Sunday, December 14, 2025

Georgian, Turkish and Azerbaijani presidents meet in Tbilisi

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Turkey’s President Abdullah Gül (left) and Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The presidents of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey met in Tbilisi on Tuesday and celebrated the cooperation between their countries.

The summit was initiated by the Turkish president and the main topic was three joint projects. Two of them are already

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Georgia's former ruling party loses its trademark 'number 5'

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The number 5 has been the National Movement’s symbol in all recent elections. Here from a campaign rally in Tbilisi, August, 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Central Election Commission has rejected the National Movement’s request to use the number 5 on the ballot-papers in the local elections in June.

UNM, which is running alongside the Christian Conservative Party, said in a statement May 5 that

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Rustavi 2 director claims police is watching him

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Head of Rustavi 2 TV Nika Gvaramia claims he is under surveillance. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A Georgian TV company accuses the government of wiretapping and spying on its management and journalists.

The accusations were put forth on Tuesday by Nika Gvaramia, director of Rustavi 2, the last major TV channel that remains faithful to former

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Erisimedi – a village on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border

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Ioseb Giuradze in Erisimedi says they have little contact with people on the other side of the border, but the situation is peaceful. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Erisimedi is a small village right on the Georgia-Azerbaijan border with a population of not more than a few hundred.

It belongs to the Georgian municipality Sighnagi, but lacks a clear demarcation of the border with Azerbaijan, which has caused

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Georgians are split on minorities issues

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Demonstrators against accepting homosexuality, Tbilisi, May 17, 2013. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The latest survey of public attitudes, published by National Democratic Institute (NDI), shows that Georgians are split in their views on the need to protect minorities.

When it comes to protection of gays, lesbians and other sexual minorities,

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Georgians less satisfied with their government

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Does ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili pull the strings in government after he left office, is one the issues people were asked about in NDI’s poll. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–36 percent of Georgians think the country is definitely or mainly going in the right direction. This is significantly lower than in November 2013, when 53 percent were of the same opinion.

This is one of the results presented Monday in the latest

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