DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, January 28 – Two people were killed and one injured in a road accident in southern Georgia on Wednesday, police said. The crash happened in the village of Baidari, near Marneuli. According to initial information, a car carrying members of the same family veered off the road and hit a tree. Emergency services were … Read more
TBILISI, January 26 – Georgia’s government has sought to downplay the fact that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan next month without stopping in Georgia, saying the trip follows a specific regional agenda and should not be overinterpreted. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the itinerary reflects the purpose of the visit … Read more
TBILISI, January 26 – Georgian opposition politician Givi Targamadze was released Monday from a prison facility in Rustavi. He served a seven month sentence for refusing to appear before a temporary parliamentary investigative commission. He was detained on June 27, 2025, after personally surrendering to a police unit in central Tbilisi, following a court decision … Read more
TBILISI, January 25 – Hundreds of protesters marched through central Tbilisi on Friday evening to oppose the Georgian Dream government’s planned education reform, turning the latest policy debate into a street protest led by academics and students. The march, titled “Protect education,” began near the Tbilisi Philharmonic Hall and moved toward the Parliament of Georgia, … Read more
TBILISI, January 25 – Two men were shot and killed inside a car Saturday evening in the village of Mukhrani, just north of Georgia’s capital, in what authorities are treating as a double homicide. Georgia’s Interior Ministry confirmed that both victims were killed at the scene and said an investigation has been launched under articles … Read more
TBILISI, January 25 – A coalition of media advocacy groups in Georgia has called on the country’s High Council of Justice to provide safe and properly equipped working spaces for journalists covering court proceedings, warning that reporters are being forced to work in harsh and unsafe conditions. In a statement released on Sunday, the Media … Read more
TBILISI, January 22 – Georgian police arrested 88 suspected drug dealers and people linked to drug crimes in a nationwide operation carried out over the past 24 hours, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The arrests were made in Tbilisi and across several regions, in what officials described as an unprecedented one-day crackdown. Ministry of … Read more
TBILISI, January 22 – Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili appeared in a Tbilisi City Court hearing on Thursday in the long-running case over the events of November 7, 2007, when police cracked down on protesters and the opposition TV station Imedi was raided. The prosecution accuses Saakashvili of ordering a mass dispersal of demonstrators, the … Read more
TBILISI, January 21 – Plans to build a new international airport near the village of Vaziani are increasingly in doubt after Georgia agreed to a major expansion of Tbilisi International Airport, an aviation expert says. Aviation analyst Iase Zautashvili told BPN that the planned USD 150 million investment in Tbilisi’s existing airport makes the construction … Read more
TBILISI, January 21 – A Tbilisi city court on Wednesday ruled to keep 13 people in pretrial detention over their alleged role in unrest near the Atoneli Palace on October 4. The court reviewed the preventive measures imposed on the defendants and examined video evidence during the hearing. Prosecutors asked the court to keep all … Read more