Sunday, December 14, 2025

Georgian foreign trade in Q1 up 18%

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Used cars is Georgia’s most important export item. Here Rustavi car market near Tbilisi. (rustavi.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2014 was USD 2,523 million. This is 18 percent more than in the same period last year.

Preliminary data published by Georgia’s National Statistics Department, GeoStat, show that export

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What can be done to improve integration of minorities?

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Van Baiburt (left), Deputy Head of Armenian Union of Georgia, and Manana Nachkebia from the New Rightists Party. (Click on image to watch video.) (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–DFWatch organized a discussion about the problem minorities are experiencing with getting involved in politics and state affairs.

A representative of a minority diaspora and a spokesperson for an opposition party participated in our discussion.

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Georgian TV crew released by South Ossetia

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A Georgian TV crew of three was released by South Ossetia Wednesday evening, after being detained the day before. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV crew of three was released by South Ossetia Wednesday evening.

Bela Zakaidze, Vakho Lekiashvili and Mikheil Mikhoev were detained Tuesday as they crossed the de facto border near Adzvi.

They were taken by Russian border guards to

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No news about release of Georgian TV crew held in South Ossetia

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Vakho Lekiashvili (left) and Bela Zakaidze, two of the TV3 employees who are in detention in South Ossetia. (Interepressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–It is still unknown whether three Georgian journalists detained by South Ossetia will be released today. Neither the Ministry of Internal Affairs nor EUs Monitoring Mission have been informed about when they will be released.

The Foreign Ministry

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Georgian justice minister calls for fair election campaign

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Former Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava was pelted with eggs as he left the Constitutional Court Friday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s minister of justice calls on everyone to allow political parties to conduct their election campaign in a normal environment, after eggs were thrown at National Movement activists last weekend.

People threw eggs at former Mayor of Tbilisi

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Georgian TV crew detained in South Ossetia

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Vakho Lekiashvili (left) and Bela Zakaidze from TV3. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV crew of three was detained by Russian soldiers Tuesday on the de facto border with South Ossetia.

RES, the official news agency of the breakaway region confirmed that three Georgians had been detained, but failed to name the detainees.

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Abashidze and Karasin will meet tomorrow in Prague

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Zurab Abashidze, Georgia’s negotiator. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Negotiatiors for Russia and Georgia are meeting April 16 in Prague, after postponing several times.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gregory Karasin and Georgia’s PM’s Special Representative for Russian Relations Zurab Abashidze should have met on March

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PM announces 'moratorium' on prosecuting ex-officials

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has introduced a ‘moratorium’ on prosecuting former officials from the National Movement party of Mikheil Saakashvili, out of fear that it may restrict democratic rights.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said

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