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Detective killing one accidentally denied bail
Detective Eric Tsurtsumia, who killed a suspected drug trafficker in an accidental shooting earlier this week, was denied bail by Tbilisi City Court today. Prosecutor Levan Kutateladze said that Tsurtsumia charged his weapon and tried to arrest 30-...

Policeman arrested for negligent homicide as one killed in accidental shooting
A senior detective of the Old Tbilisi 4th Division of the Tbilisi Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was arrested for negligent homicide of a 30-year-old man in Tskneti, outskirts of Tbilisi late yesterday. The ministry says t...

24 journalists file lawsuit against gov’t over July 5 events
Twenty-four journalists from four media outlets have filed a lawsuit against the government over July 5, 2021 events, when, during Tbilisi Pride, right-wing activists attacked journalists, leaving more than 50 of them injured. Transparency Inter...

21-year-old soldier commits suicide in Senaki military base
A first-class soldier, 21-year-old Jaba Akhalaia has committed suicide in Senaki military base of western Georgia which was recorded by a surveillance camera, the Georgian Defence Ministry confirmed earlier today. The ministry said that the soldi...

Five arrested for killing two, injuring several in central Tbilisi
Five individuals have been arrested for killing two and injuring several others in the Georgian capital on April 2, the country’s Interior Ministry announced earlier today. The incident took place at an organization in central Tbilisi, on Kostava S...

Russia Today, Sputnik Editor-in-Chief Simonyan opens media center in Georgia’s de facto Abkhazia
Margarita Simonyan, Editor-in-Chief of the Russian state news agencies Russia Today and Sputnik, has visited Georgia’s Russian occupied Abkhazia region and opened a media center there. She has also met with de facto President Aslan Bzhania and th...

Court: ex-Defense Minister Kezerashvili, another ex-UNM official must return 5mln EUR
The Tbilisi City Court has fully upheld the claim of the Georgian Ministry of Defense and judged that former Minister of Defense David Kezerashvili, who is wanted by Georgian law enforcers and currently lives in the UK, and former head of the Procur...

Several arrested on rally against rising fuel prices in Tbilisi
Police have reportedly arrested several demonstrators at a rally against the rising fuel prices in Tbilisi earlier today. Civilians initially gathered at the Republic Square and later proceeded near the parliament building and the Heroes Square, dem...

Journalists of opposition-minded channel claim they were attacked by pro-Russian party members
Journalists of the opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi channel claim they were attacked by the members of the Conservative Movement, a party which was founded by a pro-Russian Alt-Info group. The channel says that its journalists and a cameraman wer...

10 arrested in Ponichala, Tbilisi for drug crimes
Ten individuals have been arrested in Ponichala district of Tbilisi earlier today reportedly for drug crimes. The special operation is still in progress, Dozens of individuals have been arrested in the district, which is mainly resided by e...
