DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, October 26 – Georgian police have detained 60 protesters over the past three days for violating rules on public assembly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Sunday, as tensions continued around ongoing demonstrations outside parliament in central Tbilisi. According to the ministry, those arrested face administrative penalties under Georgia’s Code of Administrative Offenses … Read more
TBILISI, October 25 – A Tbilisi court on Saturday ordered pre-trial detention for activist Tamar Lortkipanidze, who faces criminal charges that could carry a prison sentence of up to seven years. The Prosecutor’s Office has charged Lortkipanidze with violence and assault on a police vehicle, citing an incident that took place during protests outside Georgia’s … Read more
TBILISI, October 24 – For the 311th straight day, protesters gathered outside Georgia’s parliament on Rustaveli Avenue, demanding new elections and the release of people detained during previous demonstrations. What began as a small rally on the sidewalk Friday escalated after part of the crowd moved onto the main roadway, blocking traffic along one of … Read more
Europe is pouring billions into the Middle Corridor, the transcontinental trade route linking China and Europe via Central Asia and the South Caucasus, but Georgia may be letting the opportunity slip through its fingers, warns Paata Tsagareishvili, head of the Middle Corridor Research Center in Tbilisi. In an interview with Interpressnews, Tsagareishvili said the European … Read more
TBILISI, October 24 – The U.S. Treasury has clarified that transactions with sanctioned Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft, including their international subsidiaries, will only be permitted until November 21, 2025, under a temporary exemption covering fuel purchases and essential services, BPN reports. The clarification follows Washington’s decision earlier this week to sanction Russia’s two … Read more
TBILISI, October 24 – Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been formally charged with large-scale money laundering. According to prosecutors, Garibashvili is accused under Article 194 of Georgia’s Criminal Code of legalizing illicit income involving particularly large sums. Prosecutors said he pleaded guilty to the charges, though the former premier has not yet commented … Read more
TBILISI, October 23 – Georgia’s banks will play by the rules after Washington slapped sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, and 34 of their subsidiaries. Natia Turnava, president of Georgia’s National Bank, said on Thursday that the country’s lenders “fully observe international sanctions” and that in this case “we will act … Read more
TBILISI, October 23 – A veteran opposition figure in Georgia says the country’s most powerful political patron is tightening control and humiliating formerly loyal lieutenants in public view. Roman Gotsiridze, a former member of parliament for the National Movement, used a Thursday interview to paint Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream … Read more
TBILISI, October 23 – Tbilisi has officially launched a tender for the design and construction of its first modern tram line in decades, a major step toward reintroducing electric streetcars to the Georgian capital. Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced Thursday that the new line will connect the rapidly growing Didi Dighomi residential district with the central … Read more
TBILISI, October 22 – Police detained around 20 protesters on Wednesday evening during renewed clashes outside Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi. The solidarity rally for jailed journalists was held amid steady stream of detentions in recent days, and turned tense when demonstrators again blocked Rustaveli Avenue, the city’s main thoroughfare. According to the Ministry of Internal … Read more