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TBILISI, September 24 – Human rights activist Samira Bayramova has released a video showing a man pulling out a gun during an argument outside a shawarma stand near Marjanishvili Square. Bayramova, who posted the footage on social media, said the confrontation involved a local Azerbaijani man from Bolnisi, a town in southern Georgia with a … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Tbilisi City Court has reopened after a bomb threat forced an evacuation earlier in the day. Security officers from the court’s marshal service allowed citizens back into the building just minutes ago, restoring normal operations. The evacuation was declared around 1:00 p.m. following a warning about a possible explosive device inside … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Tbilisi is set to expand its metro system with two new stations in the densely populated districts of Gldani and Varketili, Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced during a city government meeting. The decision comes in response to rising passenger traffic on the capital’s first metro line. One station will be added in … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) says it has busted a multimillion-lari fraud scheme tied to a major infrastructure project, arresting five people and charging another who remains on the run. According to the agency, the case involves fraudulent appropriation of 4,184,249 lari (around USD 1.5 million) belonging to the Ministry of … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – One of Georgia’s oldest and most trusted legal watchdogs says it won’t monitor this year’s local elections, marking the first time in its 31-year history it has refused to do so. The Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA) announced Wednesday it will not dispatch observers to monitor the October 4 municipal elections, … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Tbilisi City Court was evacuated today, following a bomb threat. According to local reports, the evacuation took place about an hour before security services arrived. Members of the court’s security service, known as the ‘Mandaturi,’ ordered everyone out and suspended all hearings. The State Security Service’s counter-terrorism department was later seen … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – k Sea undersea cable that would connect the South Caucasus to the European Union. The memorandum of understanding was signed by Davit Narmania, chairman of Georgia’s “Semek,” or National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission (GNERC), and George Niculescu, president of Romania’s energy regulator. According to GNERC, the agreement focuses on … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – The high-profile trial over the killing of Georgian businessman Levan Jangveladze and the attempted murder of his driver, Gia Chaduneli, took another turn Tuesday as defense lawyers challenged the reliability of evidence presented in court. At the hearing in Tbilisi, an expert witness who had reviewed security camera footage from the … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – Two people were killed and three injured in a drone strike on the Russian Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk, the governor of Krasnodar region said Monday. Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced on social media that drones targeted the city center near the Novorossiysk Hotel. He said five residential buildings, including apartment … Read more
TBILISI, September 24 – A local community leader and opposition politician was killed in Armenia late Sunday night, according to the country’s Interior Ministry. Volodya Grigoryan, head of the Parakar community near Yerevan and a representative of the opposition party Country for Life, was shot dead in his own home. Media reports say a friend … Read more