Sunday, December 14, 2025

The Trump Organization cancels hotel deals in Georgia, Azerbaijan

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Donald J. Trump visiting Georgia in 2012. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has decided to extricate his business from potentially conflicting relationships before he moves into the White House by revoking a licensing deal for a hotel in Georgia and its neighbour country Azerbaijan,

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Opposition in Abkhazia ends protest, deal struck with de facto authorities

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(Interpressnews.)
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Raul Khajimba, the de facto president. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A more than 14 hour long protest ended on Friday with negotiations between opposition leaders and the embattled de facto leader of the Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia.

On December 15, hundreds of people converged on the government building in Sokhumi,

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Snow and ice causing flight delays at Kutaisi airport

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(Photo published by Kutaisi International Airport.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several flights were delayed at Kutaisi International Airport on Saturday due to ice.

The airport informed that the flight to Thessaloniki, Greece was cancelled, while also  flights to Warsaw, Poland and Budapest, Hungary were delayed for one day.

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Georgian opera singer Paata Burchuladze ends stint as politician

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Paata Burchuladze. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Paata Burchuladze, a Georgian opera singer who formed a political coalition which participated in the October 8 election, announced his departure from politics on Wednesday.

Local media outlets wrote that the new leader of the party will be historian Nika Machutadze.

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Georgia’s former ruling party fires senior functionaries

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Giorgi Oniani. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The infighting in the United National Movement (UNM) continued on Wednesday as 20 members from the main opposition party’s central administration were dismissed.

The dismissal impacted mostly those who side with Saakashvili loyalist Chiora Taktakishvili,

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