Saturday, April 4, 2026

Christian Democrats leader leaves amid coalition talks

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Giorgi Targamadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Targamadze, the leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement, has left the party, after it began planning to form a coalition with Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement.

Targamadze, a former TV journalist, said at a press

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Georgian president holds first event at disputed residence

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The president’s residence in Avlabari, Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili met with ambassadors at the president’s residence in Tbilisi, which has been nonoperational after Saakashvili left office in October, 2013.

In a ceremony in the Avlabari residence, President Margvelashvili received

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Georgian 'propaganda' TV in South Ossetia was run illegally

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Alania TV later turned into PIK TV. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A parliamentary commission in Georgia has exposed how one television station was operating for years without a license during Saakashvili.

The channel, Alania, was found to have close links to the government while Saakashvili was in power and though

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Jehova's Witnesses accused of stoking separatism in Georgia

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Locals in Khobi, Georgia, accuse Jehova’s Witnesses of stoking separatism because they are using the minority language Megrelian. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Friday, about 100 Orthodox Christians demonstrated in Georgia against Jehovah’s Witnesses constructing a congregation center in their town.

The Witnesses began building a Kingdom Hall in the western town of Khobi about a week ago. Today, opponents were

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Two former counterintelligence officials arrested in Georgia

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Guram Donadze was also questioned, but said he had nothing to do with the fake video. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Chief Prosecutor in Georgia has ordered the arrest of former officials at the Constitutional Security Department (CSD), after they were questioned about the cases against Bacho and Data Akhalaia.

Former CSD head Levan Kardava and Giorgi

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UN, OSCE and EU diplomats on field trip in South Ossetia

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Antti Turunen, UN Secretary General’s Representative for Georgia, who was part of the delegation. (Photo by OSCE/Dieter Nagl.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Representatives of the United Nations, OSCE and European Union this week paid a two-day visit to South Ossetia and met with members of the breakaway region’s delegation to the Geneva talks.

The delegation consisted of co-chairs of the talks, which

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Georgian defense minister visits Italy

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Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania (left), and Italy’s Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti. (Photo by Georgian Ministry of Defense. )

TBILISI, DFWatch–Italy and Georgia will strengthen their defense cooperation, according to a press release published by Georgia’s Ministry of Defense.

Irakli Alasania, the Georgian defense minister, on Thursday met his Italian colleague Roberta Pinotti during a visit

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