Saturday, December 13, 2025

National Forum politician's home broken into

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Ani Mirotadze said the National Forum is target of a political ploy. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The home of a candidate for parliament from the National Forum was broken into Thursday night, a few days after the party’s office was robbed.

Tamar Tsikhiseli told journalists that the burglars didn’t steal anything. She thinks the people

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President meets group who proposed referendum to define marriage

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Giorgi Margvelashvili, President of Georgia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili will Tuesday meet the Georgians who proposed holding a referendum about defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

Giorgi Abashishvili, head of the president’s administration,

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Former UNM members join New Rightists in bloc called 'New Choice'

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Zurab Japaridze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two political parties formed by ex-National Movement members together with an opposition party without representatives in parliament on Friday launched a new election bloc for the upcoming parliamentary election.

The name of the new

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GD names Shevardnadze era minister as candidate for parliament

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Koba Narchemashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Koba Narchemashvili, who was interior minister at the moment when Eduard Shevardnadze was deposed as president in the Rose Revolution, was Tuesday nominated by Georgian Dream as majoritarian candidate for parliament.

As commander

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Republican Party tops reject offer to join Georgian Dream

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Davit Usupashvili (IPN)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of the Republican Party says he and other party tops have received an offer from the ruling Georgian Dream to abandon their own party and join them ahead of the election, but they rejected the offer.

In an interview with the newspaper

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Opinion polls differ wildly 3 months ahead of Georgian election

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Zurab Bigvava. (Facebook.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two opinion polls show vastly different levels of support for the two main contenders in Georgia’s parliamentary election, scheduled for October 8.

A poll conducted by Georgian Dream gives the party a lead of 35 percent, with the United National

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Georgian Dream slams minister’s decision to end conscription

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Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Defense Minister Tina Khidasheli’s decision on Monday to end compulsory military service sparked a variety of negative comments from members of the ruling party, Georgian Dream.

Khidasheli is a member of the Republican Party,

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Ivanishvili plans to build new hotel on the border with Abkhazia

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Ganmukhuri is symbolic because it lies on the “Abkhaz” side of the border river Inguri.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has revealed a plan to build a luxury hotel in western Georgia on the border with the breakaway region Abkhazia.

He told journalists on Friday that he also has some other plans which he will disclose when they are approved.

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Georgia's PM has selected replacement for Republican ministers

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Giorgi Kvirikashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who was elected as a leader of Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party on Saturday, told Imedi TV that he has candidates to replace ministers from the Republican Party in case they resign.

A few weeks ago,

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