DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, July 25 – A Tbilisi court has ordered pre-trial detention for Nika Kapanadze, the man arrested after a shooting in the capital’s Vera district that left a 17-year-old boy dead and three other people wounded. The court hearing was held on Saturday at the Aleksandre Aladashvili clinic because of Kapanadze’s health condition, Rezonansi reported. … Read more
TBILISI, July 25 – A Georgian consumer group is warning the public about what it describes as a new pyramid-style scheme using fake job offers and promises of easy income. The non-governmental organization Society and Banks said Saturday that a company called PCDAI has been active on social media, offering people future employment and income … Read more
TBILISI, July 25 – Georgia’s power system collapsed again Saturday morning after a major transmission line went offline, the director of the Enguri hydropower plant said. Levan Mebonia, director of Enguri HPP, told pro-opposition TV Pirveli that the outage was caused by the shutdown of the 500-kV “Imereti” line. He said a heavy load was … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – Georgian police arrested doctor Giorgi Akhobadze at his home on Friday after a court sentenced him to 25 days of administrative detention earlier the same day over a Facebook comment. According to Interpressnews, Akhobadze had been summoned to court because of a comment he posted on Facebook. The Interior Ministry accuses … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A construction worker has died after falling from a building site in Tbilisi, Interpressnews reported Friday. The accident happened at a construction site on Aleksandre Chavchavadze Street in the Georgian capital. According to the news agency, the victim was a man under the age of 40. He died after falling from … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A Georgian oil facility in Kulevi has been included in the European Union’s 21st sanctions package against Russia, setting off a political clash in Tbilisi over whether the move is a warning, a mistake or a damaging blow to Georgia’s reputation. Rezonansi reported Friday that the EU is introducing a transaction … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – Georgia sharply increased electricity imports in the first half of 2026, with Russia and Turkey together supplying more than two thirds of the imported power, BPN reported Friday, citing data from Georgia’s National Statistics Office. From January through June, Georgia imported electricity worth USD 39.615 million. In the same period last … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – Georgian police have arrested a man in the eastern region of Kakheti after he allegedly killed his father with a blunt object and buried the body in the yard of their home. The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the arrest on Friday. It said officers from the Kakheti Police Department detained … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – Georgia’s State Security Service says it has arrested one person in Tbilisi for allegedly trying to fraudulently sell land worth several million dollars using a fake official document. The arrest was announced on Friday, and reported by Interpressnews. According to the State Security Service, officers from its Anti-Corruption Agency detained the … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A mudflow hit two villages in southern Georgia’s Adigeni municipality after heavy rain and hail in the mountains, flooding two homes and damaging a car, local officials said Friday. The incident happened in the villages of Gomaro and Shoka. Adigeni Mayor Gocha Kimadze told Interpressnews that Shoka escaped without damage, while … Read more