Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Georgian president denies that he plans to split from coalition

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili during the swearing-in ceremony in November 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president has rejected suggestions that he is planning to set up his own political party, despite an apparent widening split between him and the government coalition.

Speculations of a possible new opposition party seeing the light of day

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Council member in Adjara accuses local official of corruption

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Medea Vasadze, member of the Adjara regional council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–There was further infighting in Georgia’s government coalition  on Thursday as a member of the council in the Adjara region accused a local finance official of corruption.

The accusation was put forth as the official, Davit Baladze, September 18 briefed

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Split widened between Georgia's president and government

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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The conflict between the Georgian president and the government soured even more on Wednesday after the TV company Rustavi 2 exposed private correspondence between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the president’s administration.

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Tbilisi mayor says former government squandered city's money

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Mayor of Tbilisi Davit Narmania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor says the city must tighten its belt, because the National Movement, which ruled the city for a decade, left ‘the worst budget ever’.

Newly elected Mayor Davit Narmania from the Georgian Dream Coalition said on Tuesday that

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Georgian businessman Ivanishvili criticizes president

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Palitra TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In a rare interview, former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has criticized President Giorgi Margvelashvili for harming the country’s image.

Ivanishvili left politics after the presidential election in October, 2013. He said in an interview

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Georgian president no longer to oversee student scholarships

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President of Georgia, Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government wants to strip the president of the power to set terms for student scholarships and studies abroad.

A new draft law about higher education will if passed let the it be up to the government to confirm the use of student advantages,

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Georgian president defends decision to use lavish palace

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The presidential palace lies on a hill overlooking Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili last year thought the presidential palace was too luxurious for him to use, but now he defends his decision to make it his place of work.

In the presidential election campaign in October, 2013, Margvelashvili

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Georgian president rebuffs MP for criticizing Bildt

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia President Giorgi Margvelashvili has rebuffed a parliamentarian in his own coalition for criticizing a tweet by Sweden’s Foreign Minister Carl Bildt.

The controversy started when Bildt criticized the criminal charges against former President Mikheil

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New ministers confirmed by lighthearted Georgian parliament

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Giorgi Khachidze (left) posing for a selfie with Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze. (Photo published by Khachidze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Though officially on summer break, the parliament in Georgia convened on Saturday to declare trust in the government after seven of the ministers were replaced.

The vote ended with 89 out of 150 representatives declaring trust in the government. No-one

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