TBILISI, October 3 – With just two days to go before Georgia’s local elections, mayoral candidates in Tbilisi went head-to-head in a fiery televised debate Thursday night that showcased the country’s deep political divides. The debate, broadcast on the public broadcaster’s Channel 1, brought together nine registered candidates, including incumbent mayor and ruling Georgian Dream … Read more
TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s traditionalists have formed a coalition for the October 8 parliamentary election.
The initiative came from the Alliance of Patriot, whose leader Irma Inashvili came close to winning a contested local by-election last year, fraught with accusations
TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of a small Georgian opposition party was detained by police for hooliganism on Thursday.
The incident took place at an Interior Ministry building in the capital Tbilisi.
Kakha Kukava, leader of Free Georgia, was there for some business, when
TBILISI, DFWatch–Political parties not represented in parliament accuse the government of making one-sided decisions in relation to the Election Code.
The opposition parties accuse the governing Georgian Dream coalition of anti-democratic actions when it last week