Saturday, April 4, 2026

Last two defendents in 'tractors case' out on bail

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Cheap tractors were bought, and public money siphoned off, prosecutors say. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Court Thursday released on bail the last two persons who had been detained in the so-called tractor case. All in all, seven are accused on charges spanning negligence, state money embezzlement and pressure on experts.

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Bakradze calls for national agreement to ensure stability

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The National Movement’s candidate for president, Davit Bakradze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–National Movement presidential candidate Davit Bakradze has put forth a plan called the national agreement and asked the ruling Georgian Dream coalition to make changes to solve the country’s economic problems.

Presenting his party’s initiative

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2008 war remembered in Gori

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Torch lighting event on Wednesday to commemorate the 2008 war. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Every year after the Russia-Georgia war in 2008 there have been planned different events for the five days the war lasted to pay tribute to the victims.

Events were planned today in Gori, a town close to where the war took place. In the morning there

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Limestone formation partly destroyed along Kazbegi road

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A construction company needed an access road and cut through the limestone. Environmentalists say it will take centuries for the rock to reform. (DFWatch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A large part of a massive limestone formation in Georgia has been destroyed during repair work on a tunnel.

The rock formation is located at a section of road between Gudauri and Kobi, leading up into the Kazbegi mountains in the north of Georgia,

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