The Georgian Orthodox Church has declined a request by opera singer and opposition figure Paata Burchuladze to ring the bells of Tbilisi’s Kashveti Church at dawn on April 9, citing concerns over the politicisation of the gesture. The Patriarchate s...
A damaged embankment barrier on the left bank of the Mtkvari River in Tbilisi collapsed today, according to an official statement from Tbilisi City Hall. Restoration procedures are already underway. City Hall emphasized that movement on the unaffect...
Georgia’s civil sector on Tuesday criticized a new initiative from the ruling Georgian Dream party, which seeks to prohibit the receipt of foreign grants without the consent of the Georgian government. NGOs argued that the proposed law would block in...
Shalva Papuashvili, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday claimed that Pia Kauma, the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, had acknowledged the legitimacy of the 2024 parliamentary elections and its results, despite ongoing controve...
A British national, Daniel Michael John Travis, 28, has claimed he is being prevented from leaving Georgia after his arrest during a pro-European demonstration on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi last December. Travis, speaking to Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Georgia’s Public Defender on Tuesday pointed to possible police misconduct during a protest in Tbilisi on Monday, after visiting three detainees held under administrative charges. Pro-European protests were sparked in Georgia following the Georgian ...
Georgia’s Public Defender has determined that the High Council of Justice, an independent body responsible for selecting and appointing judges and other judicial matters, had violated the public’s right to access information, following a complaint by...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed for the first time that Ukrainian troops are operating inside Russia’s Belgorod region. In a late-night video address on Monday, President Zelenskyy said that Ukrainian forces were engaged in wha...
The Tbilisi City Court has granted 20,000 GEL bail to former Georgian Defence Minister Irakli Okruashvili, while imposing a travel ban on the politician for failing to comply with a summons issued by a parliamentary investigative commission probing a...
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