Thursday, April 2, 2026

Saakashvili's party announces Bakradze as candidate for president

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Three were detained during the protest outside the National Movement party conference in Tbilisi on Sunday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Davit Bakradze, leader of the parliamentary opposition, has been announced as the National Movement’s official candidate for the upcoming presidential election.

UNM’s sixth and final primary election was held on Saturday in Tbilisi. The final

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Georgian Patriarch Ilia II visits Moscow, meets Putin

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Patriarch of Russia Kirill I (left) and Patriarch of Georgia, Ilia II. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Patriarch Ilia II, who visited Russia for the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Rus, met with the Russian Patriarch Kirill I and invited him to Georgia.

The meeting was held in Moscow on July 23 at the Russian Patriarchate to discuss

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Ivanishvili denies rumor that Rice offered him to be advisor

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GD parliamentarian Tina Khidasheli (left), Condoleezza Rice and Tedo Japaridze, head of parliament’s foreign affairs committee. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tedo Japaridze, who chairs the foreign affairs committee in parliament, denies rumors that former US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will be appointed as official advisor to the Georgian prime minister.

A few days ago, the Russian newspaper

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Bokeria pointing at government for attacks on opposition

Giga Bokeria, Secretary of the Security Council (IPN)
Giga Bokeria says the police reaction to the violence in western Georgia was inadequate. (IPN.)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – The interagency commission for free and fair election expresses concern about incidents, which took place this Saturday and Sunday during United National Movement’s primary election conferences in Batumi and Zugdidi, Western Georgia, where people threw

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