Sunday, December 14, 2025

Georgia on imported electricity while power lines being repaired

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Two of the transmission lines that failed are now working, but until all three are fixed, Georgia is on imported electricity. (Photo published by Georgian State Electrosystems.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is now being supplied with electricity that is imported from neighboring countries, after three high-voltage power lines failed yesterday.

Director of the electricity system, Sulkhan Zumburidze, said Monday that the import from two

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Saakashvili formally charged for 2007 crackdown

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Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili during an interview with a Ukrainian TV channel. (112.ua.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was Monday criminally charged for the hardhanded crackdown on anti-government protesters and the storming of a TV station in Tbilisi on November 7, 2007.

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Traditionalists are against holding music festival KaZantip in Georgia

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National Front and People’s Assembly are against holding a festival like KaZantip in a country with ancient traditions. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of religious radicals protested in Tbilisi on Saturday against the music festival KaZantip, which is planned in the end of August in Anaklia, a sea resort in western Georgia.

The same day, locals in Anaklia demonstrated in support of the

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Massive power outage in Georgia

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The massive power outage is caused by a failure in a high voltage power line. (Pirveli.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A failure in a high-voltage power line has left large parts of Georgia without electricity Sunday evening.

The capital Tbilisi is among the areas affected by the massive outage, which the Energy Ministry believes is caused by the failure of a 500 kV

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New ministers confirmed by lighthearted Georgian parliament

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Giorgi Khachidze (left) posing for a selfie with Energy Minister Kakhi Kaladze. (Photo published by Khachidze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Though officially on summer break, the parliament in Georgia convened on Saturday to declare trust in the government after seven of the ministers were replaced.

The vote ended with 89 out of 150 representatives declaring trust in the government. No-one

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NATO to strengthen cooperation along Russia's southwest fringes

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Hugh Bayley (left), President of NATO Parliamentary Assembly, and Georgian Speaker of Parliament, Davit Usupashvili. (Photo published by the parliament press office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of NATO Parliamentary Assembly says the alliance will strengthen its cooperation with countries along Russia’s southwest borders.

Hugh Bayley, a member of the British parliament for the Labour party, says one of the main topics

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Georgian Church wants music festival called off

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KaZantip will be organized in Anaklia from August 20 to August 30.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Orthodox Church is against holding the electronic music festival KaZantip in Georgia, claiming that it will ‘harm’ Georgians.

The ten-day music festival used to be held in Crimea, but due to the Russian annexation it will this year be held in Anaklia, on the Black

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