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Georgia’s split-screen New Year
TBILISI, January 2 – Georgia welcomed 2026 with the usual New Year sparkle, but also with the same political tension that has kept nightly protests going in central Tbilisi. On Wednesday evening, December 31, protesters remained gathered outside the country’s…
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Georgia’s split-screen New Year
TBILISI, January 2 – Georgia welcomed 2026 with the usual New Year sparkle, but also with the same political tension that has kept nightly protests going in central Tbilisi. On Wednesday…
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Georgian opposition leader demands faster trial
TBILISI, December 30 – A court case against two senior figures linked to Georgia’s former ruling party moved slowly forward in Tbilisi on Tuesday, as defense complaints over delays were echoed…
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Georgia arrests four in broad anti-corruption sweep
TBILISI, December 28 -Georgia’s security services say four people were arrested and 11 charged after a nationwide anti-corruption operation carried out on Saturday. At a briefing, the Anti-Corruption Agency under the…
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Georgia court jails ex-defense minister
TBILISI, December 27 – A Georgian court on Saturday ordered pre-trial detention for former defense minister Bacho Akhalaia, in the case about the October 4 ‘revolution’. According to Georgian media reports,…
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Kvaratskhelia crowned Georgia’s footballer of the year
TBILISI, December 27 – Georgia’s football federation has named Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as the country’s best footballer of 2025, capping a high profile awards ceremony in the capital. The honors were announced…
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Calls grow to free jailed protesters ahead of New Year
TBILISI, December 21 – The Georgian government may be considering a New Year amnesty for people detained during recent pro European protests, after emotional public appeals from a popular singer and…
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Twenty-two Georgian NGO outlets hit back at major broadcaster
TBILISI, November 26 – Twenty-two Georgian online platforms have accused one of the country’s biggest broadcasters of spreading falsehoods in a recent television report. In a joint statement released Wednesday, the platforms said they have filed a complaint with Georgia’s media regulator, demanding that TV Imedi retract information aired in a recent investigative segment. The…
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Georgia’s new protest laws “abolish” freedom of assembly: Watchdog
TBILISI, November 4 – Tbilisi-based watchdog Transparency International Georgia (TIG) has sharply condemned the ruling Georgian Dream party’s latest amendments to Georgia’s protest laws, calling them “repressive” and a de facto abolition of citizens’ constitutional right to freedom of assembly. The group says the legal changes, adopted over the past two years, amount to a…
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Lawyers group warns new ruling party bill could erase political pluralism
TBILISI, October 16 – Georgia’s leading legal watchdog, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), has condemned a new legislative proposal from the ruling Georgian Dream party that would ban individuals linked to outlawed political parties from taking part in politics, calling it unconstitutional and contrary to international human rights standards. In a statement released Wednesday,…
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