Tuesday, December 16, 2025

Face slapping in Tbilisi City Council over dog shelter

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Elizbarashvili Dog Shelter in Tbilisi holds more than four hundred dogs. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Fighting broke out Tuesday at Tbilisi City Council over a proposal to shut down a large private dog shelter in the capital.

Neighbors of the shelter showed up at the council session to demand that it be shut down because they consider it a nuisance.

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Transwoman killed and flat set on fire in Tbilisi

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(Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A young transgender person was killed in her apartment last night on Pekini street, Tbilisi. The victim’s apartment was set on fire, apparently in order to destroy the evidence.

Local media report that the victim was a 23 year old transwoman, who has appeared

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Students demonstrated against 'nepotism' at Tbilisi State University

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Students say Tbilisi State University is run by clans. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Students at Tbilisi State University on Monday demonstrated against what they say is a clan-run education system which doesn’t encourage scientific activities.

The march started from the central branch of the university and ended outside the

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Margvelashvili will address parliament on Friday

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili will address parliament on November 14 at noon.

The address will be held at the beginning at a plenary session and be followed by an address of the speaker of parliament.

November 5, right after the prime minister

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New forensic report prompts tougher charges against Saakashvili

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Mikheil Saakashvili is now also charged with organizing deliberate severe damage to someone’s health. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A new forensic report concluding that the victim of a beating in 2005 had life-threatening injuries has led to tougher charges being introduced against Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office announced

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Roki tunnel reopened

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Roki tunnel before the repair work. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Russia has reopened a strategically important tunnel through the Caucasus mountain range after a full-scale overhaul that has taken two and a half years and cost USD 400 million.

According to Russian officials, equipment had been moved from the

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