Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia's ruling party signs EU-mediated agreement but opposition refuses to sign

TBILISI, DFWatch–The ruling Georgian Dream party has unilaterally signed an EU-mediated compromise agreement intended to overcome the political crisis in Georgia, which addresses one of the two main demands of the opposition. “Today, the Georgian Dream publicly signs a document created under the auspices of the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, presented by … Read more

A PM who recently resigned is Georgia's most popular politician

TBILISI, DFWatch–A recently retired prime minister is one of Georgia’s most popular politicians, according to a new survey published by the International Republican Institute (IRI) on Monday. Giorgi Gakharia, who resigned in February citing disagreement with his party colleagues over the detention of UNM leader Nika Melia, is liked by 65% ​​of respondents, far more … Read more

Georgian Dream announces top 15 candidates for parliament – 8 are women

tamar chugoshvili
Tamar Chugoshvili.

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian Dream Party on Wednesday announced its top 15 people on the party list for the parliamentary election in October.

The list consists of eight women and seven men. There are no MPs or cabinet members among them. Three of them are deputy ministers.

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Several prisoners hospitalized in Geguti, Georgia

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Geguti prison camp. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Several prisoners at Geguti prison in Georgia have been taken to hospital with self-inflicted injuries. Doctors say their health is in no danger.

For several days, about 800 prisoners have been on hunger strike at the prison, which is in the west of the country.

Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili, who visited the prison camp on Monday, said 46 prisoners have self-inflicted injuries, but some of the prisoners who were taken to hospital in Kutaisi were feeling bad because of hunger.

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