Tuesday, December 9, 2025

North & East European foreign ministers support visa-free travel for Georgia, Ukraine

Photo by MFA of Latvia
Photo by MFA of Latvia

TBILISI, DFWatch–Foreign ministers of Europe’s northern and eastern countries call on EU member states to go ahead with a plan to allow 90 days visa-free visits for Georgian and Ukrainian citizens.

On 21–22 April, a meeting of foreign ministers of Baltic,

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Abkhazian exhibition in Montenegro shut down on Georgia’s request

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Montenegrin police covered the exposition with tarp following Abkhazia’s refusal to remove it from the fair (Chamber of Commerce of the de-facto Republic of Abkhazia)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia filed an official complaint with the authorities of Montenegro, as a result of which Montenegrin police shut down an Abkhazian tourism exposition.

The Abkhazian exposition was a part of an international

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Tbilisi City Hall refuses to guarantee security for members of Armenian Genocide rally

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Rally on the 101st anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in front of the Saint Ejmiatsin church in Tbilisi (DFWatch)

Members of Tbilisi’s Armenian community gathered in front of an Armenian church in Avlabari district following the authorities’ refusal to secure the annual rally in front of the Turkish Embassy demanding recognition of the Armenian Genocide.

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Georgia's frozen conflict hampers Easter celebration in border villages

According to the report, arbitrary detentions by Russian and de facto [South Ossetian] authorities of Georgian citizens along the administrative boundary line remain one of Georgia’s significant human rights challenges.
Khurvaleti, one of the villages where the cemetery is on the other side of the fence. (DF Watch.)
TBILISI, DFWatch–The frozen conflict over South Ossetia will prevent many people in the border areas from visiting their family graves this Easter.

As the observance of Orthodox Easter starts today with Palm Sunday, many will be unable to go to cemeteries

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