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Extradited ex-official Kardava leaves court in protest
Former head of Georgia’s military police under the United National Movement (UNM) government, Megis Kardava, who was extradited from Ukraine to Georgia in September 2021, has left Tbilisi City Court earlier today in protest, saying that he is a ‘poli...
Thai citizen killed in central Tbilisi
A 38-year-old citizen of Thailand, who arrived in Georgia two weeks ago, was killed earlier today in a massage centre in central Tbilisi. One of the employees of the massage centre on Akhvlediani Street has told journalists that the Thai citizen w...
Georgian police arrest 11 drug traffickers in past 10 days
Georgian law enforcers have arrested 11 drug dealers in the country in the past 10 days. Three of the 11 suspects were detained in Ponishala, in the outskirts of Tbilisi. The ministry says that the suspects were systematically selling drugs...
Truck driver arrested for supporting ex-pres Saakashvili move inside Georgia before his detention
Giorgi Narimanidze, a 32-year-old truck driver, was arrested by Georgian law enforcers earlier today for supporting the country’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili move inside the country after illegally crossing into Georgia at the end of Septemb...
Police arrest three for murder of woman in Tbilisi, having dispute with ex-vice mayor of Batumi
Georgian law enforcers have arrested three individuals in the murder case of Anastasia Shatalova in Tbilisi on October 18. Shatalova had a dispute with Batumi former vice-mayor Zurab Beridze, claiming that Beridze forcibly took their child away ...
Court expected to deny bail for five detained for alleged murder of British tourist
Gori court is expected to send five Georgian citizens, charged with alleged murder of British tourist in eastern Georgia, to pretrial detention earlier today. The suspects were detained in Gori earlier this week and police say that they are beh...
Three charged with violation of safety regulations, killing 9 in Batumi, denied bail
Three individuals who have been charged with violation of safety regulations which allegedly caused a collapse of a residenatial building in Batumi on October 8, killing nine individuals, have been denied bail by Batumi court earlier today. Trial...
81-year-old father arrested for stabbing his son in Georgia’s Tianeti region
Police have detained a 81-year-old man in the country’s eastern Tianeti region for stabbing his 59-year-old son during a dispute. The elderly man has already been arrested by police and charged with premeditated murder. A knife has been sei...
Man hiding ex-president Saakashvili in his flat sent to pretrial detention
Elguja Tsomaia, who was hiding Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili in Tbilisi, Sanzona neighbourhood, in his flat was sent to pretrial detention by Tbilisi City Court earlier today. He has been charged with non-informing police about Saaka...
GD says UNM opposition activist stabbed Labour party supporter in Marneuli
The ruling Georgian Dream party has dismissed allegations that a member of the Labour opposition party was stabbed by the ruling Georgian Dream activist in eastern Marneuli region. GD MP Zaur Dargali says that the Labour party and UNM opposition...
