DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, January 30 – Twenty-four member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe have activated the so-called ‘Moscow Mechanism’ to examine the human rights situation in Georgia, triggering one of the OSCE’s most serious monitoring procedures. The decision will lead to the deployment of an independent expert mission tasked with assessing recent … Read more
TBILISI, January 30 – Georgia’s financial crimes investigators have arrested a food safety inspector in the country’s Shida Kartli region on suspicion of abusing official powers in exchange for personal gain. The Investigative Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia said the detained official was a chief inspector at the regional office of the … Read more
TBILISI, January 30 – Georgia’s government has announced plans to merge the country’s flagship Tbilisi State University with its main technical university, triggering political protests in the capital. Education Minister Givi Mikanadze said TSU and the Georgian Technical University will be combined, and the merged institution will keep the name of Tbilisi State University. He … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – A Georgian actor who is on the cast of a Hollywood movie still sits behind bars, but his case was up for appeal Thursday. Actor Andro Chichinadze is one of 11 defendants in a case about anti-government protests who were arrested in December, 2024, following social unrest in the wake of … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – A foreign national has died after falling from a height in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi, authorities said. The incident took place in a multi-storey residential building on Khimshiashvili Street, a central area of the city. Emergency medical teams were dispatched to the scene, but the man could not … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – Georgia has introduced a new compensation scheme for farmers whose livestock die from rabies, under a government decree that took effect on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. By a government decree, owners of cattle and small livestock, including sheep, goats, and pigs, will be eligible for partial compensation if an animal dies … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – Georgia’s ruling parliamentary majority has announced amendments to the country’s Law on Grants that would introduce criminal liability for receiving certain types of foreign funding without prior government approval. The changes were presented on Wednesday after a meeting of the parliamentary majority by its leader, Irakli Kirkhalia. Under the proposed amendments, … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – Traffic has been restored on Georgia’s main highway linking the capital with the Russian border, after a temporary closure caused by a road accident. The Roads Department said vehicle movement has resumed on the Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Larsi road at the 31st kilometer, near the Zhinvali–Ananuri section. The road was closed on January 28 … Read more
TBILISI, January 28 – A delegation of staff members from the United States Congress has arrived in Georgia for meeting with government officials and opposition leaders. The US Embassy said the delegation will hold meetings with Georgian officials and opposition figures and will also visit a settlement for internally displaced persons in Tserovani to assess … Read more
TBILISI, January 28 – Traffic has been fully halted on a key stretch of Georgia’s main northbound highway after a road accident, authorities said on Wednesday, as reported by Interpressnews. The restriction applies to the Zhinvali–Ananuri section of the international Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Larsi road, a vital transit route that links the South Caucasus with the Russian Federation … Read more