Saturday, December 13, 2025

Seven people detained in Georgia for making counterfeit money

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The detainees are accused of making fake 20, 50 and 100 lari bills. (police.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Police in Georgia detained seven people on Thursday for manufacturing and distributing a large amount of counterfeit money.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced that a group of criminals were in possession of special equipment for producing

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Opposition groups blame government for lari's fall

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Free Georgia, Reformers and Christian Democrats activists demonstrating outside the Finance Ministry building on Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–There were several anti-government demonstrations in Tbilisi on Thursday in reaction to the thirty percent drop in the value of the national currency, the lari.

Smaller groups that are not represented in parliament made up the brunt

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Ivanishvili blames the head of the National Bank for currency crisis

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili weighs in on the question of who is to blame for the more than 30% depreciation of the national currency in recent days.

The businessman blames the National Bank and its head, who he assumes

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Parliament approves president's chief justice nominee on third attempt

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Nino Gvenetadze at Legal Issues Committee. Behind Vakhtang Khmaladze, the committee chairman. (Parliament.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian parliament on Wednesday approved Nino Gvenetadze as new Supreme Court chair.

Two hearings on Monday failed because many Georgian Dream representatives didn’t show up and a quorum was not reached. Some were

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