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TBILISI, September 23 – The Council of Europe says it did not transfer a grant to a Georgian political school or pay its officials for a recent seminar after Georgian authorities launched a probe for possible violation of the grants law. In a statement to Interpressnews on Tuesday, the Strasbourg-based organization said it had directly … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – More than 1,200 applicants have secured places at universities and vocational schools in Georgia in the second round of admissions. Georgia’s National Assessment and Examinations Center announced Wednesday that 1,242 of the 1,715 applicants who registered for the second round had gained the right to study at higher education or vocational … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – Public kindergartens in the Georgian capital have temporarily removed dairy products from their menus following an outbreak of stomach illness. Tbilisi’s Nursery and Kindergarten Management Agency told Interpressnews on Tuesday that it had made the change on the recommendation of epidemiologists. The agency did not say how long the restriction would … Read more
TBILISI, September 22 – The European People’s Party (EPP) has called for the release of Georgian opposition politician Giorgi Baramidze, who was jailed earlier this month over comments he made about the 1992-1993 war in Abkhazia. The case has yet to go to trial. In a statement, the European political party expressed concern about Baramidze’s … Read more
TBILISI, September 22 – Georgia’s National Food Agency has inspected 70 facilities and collected 502 food and drinking water samples as it investigates a norovirus outbreak at public kindergartens in Tbilisi. The agency said Tuesday that its inspectors had visited 48 public kindergartens in the capital, as well as food facilities including a meat processing … Read more
TBILISI, September 22 – Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili traveled to Brussels on Tuesday for an official visit that will include meetings with the heads of both chambers of Belgium’s federal parliament. Papuashvili will meet the presidents of the Belgian Senate and the Chamber of Representatives, according to a statement from the Georgian parliament’s press … Read more
TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday ruled out the possibility of the country joining the European Union without Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia broke away from Georgian government control in the 1990s during the breakup of the Soviet Union. Russia recognized both as independent states following the … Read more
TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s ombudsman says the court failed to establish a terrorism purpose when it handed a 13 year prison sentence to Aleko Elisashvili last July. The statement improves the opposition politician’s standing in an upcoming appeal hearing. The long prison sentence was issued last July, for an incident in November, 2025, during … Read more
TBILISI, September 21 – Georgia’s State Audit Office has opened an inquiry into the funding of a school backed by the Council of Europe, after government officials alleged that a seminar held last week may have broken the country’s rules on foreign grants. The inquiry concerns the Tbilisi School of Political Studies, a non-governmental organization … Read more
TBILISI, September 20 – Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze will address the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Thursday, during a visit that will also include meetings with foreign leaders and UN Secretary-General António Guterres. The Georgian government announced Sunday that Kobakhidze would take part in the General Debate at the UN General Assembly’s … Read more