Friday, December 5, 2025

City Hall employee denies corruption charges

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Mayor Davit Narmania denied that he is an old friend of the accused, Jokia Bodokia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The head of City Hall’s supervision service pleaded not guilty in the case of taking a bribe in return for facilitating the construction of a new hotel.

Jokia Bodokia was detained on Wednesday.

His lawyer, Giorgi Kavlashvili, told journalists that his client

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Tbilisi mayor says former government squandered city's money

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Mayor of Tbilisi Davit Narmania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Tbilisi mayor says the city must tighten its belt, because the National Movement, which ruled the city for a decade, left ‘the worst budget ever’.

Newly elected Mayor Davit Narmania from the Georgian Dream Coalition said on Tuesday that

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Candidates for Tbilisi mayor face off in TV debate

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Davit Narmania, Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The candidates for Tbilisi mayor are facing off in a televised debate now at 8 PM local time.

Davit Narmania from the government coalition has as his main election promise to build a youth center in Tbilisi, while his competitor Nikanor Melia

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Mayor candidates promising Tbilisians better times

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Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor, Davit Narmania. (Photo published by Georgian Dream.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One week before the run-off election for Tbilisi mayor, candidates are showering the electorate with promises, though the major issue in the campaign, whether to have direct debates between candidates, is still undecided.

The government

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Celebratory mood after Georgia's local election

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili (left) and candidate for Tbilisi mayor Davit Narmania, celebrated Sunday night. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Both the ruling Georgian Dream coalition and the National Movement celebrated the results of exit polls from Sunday’s local election.

Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili congratulated candidate for Tbilisi mayor Davit Narmania on his victory,

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Exit poll: second round may be needed in Tbilisi

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One of the exit polls shows that there will be second round of the election for Tbilisi mayor, but another exit poll gives Georgian Dream a direct win. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–An exit poll conducted by Rustavi 2 indicates that a second round might be necessary in Tbilisi.

If the exit poll is correct, the candidate for the ruling Georgian Dream coalition will get 46.3 percent of votes, UNM candidate gets 27 percent
of

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48% of Georgians will vote for the ruling coalition

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Davit Narmania from Georgian Dream can be reasonably confident he will become Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.

This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party

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Georgia gets new region and infrastructure minister

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From left to right: Davit Narmania, Irakli Gharibashvili and Elhuja Khokrishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Elguja Khokrishvili was Monday appointed as Georgia’s new minister for regional development and infrastructure.

He will take over from Davit Narmania, who is stepping down in order to run for Tbilisi mayor in the local elections on June 15.

Announcing

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