Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Rose revolutionaries organize SOS movement

A group to defend the values of the rose revolution in 2003 gathered in Tbilisi Friday. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A recently established movement called SOS on Thursday gathered to celebrate the 9 year anniversary of the Rose Revolution.

About 30 people showed up at Square of Roses, which is named after the Rose Revolution. The SOS movement was set up a week

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Friend of Tbilisi Mayor released on bail

Giorgi Kelbakiani, Georgia director of Scandinavian construction giant NCC, is charged with money laundering. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A friend of the Tbilisi Mayor suspected of money laundering was today released on a USD 90 000 bail for 30 days.

Giorgi Kelbakiani, Georgia Director of the construction company NCC, and Archil Chigogava, Financial Director of the same company

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Georgian PM's visit to US postponed

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili at Thursday's press conference in Tbilisi. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Georgian Prime Minister’s visit to the US has been postponed until next year. Bidzina Ivanishvili explains that too many problems arise when he leaves the country.

At Thursday’s press conference, the Prime Minister spoke very little about

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Four intelligence personnel released on bail

Four of the ten intelligence personnel accused of illegal surveillance and blackmail were released on bail this morning. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Appeals Court released four out of ten employees of the Constitutional Security Department of the Interior Ministry from pretrial detention on Thursday evening.

All of them left prison at about 04:00 in the morning.

November 15, ten employees

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Amnesty plan leads to controversy

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says there might be a rise in crime as thousands of prisoners are released, but that Georgians will understand the need for the mass amnesty. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s Prime Minister says that the planned law about amnesty may increase the level of crime for a certain time in the country, but society should understand this.

At Thursday’s press conference at Radisson Blu Iveria with tens of

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Ivanishvili will not impeach Saakashvili

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said today that he will not impeach President Saakashvili, as he promised to do one year ago. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili will not impeach President Mikheil Saakashvili, as he previously had said he would do.

“When we enter parliament as a majority we will immediately begin to discuss his impeachment if he doesn’t proceed to

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Money laundering charges against friend of Tbilisi mayor

Giorgi Kelbakiani, a friend of Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava, is charged with money laundering. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — A friend of the Tbilisi mayor who is co-owner and director of a large construction company was yesterday detained accused of money laundering.

Giorgi Kelbakiani, who owns 70 percent of the shares in, and is director of NCC Ltd, was detained

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Ivanishivili changes plans: won't leave power

Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili has repeatedly said that if he won government power in Georgia, he would only keep it for a few years, and then leave politics. Now he says he might stay in power. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who recently became prime minister of Georgia, is considering going back on a promise to leave politics in a year and a half.

During the election campaign, Ivanishvili claimed that he would leave politics

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