Georgia's ruling party, Georgian Dream, is pushing forward a new bill that significantly tightens restrictions on freedom of expression by criminalizing so-called “indecent behavior” and verbal “disrespect” toward judges — not only inside courtrooms ...
Tbilisi City Court Judge Arsen Kalatozishvili has ordered two months of pre-trial detention for acclaimed Georgian poet Zviad Ratiani, who was arrested near Parliament on June 23. The prosecution accuses Ratiani of assaulting a police officer. The d...
Tbilisi City Court has fined Levan Khabeishvili, Chairman of the United National Movement’s (UNM) political council, 4,000 GEL for a Facebook post deemed offensive toward ruling party lawmakers. Judge Manuchar Tsatsua announced the decision earlier ...
Tbilisi City Court has found Elene Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, guilty of an administrative offense and fined her 5,000 GEL. The decision was announced by Judge Zviad Tskhovrebashvili. The Ministry of Internal Affairs...
Levan Diasamidze has been appointed as Georgia’s new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia announced on Wednesday. Diasamidze brings a long-standing career in diplomacy...
Georgia’s jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili has accused the current government of dismantling the achievements of the Rose Revolution and carrying out the "tasks of the enemy." Speaking during a court appearance, Saakashvili claimed that th...
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has pledged that the alliance will take “historic and transformative” steps to strengthen collective defence and security during the summit of NATO leaders underway in The Hague. Addressing heads of state and govern...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has announced a sweeping ban on the import of psychotropic medications by private companies, citing growing concerns over their misuse for narcotic purposes. Speaking at a government briefing on Wednesday, K...
Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili has claimed that members of the opposition were actively lobbying European officials in Brussels to suspend Georgia’s visa-free travel with the EU, in a move she said was aimed at destabilising the countr...
Georgia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, has accused opposition politicians of “actively working against the state’s interests,” particularly in the context of the country’s European integration efforts over the past four years. S...
