Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday warned that his government would not tolerate any attempts to topple the state, “whether peaceful or violent.” His comments came after opposition figures Paata Burculadze and Levan Khabeishvili sp...
A news agency in Georgia’s Russian-controlled breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has claimed that Tbilisi had “officially recognised” responsibility for starting the August 2008 war. The outlet, RES, this week reported that a 460-page repor...
A Georgian court has sentenced activist Albi Kordzaia to 12 days in administrative detention following her arrest during protests in central Tbilisi on 2 September. Kordzaia was among 24 demonstrators detained on Rustaveli Avenue as they protested a...
Leaders of Georgia’s opposition have called on Lelo party founders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, recently pardoned by President Mikheil Kavelashvili, to step back from participating in upcoming elections. Elene Khoshtaria, a leader of the C...
Incumbent Tbilisi’s mayor and ruling party Secretary General, Kakha Kaladze, has described President Mikheil Kavelashvili’s recent decision to pardon two opposition leaders as a “humane act”. The president earlier on Friday pardoned Mamuka Khazaradz...
Petre Tsiskarishvili, Secretary General of the United National Movement (UNM) opposition, on Friday criticised the government’s claim that upcoming local elections would be held in a competitive environment, arguing it would have been credible only i...
Iago Khvichia, head of the libertarian Girchi party, has questioned President Mikheil Kavelashvili’s decision to pardon Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, leaders of the Strong Georgia coalition and founders of the Lelo party, but not other polit...
Georgian police have detained three Turkish nationals who were the subject of Interpol red notices on serious criminal charges, the Interior Ministry said on Friday. The arrests were carried out by officers from the Central Criminal Police Departme...
Georgia’s President Mikheil Kavelashvili has pardoned Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, leaders of the opposition party Strong Georgia – Lelo. In his statement on Friday, Kavelashvili said the move was made to ensure that no one could claim the...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday said his phone conversation with US President Donald Trump focused on protecting Ukraine’s airspace from Russian attacks and exploring ways to achieve “real peace.” Zelenskyy described the discussi...
