Sunday, December 14, 2025

Germany's Steinmeier to visit Georgia in late April

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Germany Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Photo by SPD.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Georgia in about ten days.

Steinmeier announced the trip after a meeting with Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze who visited him in Germany on Thursday.

One of the topics they

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Georgian MP calls for "return" of breakaway territories

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Tina Khidasheli called for a “return” of four territories under Russian control: Crimea, Abkhazia, South Ossetia and Transdniestr. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A spokeswoman for Georgia’s coalition government Wednesday told European countries to be tougher against Russia and said four disputed territories currently under Russian control will be “returned”.

Member of Parliament Tina Khidasheli drew on the fact

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Georgian parliament prepares to check safety of large facilities

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Gia Tsagareishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is preparing to conduct impact assessments for many large factories and other facilities, built during the Soviet Union.

Gia Tsagareishvili, head of parliament’s environmental committee, says many big installations have Soviet-era standards

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Georgian speaker: What will NATO do if Georgia is attacked?

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Davit Usupashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s speaker of parliament says his country could disappear from the world map if abandoned by NATO.

“If Georgia takes step towards NATO, this will cause another aggression from Russia,” Speaker of Parliament Davit Usupashvili said Tuesday

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Georgian minister says there will be no Ukraine scenario here

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Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Paata Zakareishvili rules out that there will be a repetition in Georgia of what took place in Ukraine.

Three months of protests in the center of Kiev turned violent, ending in President

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Georgia marks 25 years since deadly clashes with Soviet troops

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Justice Minister Thea Tsulukiani took part in planting of saplings in remembrance of the 21 who died during a demonstration for Georgian independence April 9, 1989. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Members of the Georgian government today planted saplings in the Ninth of April Garden in Tbilisi, comemmorating the deadly dispersal of protesters by Soviet troops 25 years ago today.

In remembrance of the tragedy, cabinet members planted

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Adjara changes its decision to allow new mosque in Batumi

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Muslims praying outside the Orta Jame Mosque in Batumi. (Rustavi 2.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia’s southwestern Adjara region, authorities have changed their decision to allow the Muslim population to build a new mosque in Batumi, a city on the shores of the Black Sea.

Tens of thousands of Muslims live in different villages and

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