TBILISI, September 20 – Georgian health officials say norovirus was most likely responsible for a massive outbreak of stomach illness at public kindergartens in Tbilisi, with more than 100 children hospitalized. Most of the children are now recovering, but investigators have yet to establish how the infection spread. The National Center for Disease Control said ... Read more
TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s ombudsman says the court failed to establish a terrorism purpose when it handed a 13 year prison sentence to Aleko Elisashvili last July. The statement improves the opposition politician’s standing in an upcoming appeal hearing. The long prison sentence was issued last July, for an incident in November, 2025, during ... Read more
TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s State Audit Office has opened an inquiry into the funding of a school backed by the Council of Europe, after government officials alleged that a seminar held last week may have broken the country’s rules on foreign grants. The inquiry concerns the Tbilisi School of Political Studies, a non-governmental organization ... Read more
TBILISI, September 20 – Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, during a visit that will also include meetings with foreign leaders and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Georgian government announced Sunday that Kobakhidze would take part in the General Debate at the UN General Assembly’s ... Read more
