Sunday, December 14, 2025

Poll shows more Georgians see Russia as a threat

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46 percent of Georgians are satisfied with the government’s response to the installation of barbed wire and fences by Russian soldiers, the NDI survey shows. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The number of people who think Russia is a real and existing threat to Georgia has increased by 14 percent compared to November.

This is one of the findings in the latest survey of public attitudes by the National Democratic Institute,

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Presidents of Georgia, Turkey, Azerbaijan meet in Tbilisi Tuesday

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The National Library in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Turkey and two South Caucasus countries will meet at the National Library in Tbilisi on Tuesday, to attend the 2014 Georgia-Azerbaijan-Turkey Summit.

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is host for Turkey’s Abdullah Gül

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Transsexuals excluded from debate about discrimination

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Transsexuals demonstrated outside a TV studio in Gori Saturday, after being excluded from a debate about a new anti-discrimination law. (Trialeti.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Transsexuals demonstrated outside a TV studio in Georgia on Saturday because they were not allowed to take part in a debate about a new anti-discrimination law.

Locals in Gori, a town close to the capital, came to the studio building of Trialeti TV

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Street justice: brother of ex-official hospitalized in Tbilisi

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Davit Kodua, brother of wanted ex-official Erekle Kodua, was brutally beaten in Tbilisi Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The brother of a wanted former official in the Saakashvili regime was brutally beaten in Tbilisi on Saturday.

The victim of the attack was Davit Kodua, brother of Erekle Kodua, a former top police official who is currently outside the country and internationally

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Georgian PM claims campaigners undermining government

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili claims a campaign to reign in illegal surveillance is an attempt to undermine the government. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says demands by influential NGOs to refine legislation to prevent illegal wiretapping is an attack against the government.

After the Saakashvili regime lost power in Georgia, several Tbilisi-based

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Georgia passes modified anti-discrimination bill

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Priests organized several demonstrations against the bill, here outside parliament in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Lawmakers in Georgia on Thursday passed an anti-discrimination bill after being pressured from the European Union. The bill was slightly modified after criticism from the Orthodox Church.

The Georgian Orthodoc Church was opposed to the bill because

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Youth take the lead in marking Worker's Day in Georgia

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Youth groups took the lead in marking International Worker’s Day in Tbilisi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the younger generation took charge in organizing demonstrations on the International Worker’s Day yesterday.

Young Social-Democrats, Georgia’s Young Greens, Georgia’s Youth Trade Union Organization, Young Socialists and other groups

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