Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Georgia's dirty archive to be destroyed on September 5

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The Interior Ministry’s “Moduli” building in Saburtalo, Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A date has been set for destroying the Soviet-style ‘dirty archive’ accumulated by the secret police during the Saakashvili regime: September 5 at 15:00.

Some of the archive consists of videos from hidden cameras pointing into the bedroom of

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Hospital director accused of harassment and discrimination

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Health Minister David Sergeenko said Iashvili Children’s Hospital was sold without any consultations with the ministry. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Doctors at the largest children’s hospital in Georgia accuse its new owner of sexual harassment, physical abuse and religious discrimination.

Staff of several hospitals gathered outside the main entrance of Iashvili Hospital on Monday to protest against what

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Ivanishvili explains reasons for leaving Georgian politics

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Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Press office photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili seems to be sticking to his word and really plans to leave politics after two years in the game.

On Monday, he issued another open letter explaining the reasons for his leaving. But again, he left the main

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New Stalin statue unveiled in Telavi, Georgia

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A new statue of Joseph Stalin was unveiled in Telavi, Georgia. (tv1.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A monument of Stalin has been installed in Telavi, a town in Georgia’s eastern Kakheti region.

The new statue is the work of two organizations, Stalineli and Veteran Union, and the creation of the monument was financed by donations. It now stands at the

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Croatian climber found 39 years after his death

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Croatian climber Nenad Culic, who died in 1974, has been found. (police.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Rescue crew for the Georgian Interior Ministry’s emergency service have discovered a corpse of a Croatian climber who was lost in Caucasian mountains in 1974.

A group of Croatian rock climbers went on an expedition to Ushba in the Svaneti region

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