Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Georgian agency denies having misinformed about flood

A report went out from Georgia's Agency for Emergency Situations that a river had broken out of its banks inside a city with more than a million inhabitants. Later the agency denied having said it. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – As Georgia’s capital was drenched in rain water, and a stream flooded a district, killing five, reports went out from the national emergency agency that what caused the disaster was that the river Mtkvari had burst its banks.

Mtkvari is the largest

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Teacher in Georgia fired for not loving Saakashvili

One of the teachers was fired because she didn't love Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili. (Photo: Rusiko Machaidze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Teachers are suffering political discrimination in Georgia ahead of an important election.

Only in Shida Kartli, a region bordering on South Ossetia, 21 teachers were fired because their family members supported or were member of the largest

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Ivanishvili sells off his assets in Russia

Bidzina Ivanishvili was criticized by the Saakashvili regime for having too much a foothold in Russian business. “It will be interesting to see what they will say when I don’t have any relations with Russia any more,” he says. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Saakashvili’s main political opponent Bidzina Ivanishvili will sell all his property in Russia by the end of May.

The billionaire said this after it became public that his shares in companies in Russia were already sold. According to Forbes magazine,

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What caused the flood in Tbilisi?

People are taking stock of their losses, and experts are discussing what caused the disaster. (Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Residents in the disaster struck district of Tbilisi speak about different reasons causing damage during heavy flooding Saturday night.

Heavy rain caused mud slide from ravines down towards residential houses and streets. Ortachala is an old district

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Kalmakhelidze orders more crowded prisons in Georgia

Prison minister Khatuna Kalmakhelidze orders Georgia's prisons to raise the limit on number of inmates, despite a warning from the country's ombudsman that overcrowding is causing serious problems.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Prisons in Georgia are to become more crowded, as the maximum limit on number of inmates is raised, and two prisons are closed down.

It’s the controversial Minister for Corrections and Legal Assistance, Khatuna Kalmakhelidze, who has ordered the

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