A man attacked a Bank of Georgia [https://bankofgeorgia.ge/en/retail/main] branch in Kvareli, eastern Kakheti region of Georgia shortly before. He is allegedly armed with a hand-grenade and holding up to 15 individuals hostage. The man has ...
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) has released a statement ahead of October 2 municipal elections in Georgia, stating that a protracted political crisis and recent attacks on civil society and media raised concerns among the Georgian public and...
Georgia’s Former Prime Minister under Georgian Dream (GD) leadership Giorgi Gakharia, who is running for Tbilisi mayor in the October 2 municipal elections and currently chairs the opposition For Georgia party, has accused Imedi TV [https://www.imedi...
The ruling Georgian Dream (GD) [https://www.facebook.com/GeorgianDreamOfficial/] party says that 15 of 62 local observing NGOs which have been registered to monitor the October 2 municipal elections are affiliated ‘with the radical opposition.’ ...
Georgia has reported 2,455 new cases of coronavirus of 36,151 tests, 4,427 recoveries and 58 deaths in the past 24 hours. Most of the new cases were recorded in Tbilisi – 890 cases, Imereti – 342 and Adjara regions – 249. 33,123 individuals ...
As of June 30, 2021, the Georgian government debt amounted to GEL 29.6 billion, which is about 55% of the country’s GDP for the last one year, Transparency International Georgia (TI Georgia) has stated. TI Georgia reports that in the first six mo...
Starting September 20 Australian adults between 12 and 16 will be able to get Moderna coronavirus shots at pharmacies. The step comes on the heels of Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration approving the vaccine for the age group. The ...
Georgian Ambassador to the EU Vato Makharoblishvili has met with MEP Viola von Cramon following the Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili’s recent statement that ‘not MEPs, Georgian people are my chief.’ [../details/11014] Makharoblishvili tweeted tha...
Afghanistan’s deposed president Ashraf Ghani has released a statement in which he aplogizes to the Afghan people for leaving the country abruptly on August 15, after the Taliban entered Kabul, and for being unable to ensure peace and stability. “Lea...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has told his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan in Tbilisi that peace and stability in Armenia is important for Georgia and for the whole region. Garibashvili said that Pashinyan’s visions are for the...
