DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, September 12 – Georgia’s pension fund has passed 10 billion lari in total assets, with roughly 30% of that amount coming from investment gains, the fund said Friday. According to the Pension Fund, 7 billion lari of the total came from contributions by participants, employers and the state, while 3 billion came from investment … Read more
TBILISI, September 11 – Former Georgian prosecutor general Otar Partskhaladze is facing a wave of criticism in Georgia after declaring the creation of a volunteer military unit to fight on Russia’s side in Ukraine. Partskhaladze, who now uses the name Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze, said the new unit is called Georgievsky, a reference to the 1783 Treaty … Read more
TBILISI, September 10 – Georgia says it will enforce newly expanded U.S. sanctions that affect airlines currently operating flights between Georgia and Iran. The announcement came Thursday after the United States expanded sanctions against Iran’s aviation sector, including measures targeting companies that continue to support Mahan Air and 27 other Iranian airlines. U.S. Treasury Secretary … Read more
TBILISI, September 10 – A minor was stabbed to death in Tbilisi on Thursday after an argument, and police arrested another minor on suspicion of intentional murder. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said the suspect allegedly attacked the victim with a bladed weapon, inflicting several wounds, before fleeing the scene, Interpressnews reported. The victim died … Read more
TBILISI, September 9 – Representatives of Georgia and de facto South Ossetia discussed detentions at the dividing line at talks in Ergneti on Tuesday, with little common ground. The meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, or IPRM, was as usual held in the village Ergneti, near Tskhinvali. These are regular field meetings, hosted … Read more
TBILISI, September 9 – Georgian 15-year-olds improved their results in the latest PISA international education tests, with especially strong gains in science and mathematics. The PISA 2025 results, released Tuesday by the OECD, showed Georgia performing better than in the previous round in 2022 across all three main subjects; reading, science and mathematics. At a … Read more
TBILISI, September 8 – Georgia’s former chief prosecutor Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says he has formed a volunteer unit in Russia that will fight on Moscow’s side in the war against Ukraine. Partskhaladze told Russian state news agency TASS on Monday that he had personally decided to join the war effort and had created an international volunteer … Read more
TBILISI, September 8 – A young man died after rescuers pulled him from the sea in Georgia, Interpressnews reported Monday evening. According to available information, rescuers managed to save the man from drowning and bring him ashore, but he died shortly afterward. Police were present at the scene, and an investigation has been lanched.
TBILISI, September 7 – Fuel prices have increased sharply in Georgia, adding to inflation and prompting opposition calls for the government to temporarily cut the excise tax on gasoline and diesel. TBC Capital said on Friday that gasoline and diesel were responsible for nearly half of Georgia’s seasonally adjusted monthly inflation in August. Annual inflation … Read more
TBILISI, September 6 – Russian activist Denis Kulanin left Georgia Friday, after a Tbilisi court ordered his expulsion. Kulanin’s departure from Tbilisi International Airport was confirmed by footage released by his lawyer Tsiala Ratiani. Earlier the same day, Tbilisi City Court gave him seven days to leave Georgia voluntarily. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said … Read more