Saturday, June 13, 2026

Saakashvili's travels: Whose fault is the bad coordination?

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President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, and former US President Bill Clinton meeting recently. (Photo published on Saakashvili’s Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministry and the president’s administration in Georgia are embroiled in a quarrel over who is to blame for the bad coordination of foreign visits.

The ministry accuses the president’s administration of not coordinating visits abroad

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Controversial head of party finance watchdog resigns

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Natia Mogeladze has not commented on why she resigned as head of the body that monitors the financing of political parties. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Natia Mogeladze, head of the Financial Monitoring Service for political parties, resigned on Wednesday.

According to the State Audit Office, a body subordinate to the Financial Monitoring Service, it was Mogeladze’s own decision to resign.

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Ivanishvili: Georgia needs support in dialogue with Russia

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, says the new dialogue with Russia doesn’t mean his country no longer needs support from its partners.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says the fact that there is a dialogue between Tbilisi and Moscow shouldn’t create the impression that the country doesn’t need support from its partners anymore.

He said this in a speech at a session

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Ivanishvili bloc leading ahead of Georgian presidential election

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National Democratic Institute’s Country Director for Georgia, Luis Navarro, presenting the poll on Monday. (DF Watch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–If public attitudes stay the same until fall, the Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate will win the presidential election clearly, without the need for a second round.

58 percent of Georgians say they would like to see the Georgian Dream candidate

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State health insurance becomes a reality for Georgians

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Health Minister Davit Sergeenko presented the new health insurance program Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new health insurance program became available to Georgians from Thursday. The program is open for citizens from the age of 6 to 60 who have not had health insurance before.

Health insurance for every Georgian citizen was a part of the Georgian

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Saakashvili invites Ivanishvili to meeting

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President Mikheil Saakashvili talking to TV journalists. (Photo by the president’s administrations.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Mikheil Saakashvili says he wants to sit down with Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili to talk about how to solve a gridlocked power-sharing process.

“I think we should talk with the government about many issues, like relations with Russia,

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