Tag: May 9 celebration

Georgia caught between Europe Day and Victory Day

May 9, 2026May 8, 2026 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, May 8 – A new row has broken out in Georgia over how to mark May 9, a date that carries two very different meanings: Europe Day for the European Union and Victory Day over Nazi Germany for many post-Soviet countries. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has written to EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, accusing him … Read more

Georgia's domestic intelligence service SUS warns May 9 rally organizers not to use Communist symbols

May 7, 2019 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s counter-intelligence service SUS on Tuesday warned the organizers of a May 9 rally to commemorate Soviet victory in World War 2 that they may not use Communist symbols. Such symbols are prohibited by a law Georgia introduced eight years ago called the Freedom Charter. But the organizers of the rally “Immortal Regiment” still … Read more

Russian bikers denied entry to Georgia

April 29, 2019 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–A group of Russian bikers were denied entry to Georgia on Sunday, in an incident resembling the 2017 denial of entry of the infamous Night Wolves. The official reason for denying the bikers entry to the country is that they failed to provide information, or provided false information, about their identity and purpose of … Read more

Two Russian bikers turn up at May 9 event in Georgia despite ban

May 9, 2017 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Two members of the notorious Russian motorcycle gang Night Wolves turned up in Tbilisi’s Vake Park on Tuesday for the May 9 commemoration of victory over Nazism in World War II, despite the gang’s members being banned from entering Georgia.

Georgian president rejects Putin's invitation to May 9 celebration

March 30, 2015 by DFW-admin

President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The Georgian president has declined an invitation to participate in the traditional May 9 celebration in Moscow of the 70th anniversary of victory in World War 2.

The reason is that Russia signed ‘integration agreements’ with South Ossetia