Tuesday, December 30, 2025

Georgia makes it illegal to sell condoms that enhance pleasure

Banned bananas? An image circulating on Facebook shows two bananas, with the tagline: "Banana - ordinary, in pieces" and "Banana - sexual".

TBILISI, DFWatch — Lawmakers in Georgia want to make it illegal to use condoms that enhance sexual pleasure.

Other condoms will be legal. On Monday, a disputes was brought to a calm in parliament after a debate about what specifically can be called a sexual

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Ivanishivili's coalition is winning the trust of Georgians

A prisoner is set free in November 2012. Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili is setting free prisoners and putting former government officials on trial. The West has expressed doubts about the policy, but at home the new leader is winning the trust of the Georgians. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The political party section of NDI’s first survey after the parliamentary election shows a U-turn compared to the situation a couple of months ago: Politicians in the coalition which recently came into government score high on trust

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Experts ask for legal reform to improve media freedom

Zviad Koridze (right) and Lasha Tughushi (left), here seen earlier in 2012, were among the media experts who proposed a bill with legislative changes to improve media freedom. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A handful of media experts are calling for legislative reforms to address problems with media freedom in Georgia, and have prepared a draft bill as a first step.

The bill would amend the law on broadcasting, and was presented by its authors

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Large ammunition depot found in south Georgia

Military police found this weapons stash in Tbilisi December 3, 2012. Now an ammunitions depot was found in southern Georgia. (Photo: Georgia's Ministry of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian police have seized a large amount of ammunition in an abandoned house in a town in the south of the country.

According to Interior Ministry, the ammunition was hidden at an abandoned airport dormitory house in the town Akhalkalaki.

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Georgia raises salaries for its soldiers in Afghanistan

Irakli Alasania wants to improve conditions for Georgia's soldiers in Afghanistan. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Defense Ministry plans to improve conditions for Georgian soldiers serving in NATO’s ISAF mission to Afghanistan.

Defense Minister Irakli Alasania on Friday stated that the salary will be increased for Georgian soldiers in Afghanistan

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Georgia and Russia's first step towards mending relations

Georgia's representative Zurab Abashidze said it is important to find a way out from the deadlock in relations between Georgia and Russia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia and Russia representatives on Friday agreed to continue the dialogue.

Zurab Abashidze, the Prime Minister’s special representative for Russian relations, and Gregory Karasin, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, on Friday met in Geneva.

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