Giorgi Bachiashvili, a former close associate of Georgian billionaire and ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been detained in the United Arab Emirates and deported to Georgia under circumstances his legal team describes as politically motivat...
A Georgian activist who held a burning Georgian Dream flag during a protest in Tbilisi on Monday has been detained by police under administrative charges, prompting allegations of politically motivated repression. Ucha Kemashvili, 35, was arrested l...
A Turkish citizen has been detained at Georgia’s Sarpi border crossing after allegedly attempting to smuggle more than three kilograms of gold jewellery into the country, authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The Investigation Service of Georgia’s Minis...
Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of Georgia’s Co-Investment Fund and a former close associate of billionaire and ex-Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, has been detained by Georgian authorities following what his legal team describes as a “forcib...
Officers from the Didube-Chughureti and Old Tbilisi Divisions of the Tbilisi Police Department, under Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs, have arrested three individuals on drug-related charges following a series of operations and investigative a...
The governments of Latvia and Lithuania have expressed deep concern over the detention of Georgian opposition politician Zurab Japaridze, issuing statements on social media platform X on May 24. The Latvian Embassy in Georgia stated that "repressive ...
Tbilisi police have arrested one individual on serious drug-related charges, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced on Wednesday. The suspect, identified as G.M., born in 1987, is accused of illegally purchasing, possessing, and distri...
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has voiced concern over the detention of Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze and the opaque nature of his legal proceedings. In a post on X, the Ministry called on Georgian authorities to "uphold democrati...
The lawyer representing detained opposition leader Zurab Japaridze has raised concerns over restrictions preventing the publication of his client's letters from prison. Irakli Chomakhashvili, Japaridze's legal counsel, said on Friday that he was una...
A man has been arrested in Georgia’s capital on suspicion of drug trafficking after police discovered nearly 1,000 ecstasy pills during a search of his residence. The Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed that Z.N., born in 1980, was detained as a ...
