The head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Anri Okhanashvili, has pledged a full and objective investigation into the case of former First Deputy Minister of Economy Romeo Mikautadze, who was recently charged with abuse of official authority and t...
Georgia’s parliament has adopted a legislative package that will abolish the country’s Special Investigation Service (SIS) as of 1 July, transferring its core functions back to the Prosecutor’s Office - a move critics warn undermines judicial indepen...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has praised the Ministry of Internal Affairs for what he described as a "very successful" special operation targeting drug trafficking networks, and vowed that the government would remain “uncompromising” in ...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has announced the appointment of Mariam Kvrivishvili as Georgia’s new Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. The announcement was made during a briefing at the Government Administration on Tuesday. Kvrivish...
Kakha Kaladze, the ruling Georgian Dream party Secretary General and Mayor of Tbilisi, has defended the recent arrest of several opposition leaders, insisting that no one was above the law and that politicians, in particular, must be held to a higher...
A Tbilisi court has sentenced Giorgi Vashadze, leader of the opposition party Strategy Agmashenebeli, to seven months in prison for refusing to comply with a summons from a parliamentary investigative commission. The commission was established earli...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party is fast-tracking a controversial legislative package that introduces sweeping changes to the country’s judicial system, including measures that restrict media activity in courts and broaden sanctions on public cr...
US President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran had come into effect, following nearly two weeks of intense conflict. The statement was posted on his social media platform, Truth, at 9 a.m. Tbilisi time, in whi...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party plans to introduce changes to the country’s defamation legislation that would shift the burden of proof from the accused to the accuser, party executive secretary Mamuka Mdinaradze announced. Referring to the cu...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party has announced a legislative overhaul aimed at tightening procedures for deporting undocumented migrants and regulating foreign labor more strictly. The reforms are expected to pass in a third reading in parliamen...
