Tuesday, December 9, 2025

'Georgia to replace 18 ambassadors'

Georgia's Ambassador to the EU Salome Samadashvili says it is absurd by the Ivanishvili government to claim that she has been narrowly representing the interests of the party of President Saakashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Salome Samadashvili, Georgia’s ambassador to the EU, claims 18 ambassadors will be replaced by the new government, but Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze says the number is only five.

Samadashvili on Friday told Maestro TV that she was told that

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Georgian amnesty to free 3 000, halve sentence for 14 000

Prison Minister Sozar Subari says the amnesty will be gradually introduced over a period of two months. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The law on amnesty, which is in about to be enforced, will release 3 000 prisoners and halve the sentence for 14 000 more.

Prison Minister Sozar Subari explained to journalists on Thursday the exact number of prisoners the new law will apply to.

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Georgia received complaint from another country about corruption

Minister of Foreign Affairs Maia Panjikidze explains the nuances in the Ivanishvili government's foreign policy. (Interpressnews.)

Foreign Affairs Minister Maia Panjikidze confirms in an interview with DF Watch that she has received a two page letter from a foreign country complaining about one of its citizens having been subjected to pressure from the previous Georgian government.

She said a high

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Body of Georgian soldier brought home from Afghanistan

The body of Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze, who died while serving in Afghanistan, was brought back to Georgia on January 1, 2013. (Ministry of Defense.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The nineteenth Georgian soldier to die as part of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan will be buried January 5. The Ministry of Defense will cover the total costs of the funeral.

December 19, Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze was announced missing. He was last

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Saakashvili marks New Year with troops in Afghanistan

President Mikheil Saakashvili welcomed the new year in the company of Georgian soldiers serving in Afghanistan. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili celebrated New Year together with Georgian soldiers serving in the ISAF mission in Afghanistan.

The president’s press office yesterday informed that there was intense shooting while the president was in the

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Olympic champion's house riddled with bullets

Olympic judo champion Zurab Zviadauri says his house was hit by automatic rifle fire early New Year's Day. In the 2012 election, he campaigned for Georgian Dream and now represents the coalition in parliament. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — The house of an Olympic champion who represents the Georgian Dream coalition in parliament was riddled with automatic rifle fire the early morning on New Year’s Day.

The shooting happened at 1 am on Tuesday in Akhmeta, a town about 150

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