Sunday, December 7, 2025

Georgia hit by up to two meters of snow, schools closed

15 cm of snow was enough to cause dangerous situations all over Tbilisi Wednesday. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Snowy weather is creating difficulties in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. The whole country is currently covered with up to two meters of snow, but the transit of goods east-west is flowing normally.

The international airport in Tbilisi says their

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Tenser by the day in Tskhinvali, Moscow ambassador to run

Dimitry Medoyev, South Ossetian ambassador to Moscow, has emerged as a new possible leader of the region, after the two most popular candidates both refused to take part March 25.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia ahead of a rescheduled elections is getting more strained day by day.

The region’s state security committee released a statement Wednesday warning of ‘possible provocations by Georgian special

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Why newspapers are sold from bicycle stands in Tbilisi

Tbilisi City Hall removed most of the newspaper booths to make way for a new chain of kiosks. The free press in the country is concerned that the independent papers will get blacklisted in City Hall's kiosks, and instead use mobile stands and bibycles to reach the public. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – In the Georgian capital, news hungry citizens can now get their daily update from a bright red bicycle. The reason the new mobile newsstand is hitting the streets is that City Hall has removed many of the old permanent booths.

Since last December, independent

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New photo prohibition in Georgia's parliament

Giorgi Tsagareishvili of the Free Democrats criticizes the new ban on cameras inside parliament.

TBILISI, DFWatch – Journalists in Georgia will no longer be allowed to bring cameras into the session hall of the Parliament building.

This is where plenary sessions are held. They will also be prevented from having cameras with them in the small meeting rooms where committee

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Medvedev wants to reestablish trade relations with Georgia

TBILISI, DFWatch – Russian President Dimitry Medvedev says the Russian and Georgian people should have relations and thinks it’s therefore necessary to restore trade relation.

The president made this statement on Monday during a meeting with his supporters.

“We have

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New criminal procedure law doesn't work: lawyers

The lawyer's association has found many gaps in the system. "The current Criminal Procedure Code is incompletely regulated and the court practice is not properly developed in this respect,” says its leader Zaza Khatiashvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch – It is one of Georgia’s most touted reforms abroad, but now lawyers who have experienced it in practice warn that the overhauled Criminal Procedure Code of 2010 isn’t working.

The reform saw deep involvement by top legal expertise from

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Kremlin favorite withdraws from South Ossetian election

South Ossetian opposition leader Alla Dzhioyeva is adamant that she will be inaugurated as president on Friday, her second attempt. Authorities under leadership of acting president Vadim Brovtsev want to hold an entirely new election in March, but the two top candidates refuse to participate.

TBILISI, DFWatch – The situation in Georgia’s breakaway region South Ossetia is getting more complicated as both top candidates refuse to take part in a rescheduled election on March 25.

Kremlin favorite Anatoly Bibilov says he refrains from taking part

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Journalist's home shot at in Tbilisi

Khatuna Paichadze says she believes the attack was related to her work at weekly newspaper Kviris Palitra, where she has been writing sharp investigative reports for the last two weeks. Kviris Palitra has been at odds with Georgian authorities over the last year over their coverage of the police action May 26 last year and is currently subject to a vaguely defined audit by tax authorities. (Photo: Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – A shot was fired at a journalist’s house in the Georgian capital Monday. No-one was injured.

The journalist Khatuna Paichadze was at work when the shot rang out at around 14:00 local time. The bullet broke a window in her first floor flat in an Italian yard

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