DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, February 20 – A Tbilisi court has upheld a pre-trial detention measure against exiled former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia in a case linked to events near the village of Chorchana along the occupation line with breakaway South Ossetia. The decision was delivered on Thursday by Tbilisi City Court during a pre-trial hearing. The … Read more
TBILISI, February 19 – Georgian investigative journalist Eliso Kiladze has been detained in connection with the so called “call centers” case, according to Interpressnews. The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed her detention and outlined the charges brought against her. According to prosecutors, Kiladze is charged under specific articles of Georgia’s Criminal Code related to actions connected to … Read more
TBILISI, February 18 – A Tbilisi court on Wednesday continued hearings in a series of high-profile cases linked to the violent events of October 4, 2025, when an anti-government rally clashed with police near the presidential residence in downtown Tbilisi. Among the defendants whose cases are being reviewed is former Minister of Defense Bacho Akhalaia, … Read more
TBILISI, February 17 – Georgia’s president Mikheil Kavelashvili on Tuesday took a tough line on internal security and what he described as foreign pressure, as he delivered his annual state of the nation address to parliament. In his speech, he criticized what he called interference from “European bureaucracy,” saying that since the start of the … Read more
TBILISI, February 12 – Georgian opposition figure and media executive Nika Gvaramia was released from prison on Thursday after serving an eight-month sentence. Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the opposition Coalition for Change and former director of TV companies Rustavi 2 and Mtavari Arkhi, left a prison facility in Rustavi after completing his term, … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – A planned protest march in Tbilisi on Saturday will have the slogan “Prices are suffocating us,” while parliament is probing how prices are set for basic goods such as food, medicines and fuel. Organizers of the street march said Tuesday that the focus will be on the cost of living in … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – In a wide-ranging interview with Interpressnews, Germany’s ambassador in Tbilisi, Peter Fischer, touched on the OSCE’s “Moscow Mechanism” probe, EU sanctions, and what he called disinformation attacks. Fischer said the expert mission launched under the OSCE mechanism will look broadly at events in Georgia, including protests in November and December 2024 … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – Authorities in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi are dismantling an unauthorized structure on the city’s popular seaside boulevard, officials said on Wednesday. According to the government of the Adjara Autonomous Republic, demolition is underway on a nightclub located along the Old Boulevard waterfront. The venue, known as Soho, had reached … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – Three people were killed on Wednesday in a traffic accident on the Rustavi-Lilo road, authorities said. According to initial information, a passenger car and a truck collided on the road, which connects the industrial city of Rustavi with the outskirts of Tbilisi. Georgia’s Interior Ministry said an investigation has been launched … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili told a court on Tuesday that he expects his total prison sentence to reach 16 years as prosecutors pursue additional charges in what authorities describe as a case involving crimes against the state. “I expect another three years. I will have 16 years,” Saakashvili said during … Read more