Saturday, December 13, 2025

Scuffle in TV studio during debate about violence

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Sergo Ratiani (left) and Koba Davitashvili (right) fighting while anchor Tea Sichinava (seated) of the show Arguments on Maestro TV tries to calm them down.

TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of parliament from the opposition and one from the ruling coalition beat each other live on Maestro TV Wednesday evening during a discussion about political violence.

The two briefly clashed together while discussing who was to blame for the

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Power-sharing talks continue in Georgia

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Davit Bakradze (left) and Davit Usupashvili. (President’s administration.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The two main political blocs in Georgia met Tuesday to try to agree on how to change the constitution, but without results.

Parliament Speaker Davit Usupashvili from the governing Georgian Dream coalition said he believes it is possible to bring

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What Constitutions are not about and what foreign policy is about

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Tedo Japaridze is chairman of parliament’s foreign affairs committee.

Polemical reflections on the UNM’s proposal for the constitutionalization of Georgian Foreign Policy

Constitutions are binding principles that are non-negotiable in the context of a polity. This is why principles enshrined in a Constitution set minimum benchmarks,

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EU to support Georgia's reforms with €20 mill

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Part of the money will go to promoting better coordination at the Prime Minister’s Office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–EU Tuesday signed an agreement with Georgia which will release €20 million in aid for furthering democratic reforms in the country.

According to an EU press release, the money will be spent on institution building aimed at supporting reforms

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Saakashvili says current events in Georgia are dangerous

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Štefan Füle (left), the EU’s Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, and Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi Feb. 12. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says the current events in his country are dangerous and that he will meet regularly with the prime minister in the coming period.

“Now we should stand higher than our ambitions. We and the government should

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