Thursday, August 21, 2025

Georgian parliament names session hall after Zviad Gamsakhurdia

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia has named the plenary session hall of the parliament building after the country’s first president since independence. Parliament’s decision on Tuesday to name the hall after Zviad Gamsakhurdia seems to be the outcome of a rivalry between Georgia’s top political forces that are trying to woo the thousands of Georgians who revere the … Read more

Georgia pays back old debt to Gamsakhurdia family

Manana Archvadze Gamsakhurdia
Manana Archvadze Gamsakhurdia, widow of Georgia’s first president after independence. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch — Georgia’s new government will transfer USD 80 000 to the family of Zviad Gamsakhurdia, the country’s first president after independence.

Finance Minister Nodar Khaduri told journalists on Tuesday that this money was debt that Eduard

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