Sunday, January 11, 2026

Georgia celebrates Independence Day Sunday

Roses Square, May 26, 2012
From last year’s celebration at Roses Square, Tbilisi. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Preparations are ongoing in Georgia for the Independence Day celebration Sunday, May 26.

Government officials say there will not be a military parade through the capital as there has been in the past. Instead, there will be held different events

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Strongly opposing views expressed peacefully at Tbilisi rally

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‘No to theocracy’ said one part of the demonstrators. The other part wanted a ban on ‘homosexual propaganda’. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two opposing rallies about very sensitive social issues went ahead peacefully in downtown Tbilisi Friday.

People gathered at 18:00 to protest against ‘propaganda of homosexuality’, while the other rally was ‘no to theocracy’ – a protest

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Georgia preparing switch to digital by 2015

Rita Rudusa
Rita Rudusa, regional editor of Mapping Digital Media. (mediaconference.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A conference on digital media was held in Tbilisi May 23-24 to discuss the transition to digital TV, good and bad examples from other countries and positive and negative sides of the process.

Media experts from Estonia, Lithuania, UK, Moldova, Russia,

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Saakashvili signs Georgia's new security strategy

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President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, visiting Georgian troops in Afghanistan February, 2012.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Mikheil Saakashvili, the President of Georgia, has approved the main directions of development of the ministry and Georgia’s armed forces until 2016.

The goal of the Strategic Review of Defense 2013-2016, which is a manual for the Defense Ministry,

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Opposing views on gay rights to meet, peacefully this time

police and sodoma banner May 17
A counter-demonstrator on May 17. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The two opposing sides in Georgia’s gay rights debate are to hold demonstrations at the same spot in Tbilisi today. But Prime Minister Ivanishvili reassures the public that people will be able to express their views peacefully.

The first one is in support of the LGBT people

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