Friday, December 5, 2025

Leader of Georgia's main opposition party facing imprisonment on charges from 2019 protest rally

TBILISI, DFWatch–The leader of Georgia’s main opposition party faces imprisonment after participating in a protest in 2019.  The prosecutor’s office asked parliament on Friday to strip Nika Melia of his immunity as a member of parliament. If parliament agrees – and that is a very likely scenario – then Melia will be remanded in custody … Read more

Georgia’s opposition claims charges against leaders of June 21 revolt is political persecution

TBILISI, DFWatch–Authorities are pursuing criminal charges against several high-profile opposition figures after the June 21-22 uprising in the center of the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Spokespersons for two major opposition parties, United National Movement (UNM) and European Georgia, claim they are being targeted for political reasons, while the government accuses the opposition of having attempted to … Read more

Popular TV host to represent opposition UNM in Tbilisi mayoral race

Zaal Udumashvili hopes to become new Tbilisi mayor by representing angry Tbilisians.
Zaal Udumashvili launched his bid for the mayor post on Monday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s main opposition party is hoping that a popular news anchor will bring it back to power in the politically important position of Tbilisi mayor.

The nomination of Zaal Udumashvili, host of the main news program on Georgia’s largest TV channel Rustavi 2,

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UNM to rally to stop Supreme Court ruling against Rustavi 2

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UNM’s Nika Melia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Activists from Georgia’s former ruling party are rallying in Tbilisi on February 10 in order to prevent the Supreme Court from ruling against the top people in the largest opposition TV station.

UNM’s Nika Melia said on Wednesday that the party of ex-President

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Candidates for Tbilisi mayor face off in TV debate

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Davit Narmania, Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The candidates for Tbilisi mayor are facing off in a televised debate now at 8 PM local time.

Davit Narmania from the government coalition has as his main election promise to build a youth center in Tbilisi, while his competitor Nikanor Melia

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Mayor candidates promising Tbilisians better times

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Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor, Davit Narmania. (Photo published by Georgian Dream.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–One week before the run-off election for Tbilisi mayor, candidates are showering the electorate with promises, though the major issue in the campaign, whether to have direct debates between candidates, is still undecided.

The government

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48% of Georgians will vote for the ruling coalition

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Davit Narmania from Georgian Dream can be reasonably confident he will become Tbilisi mayor. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–48 percent of Georgians would vote for the Georgian Dream coalition if there were local elections tomorrow, a new polls shows.

This the second part of a wider survey published by National Democratic Institute (NDI) on Thursday, contains the party

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National Movement designates candidate for Tbilisi mayor

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Nika (Nikoloz) Melia. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–In Georgia, the out-of-power National Movement party has designated its candidate for Tbilisi mayor by direct appointment.

Nika Melia, a relatively unknown former official in the capital, was directly appointed, as the party chose not to conducted a

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