TBILISI, August 18 – Georgia is preparing for nationwide local elections on October 4, but the gap between the government and much of the opposition has rarely looked wider. The Central Election Commission (CEC) says more than 24,000 people applied this month to work in polling stations, with 9,117 vying for leadership roles and over ... Read more
TBILISI, August 18 – A senior Georgian Dream lawmaker has claimed that Georgian youth are being trained abroad, with alleged backing from the UK, to prepare for violent protests ahead of the country’s October 4 local elections. Irakli Zarkua, chair of parliament’s diaspora committee, told reporters that young activists were being coached in Lithuania, allegedly ... Read more
TBILISI, August 18 – Police in Tbilisi detained two protesters in front of parliament Sunday. Protesters had gathered outside Georgia’s parliament on Rustaveli Avenue, on the 263rd day of a protest launched in response to the disputed election last year, again blocking the central street as part of one of the country’s longest-running demonstrations. Authorities ... Read more
TBILISI, August 18 – Snake experts in Georgia say around ten killer snakes have been caught in Tbilisi so far this summer. Levantine vipers are known locally as giurza and considered one of the most dangerous snakes in the Caucasus. The number of them caught so far – ten – is about the same as ... Read more
