TBILISI, April 15 – The election victory of Peter Magyar’s Tisza party in Hungary has become fodder for both sides of Georgia’s politics, with each camp trying to turn Budapest into evidence for its case at home. For the opposition, it is a lesson in how an “authoritarian regime” can be defeated through elections. For ... Read more
TBILISI, April 15 – Georgia’s opposition has asked the country’s president to pardon four jailed miners from the western town of Chiatura. The appeal came from the opposition party For Georgia, led by exiled former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, MP Shalva Kereselidze said the party would send a formal petition ... Read more
TBILISI, April 14 – Heavy rainfall and a surging river have forced traffic restrictions on a key road in eastern Georgia, with authorities temporarily banning light vehicles from one affected section. Georgia’s Roads Department said the restriction is in place at the 130-kilometer mark of the Tbilisi-Bakurtsikhe-Lagodekhi road, near the village of Heretiskari. The road ... Read more
TBILISI, April 9, Georgia’s annual memorial for the victims of the April 9, 1989 Soviet crackdown turned tense on Thursday, as mourning ceremonies outside parliament were repeatedly interrupted by shouting and scuffles. Citizens and activists spent the night at the April 9 memorial in central Tbilisi, where people gathered through the morning to honor the ... Read more
