Sunday, December 14, 2025

Danger of more landslides in Dariali

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After two catastrophic landslides in three months, the government has decided to place a weather monitoring station in Dariali. (Photo published by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–There is a danger that more snow may come loose from Devdorak glacier and trigger another landslide in Dariali Valley, Georgia’s Environment Ministry warns.

Experts working for the National Agency of Environment have visually surveyed

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One person found dead after landslide in Georgia

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(Photo published by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One person has been found dead after the landslide catastrophe in Georgia on Thursday.

The body was found on the bank of the river Tergi near the village Larsi on the Russian side of the border.

According to head of Kazbegi municipality Givi

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New catastrophic landslide hits Georgia's Dariali Valley, two missing

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Thursday’s landslide in Dariali Valley caused more material damage than the one on May 17, 2014. (Photo published by Ministry of Regional Development and Infrastructure.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three months after a landslide disaster in a Georgian valley near the Russian border, another landslide struck Thursday, severing the only road across the Caucasus mountain range and cutting gas supply to Armenia. Two people are missing.

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KaZantip opens as conservatives protest

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Conservatives protested outside the old parliament building in Tbilisi. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Conservative groups continued protesting against KaZantip Wednesday as the music festival opened at 9 pm in the evening.

Those opposed to the festival are radical Orthodox Christians and small opposition parties.

On Wednesday one such group held a protest

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Georgian PM visits Armenia August 21-22

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Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili will visit Armenia on August 21-22.

After meeting his Armenian colleague, Gharibashvili and the rest of the Georgian delegation will meet with Armenian government representatives.

Prime Minister Hovik

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Saakashvili returns clothes after embezzlement charge

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Police took action as clothes belonging to former President Saakashvili were delivered at the government office. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on Tuesday returned clothes to the government in Georgia, after being charged with inappropriate spending while in office.

A few days ago, the Prosecutor’s Office charged Saakashvili with

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Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan strengthen energy transport security

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Defense ministers from three countries: Georgia’s Irakli Alasania, Azerbaijan’s Zakir Hasanov and Turkey’s İsmet Yılmaz. (Photo by Georgia’s Defense Ministry.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan met Tuesday in the Azerbaijani enclave Nakhchivan, a landlocked region on the border between Armenia and Iran.

This is the first time defense ministers from the three countries hold a trilateral

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Mosque issue in Batumi remains unresolved

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Tariel Nakaidze, one of the founders of the Union of Georgian Muslims. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Years have passed without a solution to the need for a new mosque in Batumi. The governments keep promising Muslims that they will make a decision, but according to Muslims, both the central and the local government are attempting to delay

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