Friday, July 3, 2026

Three Georgian women released by South Ossetia

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Rusudan Khuroshvili, one of the three women who were detained by Russian soldiers for allegedly crossing the disputed border. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three women who were detained by Russian soldiers on the South Ossetian border on Friday have been released.

The three were detained in the village Khurvaleti, which lies right on the disputed border.

Georgian news agency Interpressnews reports that

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One more Georgian detained at disputed border

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Ditsi, another village where people have been detained on the disputed border. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One Georgian was detained Saturday by Russian soldiers near the border with South Ossetia. This is the fourth Georgian this happens to this week.

Merab Kapanadze, 70, from the village Tseronisi, was detained while tending to his cattle

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One murdered, prayer house burnt in Muslim village

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The newly built prayer house in Mughanlo which was burnt on April 18. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a Muslim village near Tbilisi, a man was recently stabbed to death, and three days later a prayer house was put on fire. Is there a connection? DF Watch went there to investigate.

The village is called Mughanlo and lies about 30 minutes’ drive east

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Three Georgians detained on South Ossetia border

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The detainees are believed to be held in a Tskhinvali prison. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian soldiers have detained three Georgian citizens in the village Khurvaleti for violating the border with South Ossetia.

All three detainees – Rusudan Khuroshvili, Zeinab Kharkheli and Lali Khuroshvili – were taken to South Ossetia.

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Georgia's foreign trade up 18% in Q1 – precise data

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More than a fifth of Georgia’s export is used cars. (Rustavi.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2014 was USD 2,523 million, according to precise data from the National Statistics Department, GeoStat, published on Thursday.

This is 18 percent more than it was in same period last

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Georgian president speaks at EU Eastern Partnership summit

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Czech President Miloš Zeman. (Photo by Georgian president’s office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili Thursday met with his Czech colleague Milos Zeman during a visit to Prague.

Mergvelashvili came to take part in the five year summit of the Eastern Partnership, a political effort by the EU to reform six former

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Politician who was beaten in 2005 holds Saakashvili responsible

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Republican Valeri Gelashvili is convinced his beating in 2005 was ordered by Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation against former Interior Ministry officials Erekle Kodua and Gia Siradze for the beating of MP Valeri Gelashvili in 2005.

The Prosecutor’s Office made a statement about this issue on Thursday.

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Witnesses heard in intelligence blackmailing trial

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Tbilisi City Court. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three former Interior Ministry officials were in court yesterday. They are on trial accused of having blackmailed a bodyguard of businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili in 2012, shortly before the parliamentary election.

At Thursday’s hearing witnesses said

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Steinmeier: Georgia's treaty with EU not a threat to Russia

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU is not a threat to Russia-Georgia relations.

Steinmeier, who is visiting Georgia with his French colleague Laurent Fabius, said at a press

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