DFWatch staff 
TBILISI, August 3 – Georgian police have arrested two people accused of attacking and robbing a foreign national on a street in Tbilisi. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said the suspects assaulted the victim and stole mobile phones and money before fleeing the scene. Officers from the Old Tbilisi division arrested both suspects shortly after … Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – A coalition of Georgian civil society groups has accused the authorities of using hate speech laws to punish political criticism that does not call for violence or target protected groups. The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum said on Monday that citizens and journalists had in several … Read more
TBILISI, August 1 – Two former Georgian servicemen were wounded in a knife attack after an argument at a restaurant in central Gori late Thursday, according to Georgian media. The incident began inside a restaurant on Stalin Street and later spilled outside, Interpressnews reported shortly after 1 am on Friday. Witnesses said an argument between … Read more
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