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Russia says Ukraine’s spy arrested at Georgian border
A 28-year-old citizen of one of the CIS member states has been arrested at the Russian-Georgian border, the North Ossetian investigative department of the Federal Security Service of Russia, said on Tuesday, noting the individual was suspected of spy...
American doctor, NGO head to be interviewed at trial hearing over ex-pres. Saakashvili’s release on medical grounds
The Tbilisi City Court on Tuesday will interview an American doctor Jame Cobb and the head of a domestic rehabilitation Empathy Centre Mariam Jishkariani during the trial hearing on granting the release or the postponement of the rest of his sentence...
UNM Gori office attacked – members
Members of the United National Movement opposition party on Wednesday said their office in the country’s central city of Gori had been attacked. “This is the eighth or ninth act of vandalism at our office. When we arrived in the morning, we fou...
4 convicted for violence in high-profile Khanum Jeiranova case of death
Tbilisi city court has convicted four individuals for verbal and physical violence in the high-profile case of Khanum Jeiranova in 2014, with the latter committing suicide following the assault. The Prosecutor General office said the individuals ve...
Trial hearing on ex-pres. Saakashvili’s release on medical grounds to resume on Wednesday
A trial hearing on granting the release of Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili on medical grounds or the postponement of his sentence will resume on Wednesday. American neurologist Shahin Lahan was remotely interrogated during Monday’s h...
Ex-pres. Saakashvili remotely attending trial hearing on his release
Mikheil Saakashvili, a currently imprisoned former president of Georgia, is remotely attending a trial hearing in Tbilisi city court on granting his release or the postponement of the rest of his six-year-sentence on medical grounds. Lawyers said h...
Police investigating attack on ex-official Merabishvili
The Georgian interior ministry on Thursday said it was investigating an alleged assault on former interior minister Vano Merabishvili in central Tbilisi on Monday. The Rustavi 2 TV channel said Gigisha Sharashidze, a son-in-law of former opposition...
Two killed, one wounded in Mestia
Two individuals were killed and one injured in the Etseri village of western Mestia municipality late on Sunday following a dispute. Police have arrested several individuals in the incident. Investigation launched for premeditated murder in aggra...
Lawyers to request daily trials on ex-pres. Saakashvili’s release
The lawyers of imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili have plans to appeal to a court with the motion to schedule trial hearings on the release of the former top official on medical grounds or the postponement of the rest of his sentence the...
Doctor charged with neglect of duties causing death of nurse after Covid vaccination
A doctor in Georgia’s southern Akhaltsikhe municipality clinic on Wednesday was charged with abuse of official duties which caused the death of a nurse in the same clinic last year, following the Covid vaccination with AstraZeneca vaccine. The Pros...
