Thursday, January 1, 2026

Georgians in Moscow to negotiate about opening trade

Gennady Onishchenko
Gennady Onishchenko, head of the consumer protection bureau in Russia, will meet with the Georgian negotiators. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A delegation from Georgia is in Moscow on Monday to negotiate about letting Georgian wine, mineral water and other products onto the Russian market.

The seven persons delegation left on Sunday. Two of them represent the national agency of wine, two

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CoE expert confident in Ivanishvili's democratic aspirations

Gianni Buquicchio
Gianni Buquicchio, President of the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Venice Commission president Gianni Buquicchio says he will continue cooperating with the new government in Georgia.

Before he left Georgia, Buquicchio held a press conference to sum up his stay and his meetings with the president, the prime

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Tbilisi mayor fails to appear for questioning

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“If anyone has illusions that I am leaving and won’t come back, I will tell them that I cannot grant such a pleasure to Ivanishvili, Kbilashvili, Tsulukiani and the others,” says Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Tbilisi mayor and staunch Saakshvili ally Gigi Ugulava failed to show up for questioning at the Finance Ministry’s Investigative Service today.

He was called to explain himself regarding a case of suspected embezzlement of five million lari

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Saakashvili's party recruiting people to weaken government

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Impatient. National Movement Secretary Vano Merabishvili can’t wait four years for the next election. “There are other methods,” he says. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — President Mikheil Saakashvili’s political party says it can’t wait four years for a change of power and instead will try to ‘weaken’ the Ivanishvili government.

Secretary General of the National Movement, Vano Merabisvhili, says they do not plan

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