DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, August 29 – Heavy rain triggered a landslide in Georgia’s mountainous Lentekhi municipality on Saturday, washing away a road bridge and thus severing the road toward Mestia, Interpressnews reported. The bridge near the village of Sakdari was completely swept away after water levels rose sharply following intense rainfall, according to the Roads Department. Traffic … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – Dozens of families have been impacted by a severe weather event in Baghdati in western Georgia, with damage to both homes and public infrastructure, Interpressnews reported Friday. Infrastructure Minister Revaz Sokhadze visited the municipality, which lies south of Zestaponi, and said government crews were working to clear roads, remove debris and … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – A middle-aged man was killed in Tbilisi’s Avlabari district on Friday, according to local reports. The circumstances surrounding the killing were not immediately clear, and the motive remained unknown. No suspect had been detained at the time Interpressnews reported the murder. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told the news agency that … Read more
TBILISI, August 27 – Mamuka Mdinaradze, one of Georgian Dream’s most prominent figures, abruptly resigned as regional development minister on Thursday. Mdinaradze told a special briefing that he also was leaving politics after a decade in public life; a decision that was his own and that he had been considering it for several weeks. He … Read more
TBILISI, August 26 – A sanitation worker was killed Wednesday after being struck by a municipal cleaning vehicle in western Georgia. The accident happened in the village Bugnari, in Kobuleti municipality. Local residents told Interpressnews that the young man was an employee of the municipal sanitation service and was hit by one of the service’s … Read more
TBILISI, August 24 – Georgian prosecutors on Monday charged former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili with taking 750,000 GEL of bribes in relation to secret Defense Ministry purchases. The Prosecutor General’s Office said the case concerns three classified procurements in 2022 for medical equipment and supplies needed by the Defense Ministry. Garibashvili was prime minister at … Read more
TBILISI, August 23 – A Georgian studies program at Harvard University has been suspended after funding from the Georgian government stopped. The program at Harvard’s Davis Center began academic and research work in January 2022. It was created under the leadership of American scholar Stephen Jones with USD 2.3 million in funding from Georgia’s Education … Read more
TBILISI, August 22 – The White House has named Georgia among dozens of nations it says China uses as third-country routes to avoid US tariffs. A White House report published on August 13, titled “The Great Transshipment Scam“, says Chinese-made goods are increasingly sent first to third countries before being exported to the United States. … Read more
TBILISI, August 19 – Georgia’s jailed former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili claims an anti-corruption crackdown was designed to put him behind bars and destroy him politically. The confrontation began on Monday, with Garibashvili issuing a statement from prison saying he held Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili and the government fully responsible for the safety of … Read more
TBILISI, August 17 – A Georgian company denies having delivered a shipment of gasoline to Russian-backed Abkhazia. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze confirmed on August 12 that a private Georgian company had sent fuel to Abkhazia, where shortages had emerged. He stressed that no state agency was involved and said the shipment complied with Georgian law, … Read more