Sunday, December 14, 2025

Abkhazia shuts down two border crossings with Georgia proper

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Nabakevi border crossing with Abkhazia.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities in Abkhazia decided at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to close Nabakevi and Otobaya border crossings which connect the breakaway region to Georgia proper.

There are now only two crossing points that are operational, only one of which

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Georgia’s ruling party declares ‘pragmatic’ policy toward Russia

parliament_voteTBILISI, DFWatch–As Georgia’s parliament prepares to declare the country’s foreign policy, the opposition National Movement has lashed out at the ruling party for wanting a ‘pragmatic’ policy toward Russia.

Georgia aspires to NATO and EU membership, parliamentarians are preparing to declare,

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Lado Bedukadze, who leaked prison videos in 2012, to become TV host

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Lado Bedukadze.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Lado Bedukadze, a  former prison guard who has caused controversy in several of Georgia’s elections, will become a TV host on a newly established broadcaster.

Bedukadze will host a short segment on a completely new channel called

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Catholics and Protestants welcome Christmas several places in Georgia

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Father Philipe conducted the Catholic mass in Rabati, Akhaltsikhe. (Samkhretis Karibche.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The arrival of Christmas was observed Saturday night at several churches in Georgia with Midnight Mass at the Catholic Assumption of the Virgin Mary Church in Tbilisi and in the Protestant Holy Trinity Church in Batumi.

The ceremony in Batumi

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Georgia’s largest opposition party on the verge of breaking up

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Givi Targamadze claimed rivalry with fellow UNM members has become one of Saakashvili’s main priorities. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s biggest opposition party, the United National Movement (UNM), is on the verge of splitting in two, as its key figures claim the party is in the midst of a ‘coup attempt’.

Givi Targamadze, the former chair of the defense and security

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