DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, May 11 – Georgia’s Orthodox Church has elected Metropolitan Shio Mujiri as its new leader, making him the country’s 142nd Catholicos-Patriarch after the death of longtime church head Ilia II. The vote was held Monday at an expanded church council at Sameba Cathedral in Tbilisi. Shio, who had served as locum tenens of the … Read more
TBILISI, May 10 – About 1,200 delegates are expected to attend an expanded church meeting on Monday to elect the next patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church. The meeting will be held at Sameba (Holy Trinity) Cathedral in Tbilisi. Archpriest Andria Jaghmaidze, head of the Patriarchate’s public relations service, said entry into the cathedral will … Read more
TBILISI, May 10 – Georgian journalist Gela Mtivlishvili says he was attacked shortly after appearing on air, leaving him with injuries to his face. Mtivlishvili wrote on Facebook that the attack happened immediately after he left a broadcast. He accused a person he described as a hydropower lobbyist and a Georgian Dream-linked “street thug element” … Read more
TBILISI, May 10 – A pedestrian was killed in a road accident in Tbilisi’s northern Gldani district, Interpressnews reported early Sunday. According to available information, a passenger car mounted the sidewalk and hit the pedestrian. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told Interpressnews that an investigation has been launched under Article 276 of the Criminal Code.
TBILISI, May 9 – Georgia’s ruling team and the EU ambassador marked May 9 in sharply different ways on Saturday. The European Union has declared May 9 as Europe Day, but across former Soviet countries, the date is widely seen as Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, a war … Read more
TBILISI, May 9 – Georgian courts have ordered five law enforcement officers held in custody over violence during the 2024 protests, including attacks on Formula TV journalist Guram Rogava, protester Zviad Maisashvili and opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili. The cases mark one of the most concrete legal moves so far over police violence during the protest … Read more
TBILISI, May 8 – A new row has broken out in Georgia over how to mark May 9, a date that carries two very different meanings: Europe Day for the European Union and Victory Day over Nazi Germany for many post-Soviet countries. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has written to EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski, accusing him … Read more
TBILISI, May 7 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met U.S. State Department official Sonata Coulter in Tbilisi on Thursday, as both sides looked for a way to repair relations after years of tension. Coulter is a deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. State Department. Her visit is being watched closely in Georgia, where the … Read more
TBILISI, May 6 – Georgian journalist Guram Rogava has been called for questioning after Formula TV aired an investigation claiming to have identified the person who allegedly attacked him while he was working. Rogava, a journalist with opposition-leaning Formula TV, is not currently in Georgia, so the questioning will take place online, Rezonansi reported, citing … Read more
TBILISI, May 6 – Georgia says construction has begun on the long-planned Anaklia deep-sea port, a major Black Sea project that the government calls strategic for the country’s economy and regional transport role. Economy and Sustainable Development Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili announced the start of construction during a visit to the Anaklia port site with Vice … Read more