Sunday, February 15, 2026

Candidates for Tbilisi mayor face off in TV debate

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Davit Narmania, Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The candidates for Tbilisi mayor are facing off in a televised debate now at 8 PM local time.

Davit Narmania from the government coalition has as his main election promise to build a youth center in Tbilisi, while his competitor Nikanor Melia

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Art students in Tbilisi protest 'Russian, socialist' teaching methods

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Art students say the academy is still teaching by ‘Russian, socialist’ methodology. (1tv.ge.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Art students in Tbilisi protested Monday against what they see as a backward teaching style and an outdated understanding of art.

Students at the Academy of Arts demand transparency and changes in the procedure for electing a rector.

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Language exams prepare Azeri-Georgian youth for university

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Youth in the predominantly ethnic Azeri town Marneuli can take a one year course in Georgian language to prepare them for university. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Tural is a 19 years old high school graduate who plans to go on to university and study IT. The problem is, the teaching language at university is Georgian, which he doesn’t know well enough.

Like many of his peers, Tiral chose to study

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Georgian wins European junior wrestling championship

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Tarzan Maisuradze won the European junior wrestling championship in Katowice. (Photo by Sport Zone.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian wrestler Tarzan Maisuradze on Tuesday won the European junior wrestling championships in Katowice, Poland.

Maisuradze won in Men’s Junior Freestyle 74 kg, defeating Konstantin Gkontsis from Greece, Murat Erturk from Turkey,

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Music festival KaZantip defends against splinter group

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Photo published by the Anaklia organizing group.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republic of KaZantip, until now residing in Crimea, seems to be experiencing its own share of separatism, but it’s hard to figure out who is breaking away from whom.

Perhaps it is more fitting to call the music festival uprooted

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Georgia to change its policy toward softer drugs

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Demonstrators, mostly youth, demanded decriminalization of marijuana yesterday. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Hundreds of people, mostly youth, gathered Monday outside the government office in Tbilisi to demand decriminalization of marijuana.

The rally started at 18:00 in the evening. There were no speeches or appeals. People were dressed in green colors

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Parties in Georgia don't pay enough attention to youth

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Tako Kakabadze (left), Ako Goguadze and David Uchadze. (Click to watch video.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three youth politicians told DF Watch in a recent discussion that political parties in Georgia do not pay much attention to youth problems.

On May 31, Tako Kakabadze from New Rightists Party’s youth wing, Ako Goguadze from the youth wing of the

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