Monday, January 19, 2026

Georgian soldiers in NATO-Ukraine military exercise

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Ukrainian soldiers in the joint NATO exercise Saber Guardian, which was launched Friday in Bulgaria. (Photo by Brooks Fletcher/US Army.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian soldiers are participating in a two-week joint NATO-Ukraine military exercise in eastern Bulgaria, 400 km from Crimea.

The exercise, which started Friday. is called Saber Guardian and has been planned for about a year.

It involves 700

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Saakashvili called in for questioning in numerous cases

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May become a wanted person. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili addressing the crowd at Independence Square in Kiev, December 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili will be declared a wanted person if he doesn’t come and answer questions in a long list of criminal cases.

Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said this today.

“If he does not come, he will be declared

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SO field meeting highlights border problems and helicopter overflight

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Problems created by new border fences was brought up again at the regular field meeting between the parties in the 2008 war. (EUMM.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The parties in the 2008 war met again on Friday for a field meeting in a tent in Ergneti, a village on the border with South Ossetia.

These field meetings are formally called Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) and hosted by the EU’s

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EU speeds up signing of treaties with Georgia and Moldova

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EU leaders will sign treaties with Georgia and Moldova no later than June 2014, Barroso wrote on Twitter. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The European Council accelerates the process of signing association agreements with two former Soviet republics, Georgia and Moldova.

The move comes amid an escalating crisis in Ukraine, where there is a threat of unrest spreading in the eastern

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Georgia creates service center to assist exporters

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Grape harvest 2013. Wine if one of Georgia’s export products. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Ministry of Economy Giorgi Kvirikashvili is creating a new service center to protect the interests of exporters.

Kvirikashvili said on Thursday said that the new body will start working from Friday.

“Along with positive trends in Georgia’s foreign trade turnover,

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UN helping Georgia improve disaster preparedness

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The coastal city Batumi was damaged by a storm in March, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The United Nations will help Georgia strengthen its preparedness against natural disasters.

“Georgia is often challenged by the risk of natural disasters, which seriously jeopardizes the country’s economy, as well as our citizens,” Environment

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Debate: Minorities and local government reform in Georgia

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Journalist Rusiko Machaidze, Zaur Khalilov from Civil Integration Fund and Levan Vepkhvadze of the Christian-Democratic Movement.  (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–On March 14 , DFWatch.net organized a discussion about ethnic minorities’ participation problems in pre-election process.

The non-parliamentary opposition and representatives of NGOs working with minority rights participated

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