DFWatch staff 
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
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