Friday, August 28, 2026

One dead, three injured after cars collide in Kvareli

TBILISI, July 26 – Two cars crashed near Alazni bridge in Kvareli municipality Sunday, Interpressnews reported. All four occupants of the two cars were injured, including two minors. One of the injured, a 29-year-old woman, was brought to the Geo Hospitals clinin in Gurjaani in a serious condition. The news agency reported that doctors tried … Read more

Georgia probes possible sabotage after nationwide grid outages

TBILISI, July 25 – Georgia has opened a sabotage investigation after two nationwide power failures struck on consecutive days, while Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili called the repeated shutdowns an “unusual event”. The State Security Service said Saturday that it had launched the investigation following emergency electricity cuts across the country on July 24 and July … Read more

28-year-old man found dead in Tusheti

TBILISI, July 25 – A 28-year-old man who went missing in Georgia’s mountainous Tusheti region has been found dead near a river, Interpressnews reported Saturday. The body of Avto Markhvaidze, a resident of the village of Kvemo Alvani in Akhmeta municipality, was found in the Gometsari valley, near the village of Beghela. According to relatives, … Read more

Tbilisi shooting suspect placed in pre-trial detention

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

Fake jobs platform accused of defrauding hundreds in Georgia

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

Georgia hit by second major blackout in two days

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

Georgian doctor jailed for Facebook comment

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

Worker dies after fall at Tbilisi construction site

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

Kulevi refinery faces EU transaction ban over Russian oil

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

Russia and Turkey are Georgia’s main electricity suppliers

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