Monday, January 19, 2026

Georgia creates commission to handle election violations

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Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani will head the commission. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has created an interagency commission to handle violations ahead of the local elections, slated for June.

The commission will be led by Minister of Justice Thea Tsulukiani.

Other members are the deputy interior minister, deputy foreign

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Minibus drivers in Rustavi on strike, claim tender was rigged

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Drivers claim the company Intertrans has ties to Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Drivers of minibuses on the route between Tbilisi and Rustavi have been on strike for the last few days, demonstrating outside the office of the Georgian Dream coalition. They accusing Rustavi city authorities and Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze

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Georgia denies reports of mass issuing of Russian passports

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The Russian Interests Section. (Radio Voice of Abkhazia.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia denies reports that the consular office for Russian interests in Tbilisi is issuing Russian passports.

Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani said this information is false.

Georgia and Russia do not have diplomatic

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Autopsy report published in case of Data Akhalaia witness death

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The Prosecutor’s Office in Georgia has released the autopsy report in the case of a witness who died. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office on Saturday published more material regarding the death of a witness who testified against a recently convicted Saakashvili ally.

Shalva Tatukhashvili died March 23 in his home, after testifying against Data Akhalaia,

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Bullying in schools is a persistent problem in Georgia

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Bullying on religious grounds is a big problem in schools in Georgia, according to the human rights group EMC. (Ministry of Education.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A human rights group in Georgia warns of an alarming trend of intolerance of religious minorities in public schools.

Human Rights Education and Monitoring Center (EMC) studied eight schools in Tbilisi and found that the Ministry of Education has not

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Opposition groups form coalition in Tbilisi

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Dimitri Lortkipanidze, the United Opposition’s candidate for Tbilisi Mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A coalition of opposition parties not represented in parliament met on Friday to present their candidate for Tbilisi Mayor: former MP Dimitry Lortkipanidze.

The coalition was created by Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement together with three

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Close Saakashvili ally questioned about embezzlement

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Giga Bokeria claims he was called in for questioning for political reasons. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutors in Georgia Friday questioned the former secretary of the country’s Security Council in an embezzlement case.

Walking out after five hours inside the Prosecutor’s Office, Giga Bokeria said the interrogation was conducted in a peaceful

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Saakashvili wants to educate Ukrainians in reforms

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is to start a center for the study of reforms in the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Saakashvili, who is currently in Kiev, said in an interview with a TV channel there that he wants to share his experiences

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Georgia had 8 percent increase in visitors in March

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10% more tourists visited Georgia in January-March 2014, compared to the year before. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia had an 8 percent increase in number of visitors in March, 2014, compared to the same period last year.

There came 392,725 visitors in the third month of 2014, according to new monthly figures published by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

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