Friday, December 5, 2025

Georgia's dismissed defense minister gives 'final warning'

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Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s dismissed defense minister has given a ‘final warning’ to the country’s prosecutors, after which he plans to get the international community involved in the process.

Irakli Alasania was dismissed shortly after making strong statements

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Dismissed defense minister met Ivanishvili

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Bidzina Ivanishvili (left) and Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania, who was dismissed a few days ago, Thursday evening met Bidzina Ivanishvili, the businessman who brought together the Georgian Dream coalition.

Ivanishvili has avoided public statements since he left

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PM: Coalition's split will strengthen Georgia's democracy

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–After sacking and reprimanding his once ally, Prime Minister Garibashvili says if Alasania’s party goes into opposition, this will make the country’s democracy even stronger.

Alasania on his part says he thinks the PM has lost face.

Garibashvili

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Georgian PM castigates dismissed defense minister

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Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili castigated former Defense Minister Irakli Alasania on Thursday, calling him ‘a traitor’ and ‘an opportunist’.

“What Alasania did, is a betrayal of the victory of 2012 and an attempt to deceive the Georgian

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One party leaves Georgia's govt coalition in midst of political crisis

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Irakli Alasania announced Wednesday evening that the Free Democrats Party is leaving the government coalition. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government coalition in Georgia is in its worst crisis till now, as one party leaves and questions are raised about its western oriented course.

Two ministers resigned in protest against the dismissal of the defense minister the day before, but the crisis

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Georgian PM fires defense minister over corruption case

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Irakli Alasania said he believes his dismissal was political. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili dismissed his defense minister Tuesday evening, hours after the Prosecutor’s Office brought charges against six more Defense Ministry officials.

The sacked minister, Irakli Alasania, was one of the most

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Georgia's government coalition has lost popularity

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Defense Minister Irakli Alasania is the most popular politician, if we are to believe the American NDI’s newest survey. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government coalition and its leading figures have lost popularity, according to a new poll by National Democratic Institute (NDI).

42 percent of the questioned say the Georgian Dream coalition is closer to them, while 11 percent say they feel

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Defense ministers of Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan meet Monday

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Georgia’s Defense Minister Irakli Alasania. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The defense ministers of Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey will meet in Azerbaijan on Monday.

Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said Sunday this is the first formal meeting between the three ministers and has been planned for a long time.

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