as a threat

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46 percent of Georgians are satisfied with the government’s response to the installation of barbed wire and fences by Russian soldiers, the NDI survey shows. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of people who think Russia is a real and existing threat to Georgia has increased by 14 percent compared to November.

This is one of the findings in the latest survey of public attitudes by the National Democratic Institute,

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Presidents of Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan meet in Tbilisi Tuesday

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The National Library in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Turkey and two South Caucasus countries will meet at the National Library in Tbilisi on Tuesday, to attend the 2014 Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Summit.

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is host for Turkey’s Abdullah Gül

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Transsexuals excluded from debate about discrimination

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Transsexuals demonstrated outside a TV studio in Gori Saturday, after being excluded from a debate about a new anti-discrimination law. (Trialeti.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Transsexuals demonstrated outside a TV studio in Georgia on Saturday because they were not allowed to take part in a debate about a new anti-discrimination law.

Locals in Gori, a town close to the capital, came to the studio building of Trialeti TV

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Street justice: brother of ex-official hospitalized in Tbilisi

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Davit Kodua, brother of wanted ex-official Erekle Kodua, was brutally beaten in Tbilisi Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The brother of a wanted former official in the Saakashvili regime was brutally beaten in Tbilisi on Saturday.

The victim of the attack was Davit Kodua, brother of Erekle Kodua, a former top police official who is currently outside the country and internationally

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