The Georgian Patriarchate has announced that Archimandrite Dorothe (Kurashvili) has been relieved of his duties as priest-in-charge of the Nativity of Christ Church in Lower Bethlehem and reassigned as a serving cleric at the Holy Trinity Patriarchal...
Georgian educator and civil activist Nino Datashvili has been released from the women’s No. 5 penitentiary facility in Rustavi after the court agreed to replace her pre-trial detention with a 5000 GEL bail. The request to modify the preventive measu...
Archimandrite Dorothe Kurashvili, a priest of the Nativity of Christ Church in Tbilisi, has accused senior officials of the Georgian Orthodox Church of acting on behalf of Russian interests, saying that a disciplinary hearing held against him ignored...
A group of political figures has announced plans to establish a new party called United Neutral Georgia, arguing that the country must declare neutrality to protect its sovereignty and economic interests. Co-founder Vato Shakarishvili said the decis...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has appointed Ilia Jalaghania as the new State Representative (Governor) in the Kvemo Kartli region, the Government Administration has announced. Kobakhidze wished Jalaghania success in his new responsibilities and u...
Georgian activist and teacher Nino Datashvili has been released from pre-trial detention after the court agreed to replace custody with 5000 GEL bail, following a request by the Prosecutor’s Office that was supported by the defence. Lawyers said Dat...
A senior figure from the opposition Unity- National Movement has accused the Georgian government of pursuing “brutal, Russian-style” legislation in a bid to suppress pro-European political forces. Levan Bezhashvili said the authorities had failed to...
A Georgian household where two members each earn 1300 GEL a month - including income from rent - is already considered liable to pay property tax, opposition MP Roman Gotsiridze has said, calling for urgent reform of the system. Gotsiridze told Fron...
Georgia’s Ministry of Defence is advancing construction on a new military cadet lyceum in Krtsanisi designed for up to 350 cadets, as well as 44 seven-storey residential buildings on Makhata Mountain, officials said on Wednesday after a site visit by...
Georgian police have seized 126 packages of the narcotic substance methadone and arrested a man born in 1985 in the Shida Kartli region on suspicion of illegal possession and facilitating the distribution of drugs in particularly large quantities, th...
