Friday, December 5, 2025

Dire prospects for Georgia’s small-scale farmers

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia is facing a demographic and agricultural crisis as more than 100,000 rural residents have left villages over the last decade. Between 2014 and 2024, the rural population fell by about 6.3%, dropping from 1,591,181 to 1,490,900, reducing the share of villagers from 43% to 38% of Georgia’s total population. This exodus is so … Read more

EU continues negotiations with Georgia

Thornike Gordadze, Minister for Euro-Atlantic Integration, is representing Georgia in the talks. (DFWatch photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Negotiations are continuing Tuesday between Georgia and the EU about an association agreement. This is the eleventh session, and the talks are talking place at the government office.

Currently Georgia is negotiating with the EU on three separate

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Ashton commends Georgian trade reforms

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili hopes that the negotiations about a free trade agreement with the EU will be completed ahead of schedule. The president said this after a meeting with Catherine Ashton, EU’s vice-president and high representative for foreign affairs and security policy. Ashton is in Georgia within the South Caucasus visit … Read more