On July 4, 2025, two miners on a dry hunger strike in Chiatura, western Georgia, were hospitalized due to rapidly deteriorating health. Mirza Loladze was admitted to the hospital around 4 p.m., followed by Tariel Mikatsadze at approximately 7 p.m. Bo...
The Georgian Basketball Federation has announced a change in how its national teams will be represented on the international stage - all national basketball squads - including men’s, women’s, and youth teams - will now wear jerseys bearing the word ს...
A long-running miners’ protest in the western Georgian mining town of Chiatura has entered its 127th day, with tensions escalating as seven miners continue a hunger strike, demanding the release of four detained colleagues. Three of the protesters –...
Tbilisi City Court on Friday resumed hearings in the high-profile case of 11 individuals accused of participating in group violence during pro-European rallies held earlier this year. Judge Nino Galustashvili presided over the session, which marks th...
Members of the civic initiative Mountain for Freedom — including mountaineers, skiers, and mountain guides — gathered near Tbilisi’s Philharmonic Concert Hall today to launch a peaceful protest march. The participants say their goal is to stand up f...
Giorgi Jincharadze, Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, has called on displaced youth to play a key role in Georgia’s future, as the country’s Unified National Exams officially got underway. Speaking at an exam centre ...
Giorgi Mosiashvili, a Georgian citizen who had been detained by Russian occupation forces, has been released and is now back in territory controlled by Georgia's central government, the State Security Service of Georgia (SSS) confirmed on July 2. Th...
The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) has publicly criticized recent amendments to the Law on Freedom of Speech and Expression adopted by the Georgian Parliament, describing the changes as a continuation of what it calls a repressive politic...
Freedom House has issued a public statement expressing concern over what it describes as escalating anti-democratic practices by the Georgian government, warning that recent actions undermine the country’s prospects for European Union integration. I...
The International Press Institute (IPI) issued a statement [https://ipi.media/georgia-urgent-action-required/] on June 30 expressing serious concern over what it describes as a worsening climate for media freedom in Georgia. The organization pointed ...
