Saturday, May 2, 2026

Five more Georgians detained at de facto border

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Earlier this year the de facto border was moved 300 m and reinforced with razor wire in Ditsi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards have detained five more Georgian citizens for crossing the de facto border near the breakaway region South Ossetia.

A journalist working for Interpressnews reports that three Georgians were detained in the village Akhalubani

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Margvelashvili picks replacement ahead of presidential run

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Minister of Education Giorgi Margvelashvili (left), and his deputy Tamar Sanikidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Minister of Education Giorgi Margvelashvili has picked his own replacement, as he prepares for the race to be Georgia’s next president.

The Georgian Dream coalition chose Margvelashvili as its candidate in the upcoming election, and although Georgian

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Ivanishvili will visit Lithuania and Poland July 18-19

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will visit Lithuania and Poland July 18-19.

Davit Zalkaliani, Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, said on Monday’s briefing that Georgia sees visit to Lithuania to be important as it has recently taken

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Poll shows Ivanishvili bloc leading UNM 29 to 10 percent

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Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–45 percent of people like Giorgi Margvelashvili, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate for president, while 48 percent like Davit Bakradze, who most likely will be the National Movement’s candidate.

When asked who they would want as president,

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