Law
Trial to be held at Tbilisi City Court as one charged for attacking opposition politician Berdzenishvili
A trial is expected to be held at Tbilisi City Court on Wednesday as one individual, Irakli Khomasuridze, was charged on June 6 with violent persecution of opposition politician Davit Berdzenishvili in connection with his political activities. Th...
Far-right activists arrested at EU office in Tbilisi
Police have arrested several far-right activists, including Guram Palavandishvili and his son, at a rally in front of the EU headquarters in Tbilisi. The demonstrators displayed photos of diplomats with insulting captions and then tried to burn t...
Turkish businessman Ozturk, owning dozens of companies in Georgia, charged on drug crimes
Turkish businessman Galif Ozturk, owning dozens of companies in Georgia, particularly in the coastal Adjara region, was charged with illegal purchase and possession of a particularly large amount of drugs, the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia said on T...
Man stabs ex-wife at a bus stop in Tbilisi
A man reportedly stabbed an ex-wife at a bus stop in the Didube district of Tbilisi earlier today. The alleged offender has already been arrested, while the injured woman was transported to hospital. Last week a husband killed a 31-year-old w...
Tbilisi Mayor announces tougher sanctions for illegal cutting of trees
The fine for illegal cutting and damage of trees in the capital will be increased from 500 to 5,000 GEL, whole the repeated action will see the increase of fine from 1,000 to 10,000 GEL, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Wednesday, stating that the...
Head of opposition-minded Mtavari channel Gvaramia convicted
Head of the opposition-minded Mtavari channel, former high-ranking official under the United National Movement (UNM) government, Nika Gvaramia, has been sentenced to three years and six months in prison for abuse of authority while running Rustavi 2 ...
Two Azerbaijani citizens arrested with 10 kg of heroin
Georgian border police officers have arrested two Azerbaijani citizens for smuggling in 10 kg of heroin. Suspects have been charged with illegally crossing the border, illegal purchase, storage and trafficking of drugs in large quantities. T...
Two convicted in high-profile murder case of 22-year-old Georgian social media founder
Both suspects have been found guilty today in a premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms in the high-profile murder case of 22 year-old Nika Kvaratskhelia, a founder of Georgian social media Feedc, who was attacked near his home on Anja...
Chief accountant in Gori City Hall arrested for appropriation 143,985 GEL for online gambling
A chief accountant of the Culture and Tourism Development Agency in Gori City Hall of central Georgia has been arrested for appropriation of GEL 143,985.13 of budgetary funds which she had transferred on her bank accounts to use for online gambling...
Taxi driver arrested demanding 500 GEL from foreign passengers
Law enforcers have arrested a Georgian taxi driver who took two foreign nationals to unknown directions following a dispute over the service fee, demanding 500 GEL from them in exchange for “release.” A man born in 1993 has been arrested on charg...
