Monday, January 19, 2026

Armenians and Doukhobors in Gorelovka, Georgia

DSC_0104_copy_cropped
Due to the cold climate, most people have cattle as a means of subsistence in Gorelovka. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Gorelovka is a small village in Samtskhe-Javakheti, a region to the south of Georgia populated by ethnic Armenians, Russian Doukhobors and Georgians who have been resettled from Adigeni and Khulo because of landslides.

The village is small and,

Read more

Georgia without ambassador to the UK for more than a year

maya panjikidze
Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has been without an ambassador to the UK for more than a year.

In recent days, a candidate who is being considered for the post became a subject of dispute among politicians.

During the process of so-called co-habitation between ex-president

Read more

Saakashvili wanted at home, party office sprayed with red paint

anti-UNM_action_03_-_2014-03-25_Crop
Demonstrators called on former President Saakashvili to come home and answer questions about ten criminal cases. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Demonstrators in Georgia Tuesday demanded that former President Mikheil Saakashvili returns to his home country and answers questions from prosecutors.

Two people were detained for throwing red paint at party symbols outside the National Movement

Read more

Strike in Kazreti called off after agreement with RMG Gold

kazreti demonstration
Locals demonstrating in Kazreti in February, 2014. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A protest in the Georgian village Kazreti, where people protested the treatments of workers in the gold mines, ended on Monday.

RMG Gold, the company which owns the mines in Kazreti, reached agreement with the demonstrators, who protest against

Read more

Georgian anti-gay activists warn of tougher line

anti LGBT demonstrators Tbilisi 2013-05-17
May 17, 2013, thousands of anti-gay activists disrupted a small peaceful demonstration in Tbilisi to mark the international day against homophobia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Anti-gay activists and clerics want to be more tough toward LGBT rights activists if the latter demonstrate for their rights on May 17, on the one-year anniversary of a violent attacks on them organized by Orthodox priests.

Pressed with multiple

Read more

Supporters and opponents of NATO clash in Tbilisi

nato_quarrel_01_-_2014-03-24_Crop
A group advocating the Russian-led Eurasian Union planned to demonstrate against NATO, but were interrupted by an angry crowd. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three people were detained in Tbilisi on Monday as supporters and opponents of NATO clashed outside the Cinema House.

Tension was already high during the screening of a 30 minutes long film about NATO’s bombing of Yugoslavia

Read more

17% increase in Georgia's foreign trade Jan-Feb confirmed

bazar tbilisi
Georgia’s foreign trade was 17% higher in the two first months of 2014, compared to 2013, but most of the trade is import. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover January-February, 2014, was USD 1 567 million. This is a 17 percent increase, compared to the same period last year.

Precise figures from Georgian National Statistics Department, GeoStat, show that export accounted

Read more

Two detainees in Zhvania case placed in pre-trial detention

tbilisi_city_court
Tbilisi City Court. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two men detained for negligence in connection with the death of former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania were Sunday placed in pre-trial detention by Tbilisi City Court.

Levan Chachua, who participated in the autopsy on Zhvania’s body in 2005, and Mikheil

Read more

West warns Georgia against prosecuting Saakashvili

Toomas_Hendrik_Ilves_Crop
Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves warns that Georgia’s EU treaty may be stalled if the investigation of former officials continues. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Western partners are threatening that prosecuting former President Saakashvili may jeopardize an EU treaty and membership in NATO.

Georgia has for years sought closer integration with the European Union and membership in NATO. In June,

Read more