Sunday, December 14, 2025

Seven more Georgians detained on disputed SO border

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Four Georgians were released by South Ossetia, but seven more detained. This leaves nearly twenty people in detention in Tskhinvali. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russian border guards Monday detained seven more Georgians in villages bordering South Ossetia.

The same day, four Georgians were released. This leaves nearly 20 Georgians who still remain in detention in Tskhinvali.

The seven Georgians were detained

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François Hollande arrives in Tbilisi on Tuesday

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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and French President François Hollande. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–French President François Hollande arrives in Georgia on Tuesday as part of his tour of the South Caucasus.

Hollande’s trip takes place amid a crisis in Ukraine and is aimed at boosting the EU’s ties with the region, the French news agency AFP

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Five Georgians released by South Ossetia

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Five out of eighteen Georgians detained in South Ossetia were released on Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–South Ossetia on Saturday released five out of 18 Georgians detained for allegedly crossing the disputed border.

18 Georgians have been detained by Russian soldiers in the last two weeks in villages on the disputed border.

According to the five 

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NDI poll shows patriarch remains most liked in Georgia

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Patriarch Ilia II (seated, left) remains highly liked in Georgia, while former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has had a drop in popularity. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new poll published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) shows that Patriarch Ilia II remains the most liked person in Georgia.

96 percent of those asked say the like the patriarch. 61 percent say they like Davit Usupashvili, Speaker of Parliament;

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Who are behind the surveillance tapes at Rustavi 2?

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Nika Gvaramia (center), head of Rustavi 2. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Spokespersons for the Georgian Dream coalition say a claim by a TV station head that he and his staff are under police surveillance is staged and part of the National Movement’s election campaign.

Head of Rustavi 2, Nika Gvaramia, claimed

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Stalin bust unveiled in dictator's hometown on V-Day

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The bust of Stalin did not remain long, and is now kept inside the municipality building in Gori. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A bust of Joseph Stalin was Friday erected and taken down again the same day in the Soviet dictator’s hometown Gori, close to the Georgian capital.

The bust was brought there by car and installed by members of a group called Eurasian Institute,

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Eight more Georgians detained at disputed SO border

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A sign warning about the Russia-imposed border. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Interior Ministry has confirmed that 8 more Georgians have been detained today on the disputed South Ossetia border.

Russian soldiers arrested 7 persons from the village Korbouli and one from the village Chala in the Imereti region, in western

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48% of Georgians will vote for the ruling coalition

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Davit Narmania from Georgian Dream can be reasonably confident he will become Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.

This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party

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