Ruling Georgian Dream’s parliamentary leader Mamuka Mdinaradze announced that preparations for the upcoming local elections will begin soon, with the involvement of all levels of the party structure. According to Mdinaradze, the party’s declared goal...
President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, has begun his official visit to the Republic of Armenia. A welcoming ceremony was held at Zvartnots International Airport, where Kavelashvili was received by Armenia’s Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Khachatry...
The Georgian Court of Appeals has upheld the five-year prison sentence for Giorgi Okmelashvili, who was detained during protests against the controversial “Russian law” on foreign agents. The decision, announced on April 28 by Judge Giorgi Keratishvi...
Batumi City Court has decided to keep Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder and director of online publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti, in custody. The ruling was announced on April 28 by Judge Nino Sakhelashvili. According to the judge, although the risk ...
Georgian opposition-leaning television station Mtavari Arkhi will suspend its broadcasts from 1 May, following a deepening internal crisis and allegations of political interference. The announcement was made in a message from General Director Giorgi...
Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared a ceasefire from 00:00 on May 8 to 00:00 on May 11, in observance of the 80th anniversary of Victory Day. The move, announced on the Kremlin’s website, was described as being based on “humanitarian consid...
A court in Kyiv has sentenced former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to 15 years in prison for inciting desertion and facilitating the illegal crossing of Ukraine’s border during the 2014 political upheaval. The Podil District Court found Yanu...
Five miners in the western Georgian town of Chiatura have gone on a hunger strike in protest against a company reorganization plan they fear could leave many workers unemployed. The miners, who have been refusing food but are consuming water and liq...
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire and former Prime Minister of Georgia, has fallen out of the world’s 500 richest people, according to the latest update from Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index published on Monday. Earlier this month, Ivanishvili, who...
A second man injured in a shooting at a shopping centre in Gori, central Georgia, has died in hospital, local authorities confirmed on Monday. The victim, a man under the age of 50, suffered multiple gunshot wounds and underwent emergency surgery at...
