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...
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office on Monday filed charges against Nika Melia, a leading figure in the opposition Coalition for Change and former chair of the United National Movement, in connection with an investigation into the activities of the UNM ...
A man has been killed and his father wounded following a shooting incident in the city of Gori, central Georgia, on Monday, authorities have confirmed. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said the attack had been preceded by an argument between the par...
The Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA) has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg on behalf of Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder and director of the online publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti. The complain...
Georgia’s President Mikheil Kavelashvili is set to arrive in Yerevan today for an official visit, where he will hold a series of high-level meetings “aimed at strengthening ties between the two neighbouring countries”, the President’s press office sa...
