DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, August 1 – A trailer drove off the road near Khashuri in the central parts of Georgia on Friday. The accident occured on the outskirts of Khashuri, a key transport juncture in the South Caucasus nation. The driver of the trailer was injured in the accident, Interpressnews reported.
TBILISI, July 31 – The leadership struggle in Georgia’s largest opposition party continues as United National Movement chair Tina Bokuchava questioned why a key party meeting was held while she was away from Tbilisi. The United National Movement’s political council met on Thursday, July 30, amid what party officials described as heated internal debate. It … Read more
TBILISI, July 30 – A man drowned in the Black Sea off the Georgian resort town of Kobuleti on Thursday, Georgia’s Emergency Management Service said. Rescuers pulled the man from the water unconscious. An ambulance crew later confirmed that he had died. The victim was believed to be under 50 years old.
TBILISI, July 30 – Hundreds of landowners near Rustavi are refusing to sell property earmarked for a planned university city, saying the government’s compensation offer is far below local market prices. The disputed land lies beside the Tbilisi-Rustavi highway, between Rustavi’s 21st microdistrict and the road toward Gachiani. The government plans to build a large … Read more
TBILISI, July 30 – Georgia will abolish its Ministry of Regional Development in September, just over a year after it was created as a separate ministry. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced on Wednesday that regional policy will instead be handled by a state minister. The post will go to Mamuka Mdinaradze, a former head of … Read more
TBILISI, July 30 – The Asian Development Bank has approved a USD 250 million loan to finance nearly 19 kilometers of the planned Tbilisi bypass motorway, a missing link in Georgia’s east-west road network. The loan will support two sections of four-lane motorway between Tbilisi International Airport and Rustavi, an industrial city south of the … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – Thai travel YouTuber Hlun Solo, who had been missing in Georgia since mid-July, has been found dead in a hotel in Tbilisi, Interpressnews reported Wednesday. According to the news agency, the 26-year-old blogger was found at a hotel in the Georgian capital. Information about his disappearance was first circulated on July … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – A court in Georgia has released a former police officer on bail after prosecutors accused him of unlawfully keeping and sharing intimate photos of women and stalking one of them. Zugdidi District Court set bail at 60,000 GEL on Wednesday. The prosecution itself requested bail as the preventive measure, according to … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – Tinatin Berdzenishvili has won a second six-year term as director general of Georgia’s Public Broadcaster. She was the only candidate. GPB’s Board of Trustees backed Berdzenishvili by eight votes to two on Wednesday. Her current term expires on September 25. Georgian law requires the board to appoint the director general through … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – The family of a popular Thai travel YouTuber has appealed for help after he disappeared during a solo trip to Georgia and has not been heard from for more than two weeks. Hlun Solo, 26, travelled to Georgia alone to film travel content. His family last spoke to him on July … Read more