On 14 August, Tbilisi City Court ordered pre-trial detention for all five suspects in the murder of businessman Levan Jangveladze. The decision applies to brothers Giorgi and Davit Mikadze, Giorgi Jokhadze, Giorgi Kachkashishvili, and Mamuka Baghdav...
Tbilisi City Court has ordered that poet and translator Zviad Ratiani remain in custody, rejecting his lawyers’ request for release on bail, the court announced. During the hearing on Thursday, prosecutors argued that there were still both formal an...
Police in Georgia have detained three people, including an Indian national, on suspicion of large-scale drug possession and trafficking, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The suspects – two Georgian citizens born in 1992 and 1994, both with pr...
Police in Georgia have arrested 12 Turkish citizens wanted by Turkish authorities on serious and organised crime charges, officials said on Wednesday. Irakli Dondoladze, deputy head of the Central Criminal Police Department, said the detentions foll...
Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has arrested three additional suspects in connection with the March 15 murder of businessman Levan Jangveladze on Chavchavadze Avenue in Tbilisi. Charges will also be filed in absentia against two individuals cu...
The Tbilisi Court of Appeals has upheld the verdict of the first-instance court, keeping “Lelo – Strong Georgia” leader Mamuka Khazaradze in prison. According to Giorgi Sioridze, a member of the party’s political council, the court complied with the...
An expert from the Samkharauli Forensic Bureau testified on Tuesday at Tbilisi City Court that no traces of drugs were found in the hair sample taken from pro-European activist Nika Katsia. Maia Kutgashvili, who conducted the analysis, said the exam...
Georgia’s Court of Appeals has upheld the conviction of former Co-Investment Fund chief Giorgi Bachiashvili, rejecting his appeal against a prison sentence over the alleged misappropriation of cryptocurrency belonging to ruling party founder and form...
Georgia has deported 34 foreign nationals following a series of coordinated operations targeting illegal migration, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday. Those expelled were citizens of India, Russia, Nigeria, Iran, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan,...
A Tbilisi court has sentenced pro-European activist Anatoli Gigauri to two years in prison for slapping a police officer during a protest, in a case his lawyer insists was self-defence. The verdict, delivered on Tuesday by Judge Jvibe Nachkebia, rec...
