Saturday, December 6, 2025

Georgia's two top leaders both want to attend UN meeting, again

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Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Irakli Garibashvili shake hands during a meeting of the National Security Council in October, 2014. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Republic of Georgia is faced with a dilemma: which of the country’s two top people shall attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York in six weeks?

Both the president and prime minister are invited and want to attend.

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Georgian president vetoes National Bank bill

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili on Friday vetoed a controversial National Bank bill which would mean that the government takes charge of the supervision of private banks.

The president made his reasons for blocking the bill,

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PM accuses president of promoting Saakashvili's party

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili practiced sarcasm on Thursday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday accused President Giorgi Margvelashvili of being pro-National Movement, after the latter pardoned the brother of a member of that party, which is opposed to the government.

Among 98 prisoners

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Ivanishvili claims the president has joined the opposition

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Imedi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili claims the president he handpicked has in fact become part of the opposition to the government coalition.

He said this on his own show 2030 on GDS, a TV channel belonging to his rapper son Bera.

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New showdown over location of presidential palace

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Atoneli Palace (Pia.ge)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Refurbishment work in a building intended as a new presidential palace is now finished and this has sparked a new round of bickering between the president and the government. 

The minister of regional development and infrastructure stated during

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Ivanishvili's latest reprimand: Do they think Margvelashvili is doing magic?

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Bidzina Ivanishvili. (Imedi TV.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Bidzina Ivanishvili, the businessman who created the Georgian Dream coalition, on Wednesday criticized the president in an interview with Imedi TV.

For the last year, the president and prime minister in Georgia have been in a subdued conflict.

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Georgian president vetoes postponement of surveillance reform

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili Friday vetoed a decision by the Georgian parliament to postpone a decision about reining in the use secret surveillance by the state.

The veto is a highly confrontational move that could be a precursor of a major rift

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Smiling faces, little substance after security council session

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili (left) and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili shaking hands Tuesday. (Photo published on Facebook by the president’s office.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s president and prime minister laid their differences to rest on Tuesday and put on big smiles for a session of the National Security Council.

The session was called by President Giorgi Margvelashvili to come up with ideas for how to respond

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Georgian PM to attend security council meeting

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Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian prime minister unexpectedly announced that he will attend a meeting today of the National Security Council, which was called by the president to respond to a proposed new pact between Russia and breakaway Abkhazia.

Despite

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