Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Gardabani

Municipal employee arrested for alleged bribery

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TBILISI, April 7 – A municipal employee in eastern Georgia has been arrested on suspicion of demanding and taking a bribe in exchange for signing off on procurement-related paperwork, Georgian investigators said Tuesday. The employee worked as a senior specialist in the supervision and technical division of the Gardabani municipal mayor’s office, according to Georgia’s … Read more

Georgian Dream wins with 70% of votes in Gardabani by-election

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Gocha Jamarauli received 70% of votes in the Gardabani by-election, according to CEC. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The ruling Georgian Dream coalition won the by-local election in Gardabani on Thursday.

The election was necessary to find a replacement for Garsevan Nioradze, the recently deceased gamgebeli or head of municipality of Gardabani,

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Gardabani street fight was ethnic, local says

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A local says the violence in Gardabani had an ethnic background and may be repeated if the responsible are not held to account. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A recent street fight last week in the eastern Georgian town Gardabani appears to have background in ethnic tensions. Some fear there may be more violence if the responsible are not held to account.

Wednesday night’s streets clashes in Gardabani,

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Large street fight in eastern Georgian town

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The clashes involved some 200 people of Azerbaijani and Georgian ethnic origin. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Wednesday night there was a street fight in a town south east in Georgia involving hundreds of youth.

The fight took place in Gardabani, a town with a mixed Azerbaijani and Georgian population.

Claims vary about what started the scuffle. Some

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