TBILISI, July 27 – Ten people were detained Sunday night, at a political protest outside the Tbilisi city assembly building on Freedom Square. Interpressnews first reported the detention of Tornike Toshkhua around 10pm in the evening, while holding a banner with an obscene message about Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the governing Georgian Dream party. Toshkhua ... Read more
TBILISI, July 27 – Residents of a village north of Tbilisi are demanding the closure of a large truck park, saying exhaust fumes, noise and pollution are making the area increasingly difficult to live in. The facility is located near Navazi village in Mtskheta municipality, close to the Aragvi River. It opened on October 11, ... Read more
TBILISI, July 27 – A Georgian man was released by de facto South Ossetian authorities on Monday. The 59-year-old was detained the day before near Perevi, in Sachkhere municipality. The breakaway region’s news agency RES reported that he had ‘inadvertently crossed the border near the village of Sinagur in the Dzau District,’ according to a ... Read more
TBILISI, July 25 – Georgia has opened a sabotage investigation after two nationwide power failures struck on consecutive days, while Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili called the repeated shutdowns an “unusual event”. The State Security Service said Saturday that it had launched the investigation following emergency electricity cuts across the country on July 24 and July ... Read more
