Saturday, December 27, 2025

OSCE calls on South Ossetia to not demolish Georgian villages

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebæk, calls on South Ossetia to halt the demolition of Georgian villages taken over in the 2008 war. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – OSCE’s High Commissioner on National Minorities asks the de facto leadership of Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia to explain what a statement about demolishing Georgian villages means.

Leonid Tibilov, de facto president of South Ossetia,

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Former AC Milan player Kaladze denied to book Tbilisi stadium

Kakhi Kaladze, a former professional player for AC Milan, is trying to organize a friendship match in Tbilisi, but can't get permission to use a stadium. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Former AC Milan player who left football to go into politics was planning to hold a friendship match with Milan in Georgia as a symbol of him leaving, but Georgia refused to make a stadium available for the match.

Kakhi Kaladze, who now is a partner

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Saakahsvili to deal with problems in the election environment

President Saakashvili's spokesperson Manana Manjgaladze says the president has a plan to deal with the problems identified by OSCE observers. The observers said the courts and the audit bureau lack independence. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A spokesperson for President Mikheil Saakahsvili says the president is thankful to a delegation from OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly which recently criticized conditions here before the election.

The experts visited Georgia in order to the study the

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Georgian government responds to criticism

Chiora Taktakishvili, spokesperson for the ruling party, said the PACE observers had received incorrect information from lobbyists from the opposition. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia claims the OSCE’s Parliamentary Assembly is spreading incorrect information provided by lobbyists of a certain party.

A delegation from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (PACE) on Thursday released a statement

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Investigative journalist beaten during assignment

Vasil Dabrundashvili, journalist for the production company Studio GNS. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A journalist and a cameraman were beaten while investigating the illegal cutting of trees in eastern Georgia.

Journalists Vasil Dabrundashvili and his cameraman Bacho Buliskeria, who work for the production company Studio GNS, visited the town Akhmeta

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Government claims opposition is trying to discredit authorities

Maia Panjikidze says the seizure of bank accounts threatens the political activity of the Georgian Dream coalition. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government in Georgia accuses the opposition bloc Georgian Dream of attempting to discredit government bodies.

Two officials in the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly expressed concern about the seizing of bank accounts of parties

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