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Police arrest nine protesting entry of cruise ship with Russians onboard
The Georgian law enforcement on Monday arrested nine individuals in Batumi port, country’s west, protesting the entry of the Astoria Grande cruise ship from Sochi, with Russian citizens on board. The police claimed the demonstrators had disobeye...
Eight arrested, two declared wanted for murder of Georgian Iraq war veteran under UNM gov’t
Eight former law enforcement officials have been arrested and two declared wanted in a high-profile murder of Georgian servicemember Roin Shavadze in 2008, a participant of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, Iraq war veteran and a recipient of Georgian an...
Two arrested for membership of terrorist organization Islamic State
The Georgian State Security Service said on Wednesday it had arrested two Georgian citizens for membership in a terrorist group Islamic State, with special operations conducted in the country’s two regions, on four locations. The individuals ha...
Man attacking opposition leader released on bail
Gori city court in central Georgia on Monday released Ioseb Maisuradze, a man who attacked the Girchi More Freedom opposition party leader in June, on 2,000 GEL bail. “He regrets what he has done. Moreover, if he meets Japaridze somewhere, he wi...
Court bans member of pro-Russian, homophobic group from using minor’s video
Tbilisi City Court on Friday banned a member of the pro-Russian, homophobic Conservative Movement from using a video depicting an underage daughter of a journalist in Formula channel, Eliso Jariashvili. A distorted video depicting the minor had ...
NGO accuses police of ineffective repose to rape in Tbilisi involving foreigner
Sapari, a domestic non-governmental organization, on Tuesday accused the law enforcement of ineffective response to a rape incident in Tbilisi on July 8, which the NGO claimed involved a foreign national. In a press briefing, the NGO said the ca...
Municipal city hall employee arrested for assaulting media representatives at rally
The Special Investigation Service on Friday announced it had arrested an individual for assaulting journalists and a cameraman during a rally in Kakheti region, Sagarejo municipality, on July 6. The suspect Mamuka Shakarashvili is an employee o...
Police arrest 13 for connections with criminal underworld
The Georgian Interior Ministry on Thursday said it had arrested 13 individuals for their connections with the criminal underworld. The body said the suspects had been charged with membership of the criminal underworld, addressing criminal author...
Eight convicted for deadly electrocution incident in Tbilisi killing 13-year-old
Tbilisi city court on Monday convicted eight of nine suspects in the deadly 2022 electroduction incident in a fountain of Tbilisi’s central Vake Park that killed a 13-year-old and left two other minors injured during their attempts to retrieve a ball...
Ex-chair of Co-Investment Fund charged with embezzlement of Ivanishvili’s funds
Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund, on Thursday was charged with embezzlement of funds of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party and former prime minister. The case concerns the illegal ap...
