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Georgia charges 94 in crackdown on organized crime
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgian authorities have charged 94 people in a major organized-crime case targeting the country’s so-called “thieves-in-law” underworld network. Police said 80 people were arrested during raids in Tbilisi and several regions over a 24-hour period. Another…
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Georgian Dream wins all four municipal by-elections
TBILISI, October 4 – Candidates from Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party won all four municipal by-elections held on Saturday, according to preliminary results from the Central Election Commission. The votes were…
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Georgia lose 1-0 to Hungary in Nations League
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgia’s national football team suffered a 1-0 defeat away to Hungary in the third round of the UEFA Nations League B division. The match was played at…
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Georgia charges 94 in crackdown on organized crime
TBILISI, October 4 – Georgian authorities have charged 94 people in a major organized-crime case targeting the country’s so-called “thieves-in-law” underworld network. Police said 80 people were arrested during raids in…
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Prison abuse allegation resurfaces in Georgia
TBILISI, October 4 – A prisoner abuse case from last year has resurfaced in Georgia after prisoner Giorgi Davitadze raised the case in court, prompting a debate about what happened inside…
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UNM rally draws small crowd in Tbilisi
TBILISI, October 2 – Georgia’s United National Movement held a small rally in central Tbilisi on Thursday, demanding the release of former president Mikheil Saakashvili and other jailed party members while…
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Georgia regained sovereignty under our rule, speaker says
TBILISI, October 2 – Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili marked 14 years of Georgian Dream rule by arguing that the country has gradually regained sovereignty and reduced foreign influence since the…
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Four German political foundations to suspend work in Georgia
TBILISI, October 4 – Germany’s ambassador says all four German political foundations operating in Georgia have been forced to suspend their activities, amid worsening relations between Tbilisi and Berlin. The foundations are the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, affiliated with Germany’s Christian Democratic Union; the Friedrich Naumann Foundation, linked to the Free Democratic Party; the Heinrich Böll…
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Saakashvili declared political prisoner by Georgian group
TBILISI, September 27 – Transparency International Georgia (TIG) says it will add jailed former president Mikheil Saakashvili to its list of political prisoners. The watchdog group announced its decision on Friday after reviewing case materials supplied by Saakashvili’s lawyer in July. The materials covered the so-called “jackets case”, his illegal border-crossing case and proceedings connected…
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Hate speech laws used to stifle critics, Georgian NGOs say
TBILISI, August 3 – A coalition of Georgian civil society groups has accused the authorities of using hate speech laws to punish political criticism that does not call for violence or target protected groups. The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum said on Monday that citizens and journalists had in several…
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