Saturday, March 7, 2026

Georgian Public Broadcaster gets new director

Giorgi Baratashvili has been appointed as new director of Georgian Public Broadcaster for the next six years. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The supervisory board of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster Wednesday elected a new director as replacement for Giorgi Chanturia, who unexpectedly resigned almost two weeks ago.

The board chose Giorgi Baratashvili, who has a background from different

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Three months after election, civil society groups make new plans

Ketevan Tsikhelashvili (center) has been leader of the platform until now, but left to become deputy minister for reintegration issues. Manana Kochladze (left) was elected new leader. To the right, Lasha Tughushi, editor in chief of newspaper Rezonansi. (Photo: Londa Beria.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The largest Georgian union of civil society organizations December 24 met to discuss the role of civil society, and their activities and future plans.

The National Platform, as the union is called, has been joined by 106 civil society organizations.

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Ivanishvili and Aliyev discussed energy export

Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili in Baku Tuesday. (Photo published on the PM's Facebook page.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili Tuesday met the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, during an official visit to Baku.

The two held a closed meeting which took place at Aliyev’s Zagulba palace.

Also present were Georgia’s Foreign

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Earthquake hits Georgia again

More than 20 houses were damaged in the coastal town Kobuleti. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — An earthquake hit Georgia Wednesday morning; the second one in three days.

Two strong quakes were felt early morning December 26, at 02:44 and 03:00 am.

According to the seismic monitoring center, the strength of the earthquakes were 5.5 and

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Top-level corruption was rife in Georgia: NGO

Gia Khukhashvili, director of Georgian Development Research Institute. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Just as the Inter RAO corruption scandal is jolting the political scene in Georgia, a Georgian think tank claims to have revealed three further cases of what is called high level corruption.

The Saakashvili government has been credited with having effectively

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Security Council spent money on lobbyists, Ivanishvili claims

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has asked prosecutors investigate the spending of the National Security Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The Secretary of the Security Council and the Prime Minister disagree about the expenses and financing for the National Security Council of Georgia.

The issue surfaced when the 2013 budget was presented to parliament, showing that the

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Georgian sailors returning home

The Georgian crew members of the Maria del Carmen 2 are returning home. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The twelve Georgian sailors who have been adrift on a ship abandoned by its owner off the coast of Panama are returning home.

The sailors aboard the Maria del Carmen 2, sailing under a Nigerian flag, were rescued by staff at the Georgian embassy

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