The Tbilisi City Court has sentenced Georgian businessman and founder of Ramses Yachting, Giorgi Chikvaidze, to nine years in prison on charges of large-scale embezzlement. His business partner, Irakli Papiashvili, was sentenced to eight years. The v...
Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder of the independent publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti, is facing fresh administrative charges from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, with a court hearing scheduled for Wednesday in Batumi City Court. The development ...
Georgian border police have detained five foreign nationals for attempting to illegally cross the Georgian-Turkish border, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on Wednesday. The arrests occurred at the guarded sections of the Gorgadzeti and Sa...
The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs has initiated deportation procedures against Turkish citizen of Georgian origin Temur Katamadze, also known as Gaffar Yilmaz, following a controversial court ruling that denied him international protection. ...
Detained Georgian businessman Giorgi Chikvaidze has announced that, through his representatives, he has submitted documents to the US Helsinki Commission exposing what he describes as a joint operation between Russian and Georgian intelligence servic...
Former MP Valeri Gelashvili, who was once a high-profile victim of political persecution under Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement (UNM) government, has publicly accused the current ruling party, Georgian Dream, of failing to resolve his l...
Thea Tsulukiani, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament and chair of its commission investigating the former United National Movement government, has questioned whether ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili should remain in hospital care, saying, “we...
Georgia’s Special Penitentiary Service has denied allegations of violence following the death of Ioseb Gorgadze, a pre-trial detainee who died on 4 May after spending more than three months at the Vivamedi Tbilisi Clinic with alleged serious injuries...
Grigol Beselia, the former head of the Adjara Police Department, has been appointed Deputy Director of Georgia’s Central Criminal Police Department under Director Teimuraz Kupatadze. The appointment was confirmed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ...
Officers from Georgia’s Patrol Police Department, under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, have arrested two Ukrainian citizens on serious drug-related charges following operational and investigative actions. According to the Ministry, the suspects —...
