DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, August 27 – Mamuka Mdinaradze, one of Georgian Dream’s most prominent figures, abruptly resigned as regional development minister on Thursday. Mdinaradze told a special briefing that he also was leaving politics after a decade in public life; a decision that was his own and that he had been considering it for several weeks. He … Read more
TBILISI, August 26 – A sanitation worker was killed Wednesday after being struck by a municipal cleaning vehicle in western Georgia. The accident happened in the village Bugnari, in Kobuleti municipality. Local residents told Interpressnews that the young man was an employee of the municipal sanitation service and was hit by one of the service’s … Read more
TBILISI, August 24 – Georgian prosecutors on Monday charged former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili with taking 750,000 GEL of bribes in relation to secret Defense Ministry purchases. The Prosecutor General’s Office said the case concerns three classified procurements in 2022 for medical equipment and supplies needed by the Defense Ministry. Garibashvili was prime minister at … Read more
TBILISI, August 23 – A Georgian studies program at Harvard University has been suspended after funding from the Georgian government stopped. The program at Harvard’s Davis Center began academic and research work in January 2022. It was created under the leadership of American scholar Stephen Jones with USD 2.3 million in funding from Georgia’s Education … Read more
TBILISI, August 22 – The White House has named Georgia among dozens of nations it says China uses as third-country routes to avoid US tariffs. A White House report published on August 13, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam“, says Chinese-made goods are increasingly sent first to third countries before being exported to the United States. … Read more
TBILISI, August 19 – Georgia’s jailed former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili claims an anti-corruption crackdown was designed to put him behind bars and destroy him politically. The confrontation began on Monday, with Garibashvili issuing a statement from prison saying he held Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili and the government fully responsible for the safety of … Read more
TBILISI, August 17 – A Georgian company denies having delivered a shipment of gasoline to Russian-backed Abkhazia. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze confirmed on August 12 that a private Georgian company had sent fuel to Abkhazia, where shortages had emerged. He stressed that no state agency was involved and said the shipment complied with Georgian law, … Read more
TBILISI, August 16 – The website of English-language newspaper Georgia Today has been inaccessible for more than 12 hours, with no public explanation from the outlet as of Sunday afternoon. Attempts to open the front page of georgiatoday.ge return a 403 Forbidden error, while some individual article links return 404 errors. Georgia Today’s Facebook page … Read more
TBILISI, August 14 – Georgian consumers should automatically receive compensation when electricity, water, gas or internet companies fail to provide reliable service, according to a former government minister. Kakha Kakhishvili, a former member of parliament and former corrections minister, said utility companies should face direct consequences when they violate consumer rights or fail to meet … Read more
TBILISI, August 10 – Georgian prosecutors are questioning veterans and former participants in the 1992-93 war in Abkhazia after claims of mistreatment of prisoners in that war. The probe will look into claims by Giorgi Baramidze (pictured) that prisoners were shot, and is based on suspicion of treason and sabotage. The politician is not charged … Read more