Tuesday, August 19, 2025

National Movement activist beaten in Batumi

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Levan Tetemadze was taken to the hospital and treated for head injuries and broken facial bones. (Photo published on Facebook by the National Movement in Batumi.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A member of the National Movement was Saturday attacked in Batumi, a city on the Black Sea coast.

Party activist Levan Tetemadze was beaten outside his house on Vazha-Pshavela street, according to Giorgi Kirtadze, head of the UNM in Adjara.

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Mayor breaks into district election office, swears at official

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Suspended Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava and other National Movement members accuse a district election official of being partial. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Suspended Tbilisi Mayor Gigi Ugulava Thursday broke into a district election commission office in Marneuli and swore at the local official in charge.

It’s the latest in a series of incidents involving the party, as Georgia gets closed to the local

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Gardabani street fight was ethnic, local says

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A local says the violence in Gardabani had an ethnic background and may be repeated if the responsible are not held to account. (DF Watch.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A recent street fight last week in the eastern Georgian town Gardabani appears to have background in ethnic tensions. Some fear there may be more violence if the responsible are not held to account.

Wednesday night’s streets clashes in Gardabani,

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Scuffle outside National Movement office in Rustavi

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Georgian Dream and National Movement activists clashed in Rustavi Saturday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–A scuffle developed Saturday as supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream coalition demonstrated outside the National Movement’s party office in Rustavi, a city 20 km south of the capital.

Mamuka Chikovani, the UNM candidate for Rustavi mayor,

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