Saturday, December 13, 2025

Journalist detained for putting up poster mocking Ivanishvili

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia on Friday detained an opposition-leaning journalist for putting up a poster mocking billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

Tamar Chergoleishvili, founder of a television company strongly supportive of the National Movement, was detained with two others as they stuck a poster on

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New Armenian church opens in Javakheti

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Opening of the construction (armenianchurch.ge)

Javakheti’s Armenian community celebrated the opening of a new church in the village of Didi Aragiali.

A ceremony of opening a new church in the village of Didi Aragiali of Ninotsminda municipality inhabited by ethnic Armenian majority was held on 13 October, news portal jnews.ge reports.

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ICC prosecutor arrives in Georgia to conduct 2008 war probe

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ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda arrived in Georgia Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda of the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrived in Georgia Thursday, to determine if there is basis for a trial for war crimes in the 2008 war.

Bensouda earlier this week filed a 160 page long request to authorize an investigation

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Georgia's religious minorities file lawsuit with Constitutional Court

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Christmas Mass in the Catholic Church in Tbilisi. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Eight religious organizations in Georgia have filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court, demanding to get rid of legislation that provide beneficial tax terms for the Orthodox Church.

Georgia’s Tax Code, as well as an agreement between

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