DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, July 24 – Electricity has been fully restored across Georgia after a major overnight blackout left Tbilisi and other regions without power for several hours, Interpressnews reported. Georgia’s State Electrosystem said on Friday morning that power supply had been restored throughout the country. The outage began at around 00:10 on Friday, affecting both the … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A major power outage hit parts of Georgia shortly after midnight on Friday, cutting electricity in several cities, including Tbilisi, before supply began to return gradually in the early morning hours. Interpressnews first reported at 00:30 that electricity had gone out in parts of the country. At that time, several cities, … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A conflict at a wedding in Georgia has escalated into public rallies and demands that Russian tourists should pay an ‘occupation fee’ or sign documents in support of Georgia’s internationally recognized borders. The incident happened on July 18 at the Agarani Mamuli hotel in Telavi, eastern Georgia. According to Georgia’s Ministry … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A young man has died after an iron structure collapsed in the yard of a residential house in Samtredia in western Georgia, Interpressnews reported. According to the news agency, the accident happened while an iron structure was being built in the yard. The structure collapsed and injured the young man. He … Read more
TBILISI, July 24 – A 17-year-old boy has died after a late-night shooting in Tbilisi’s Vera district, where four people, including two minors, were wounded by gunfire from a weapon allegedly owned by the detained suspect. The shooting happened late Wednesday night on Shanidze Street in Vera, an uptown neighborhood of the Georgian capital. According … Read more
TBILISI, July 22 – Georgian journalist Vakho Sanaia was sentenced to 14 days of administrative detention on Wednesday for a social media post about Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and MP Vladimer Bozhadze, triggering sharp criticism from opposition parties, media groups and foreign commentators. Tbilisi City Court imposed the sentence on July 22. The decision was … Read more
TBILISI, July 17 – Jailed Georgian opposition politician Murtaz Zodelava was transferred to Vivamedi clinic this week after health complaints, triggering a public dispute over whether he had suffered a stroke in prison. Zodelava is a former prosecutor general and an opposition politician convicted in the October 4 case. He is serving a seven-year sentence … Read more
Georgian analyst Davit Zardiashvili says the opposition’s current debate over elections is mostly noise, not strategy. In an interview with Rezonansi published July 15, Zardiashvili argued that Georgia’s opposition has neither a real chance of winning through elections nor enough public support to organize a revolution. In his view, its main aim is to keep … Read more
TBILISI, July 16 – Tbilisi is moving ahead with plans to bring trams back to the city, but transport specialists say the new line to Didi Dighomi must be carefully designed or it could make one of the capital’s busiest entrances even worse. The planned tram line will connect the third and fourth microdistricts of … Read more
TBILISI, July 15 – Georgia’s opposition says it is preparing for the next elections, but still has no clear common plan for how to take part. While most opposition parties are still sticking to a boycott of parliament despite winning seats in the last elections, the expectation is now that they will take part in … Read more