Bishop Saba Intskirveli in the Georgian Orthodox Church in North America has criticised the government’s plan to discontinue overseas polling stations, saying it had created a “heavy and painful reality” for thousands of Georgian emigrants. The cler...
A senior US State Department representative, Jonathan Askonas, is visiting Georgia to discuss the country’s potential role in supporting a new transport route aimed at promoting stability and economic cooperation in the South Caucasus. According to ...
Opposition leader Tina Bokuchava on Tuesday said the European People’s Party (EPP) and its allied group within the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly had adopted an emergency resolution criticising what she describes as “authoritarian steps” by the ruling G...
Tamta Mikeladze of the Social Justice Center has criticised planned electoral changes that would bar Georgian citizens living abroad from voting in parliamentary elections, calling the measure “an extremely harsh decision” in light of the country’s l...
Police in Tbilisi have seized 35 kilograms of marijuana with an estimated value of around ₾3 million, the Interior Ministry has announced. According to officials, officers from the Tbilisi Police Department detained a 31-year-old Iranian citizen, id...
Georgian authorities have arrested a Kazakh citizen wanted on an Interpol Red Notice for organising illegal online gambling and misappropriating large sums of money, the Interior Ministry has announced. The suspect, identified only as R.B., was deta...
Georgian authorities have arrested an Azerbaijani citizen on charges of illegally purchasing, possessing and importing a particularly large quantity of narcotic and psychotropic substances, the Interior Ministry has announced. The suspect, identifie...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said European institutions, as well as the governments of several EU member states, had “completely lost their sovereignty and independence,” claiming they are controlled by “informal, oligarchic an...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said Georgia continues to maintain a stance of “strategic patience” in its relations with the United States. Speaking on Adjara TV’s programme Free Space, Kobakhidze reiterated that Tbilisi seeks t...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday criticised the conduct of Germany’s Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, stating that the diplomat’s actions have become so “unserious” that the Government is unsure whether they merit a formal res...
