Detained businessman Giorgi Chikvaidze, who claims he had been arrested due to controversies with the ruling Georgian Dream authorities, on Thursday announced the end of his hunger strike for seven days after a 30-day protest. In a social media post...
Tamar Rukhadze has been appointed as acting director of online media outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, while the current director and co-founder Mzia Amaglobeli remains in detention. Rukhadze has extensive experience in both print and broadcast medi...
Citizens gathered overnight on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the April 9 tragedy, a violent crackdown by Soviet forces that left 21 people dead and became a defining moment in Georgia’s modern history. This year’s...
The Georgian Orthodox Church has declined a request by opera singer and opposition figure Paata Burchuladze to ring the bells of Tbilisi’s Kashveti Church at dawn on April 9, citing concerns over the politicisation of the gesture. The Patriarchate s...
A damaged embankment barrier on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi collapsed today, according to an official statement from Tbilisi City Hall. Restoration procedures are already underway. City Hall emphasized that movement on the unaffect...
Georgia’s Public Defender on Tuesday pointed to possible police misconduct during a protest in Tbilisi on Monday, after visiting three detainees held under administrative charges. Pro-European protests were sparked in Georgia following the Georgian ...
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On April 7, four days after the first public warning about aflatoxin M1 contamination, Georgia’s National Food Agency announced that the specific batch of milk from the brand Soplis Nobati (produced by Wim-Bill-Dann Georgia) has been completely withd...
An earthquake occurred near Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 6. According to the Institute of Earth Sciences and the National Seismic Monitoring Center, the tremor struck at 06:03 a.m. local time. The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.6 (ML) and was centere...
Following heavy rainfall on March 22 that caused water leakage from the roof of the Svetitskhoveli Cathedral in central Georgia, the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation of Georgia has announced plans to install scaffolding to facilitat...
