Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Poll shows Georgian Dream winning Tbilisi mayoral race

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Georgian Dream’s candidate for Tbilisi mayor, Davit Narmania, who currently is Minister of Regional Development and Infrastructure. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a new poll, 52 percent of Tbilisians say they would vote for the Georgian Dream candidate for mayor if the local elections were held tomorrow.

Four percent say they won’t vote for anyone, and 18 percent haven’t decided yet.

Another source

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Georgia without ambassador to the UK for more than a year

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Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has been without an ambassador to the UK for more than a year.

In recent days, a candidate who is being considered for the post became a subject of dispute among politicians.

During the process of so-called co-habitation between ex-president

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What did Ivanishvili criticize the Georgian president for?

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili refrained from commenting on criticism from ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili beyond saying it is ‘painful’.

In a TV interview, Ivanishvili said Margvelashvili revealed completely different features after the

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Christian Democrats leader leaves amid coalition talks

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Giorgi Targamadze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Giorgi Targamadze, the leader of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement, has left the party, after it began planning to form a coalition with Nino Burjanadze’s Democratic Movement.

Targamadze, a former TV journalist, said at a press

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National Movement designates candidate for Tbilisi mayor

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Nika (Nikoloz) Melia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the out-of-power National Movement party has designated its candidate for Tbilisi mayor by direct appointment.

Nika Melia, a relatively unknown former official in the capital, was directly appointed, as the party chose not to conducted a

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Georgian opposition parties call ruling coalition undemocratic

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Nino Burjanadze, leader of Democratic Movement, is one of the signatories of the statement. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Political parties not represented in parliament accuse the government of making one-sided decisions in relation to the Election Code.

The opposition parties accuse the governing Georgian Dream coalition of anti-democratic actions when it last week

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Budget gridlock finally solved in Tbilisi

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Irakli Shikhiashvili, head of Tbilisi City Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tbilisi City Council decided to write the 2014 budget themselves, after refusing twice to pass drafts proposed by City Hall.

The capital’s executive government is staffed by people from Saakashvili’s National Movement, but the city council is dominated

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Georgia creates agency to oversee party financing

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Lasha Tordia, Director of the State Audit Office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is creating a temporary commission to monitor the financing of political parties.

The new body will be staffed by people from non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and will be based at the State Audit Office.

Its general director, Lasha

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Green Party leaves Georgian Dream coalition

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Member of Parliament for Georgian Greens, Giorgi Gachechiladze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Member of Parliament Gia Gachechiladze on Wednesday left the parliamentary majority, the Georgian Dream coalition.

Gachechiladze is a member of the Greens Party, which is not a member of the Georgian Dream coalition, but he represented the coalition

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