President Giorgi Margvelashvili has announced his decision not to run for the presidential seat in the fall and slammed Georgia’s ruling party for attempts to ‘discredit’ him.
Month: August 2018
In Memoriam of Sen. John McCain
I had the great honor of meeting Senator McCain in early November of 1994 when I was Ambassador to the United States from Georgia. He quickly and organically understood the challenges of a young democracy like ours trying to overcome seven decades of Soviet communism. Senator McCain was a constant champion for Georgia in the … Read more
აფხაზებმა პირველი მულტსერიალი გამოუშვეს
მულტფილმი სათაურით „ლეონი და ნაალი“ (Леон и Наалеи) ხუთი სერიისგან შედგება და აფხაზური ეტიკეტის პოპულარიზაციას ისახავს მიზნად.
Sokhumi regime vice president resigns, declares vendetta to punish offender
Vice president of breakaway Abkhazia has stepped down after an incident when he was hit by a glass to his head, saying that plans to retaliate in “Abkhazian spirit”.
Georgia bows to Turkey's Erdogan again, cracks down on Gulen-linked university in Tbilisi
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia keeps on cracking down on educational institutions linked to the Turkish Islamic cleric Fethullah Gülen, whom Ankara has accused of masterminding the failed coup attempt on July 15, 2016.
Abkhazia declares Soviet passports invalid
GALI, DFWatch–Sokhumi has declared as invalid passports issued during the Soviet Union, which will cause problems for Georgians living in Abkhazia, many of whom rely on the documents for traveling in and out of the breakaway republic, locals told DFWatch.
New Russian surveillance position spotted at Koda as South Ossetia prepares to redraw de facto border
TBILISI, DFWatch–Locals have discovered a new surveillance post near Koda, a village along the perimeter of South Ossetia, where Georgia and Russia fought a brief war ten years ago.
The observation post near the village of Koda, which likely includes
Russian bases in Abkhazia have mushroomed since 2008 war
TBILISI, DFWatch–Since the 2008 war, Russia has expanded its military infrastructure in the breakaway republic Abkhazia dramatically.
There are currently Russian military facilities in Sokhumi, Ochamchire, Gudauta and Gali, as well as the villages Tagiloni, Nabakevi, Pichori, Otobaia,
It was inevitable, if not in 2008 it would erupt later: Hamilton on August War
Anna Kalandadze of Voice of America/Georgia spoke to Robert Hamilton, Professor of Eurasian Studies at US Army War College on his recollections of Russo-Georgian war of 2008 and where the country is going ten years after.