Sunday, April 26, 2026

Gov't rejects opposition’s election benchmark

Spokesperson for the ruling National Movement party Chiora Taktakishvili says Ivanishvili's opposition movement, Georgian Dream, wants to stoke unrest after the October 1 parliamentary election. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The government refuses to accept conditions which the largest opposition coalition says are necessary in order for the October 1 parliamentary election to be considered fair.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the Georgian Dream coalition on Thursday

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Georgia recovers 11 bodies from militant group

Policeman patrolling Lapankuri, the village closest to where the battle took place. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Eleven dead bodies have been recovered from the rebel group, which according to the Georgian interior ministry counted about 20 people in total.

The ministry says some of the militants were from North Ossetia, a republic which is part of the

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Ivanishvili calls for non-confrontational election campaign

Bidzina Ivanishvili wants a clean race. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Bidzina Ivanishvili, leader of the largest opposition bloc in Georgia, promises that he will defend people’s vote solely by peaceful means and not call for a confrontation.

But he also says that there are several measures that need to be taken

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Saakashvili believes border incident was a 'provocation'

President Mikheil Saakashvili visiting one of the injured after the border operation. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili explains the deadly incident on the Russian border this week as an attempt at ‘testing the country’s readiness to fight’ and ‘a provocation’.

President Saakashvili visited the town Kvareli, which is

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Democracy groups in Georgia go on the offensive

Many of Tbilisi's non-governmental organizations have signed on to an appeal to end the violations.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian National Platform, a coalition of local non-governmental organizations (NGOs), has released a statement regarding the period leading up to the parliamentary election.

The National Platform was set up in October 2010 with a goal to support

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Georgia releases footage of dead Islamist militants

MIA released footage from operation on Russian-Georgian border. (Screengrab from Rustavi2)

Tbilisi, DFWatch – Georgia Interior Ministry released a footage of operation of Georgian special forces against Islamist militants from Russia’s volatile Dagestan republic of North Caucasus, when two Georgian officers and one army doctor died, along with 11

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Georgian voters to get political debates

Chiora Taktakishvili, spokesperson for the ruling National Movement party. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The ruling party says the current parliamentary speaker and the prime minister will represent it in election debates.

Prime Minister Vano Merabishvili is the National Movement’s candidate for prime minister in the election.

The chair of the public

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