TBILISI, August 29 – Georgian police have arrested a foreign national in connection with the death of Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said Saturday that Buava and the suspect were friends and had been spending time together at the apartment where Buava was staying in the Didi Dighomi district of Tbilisi. … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – A middle-aged man was killed in Tbilisi’s Avlabari district on Friday, according to local reports. The circumstances surrounding the killing were not immediately clear, and the motive remained unknown. No suspect had been detained at the time Interpressnews reported the murder. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs told the news agency that … Read more
TBILISI, August 7 – Authorities in the country Georgia have arrested three people and opened criminal cases against four others for allegedly producing fake whisky and other alcoholic drinks for sale in shops and bars. The Finance Ministry’s Investigation Service said Friday that the group had been making counterfeit alcohol in makeshift production facilities using … Read more
TBILISI, August 6 – Georgian police have detained two teenage girls in the investigation into the fatal beating of teacher Giga Avaliani, nearly ten months after the attack and after several other defendants had already been convicted. The two were detained on Wednesday night, Interpressnews reported. The first girl, reportedly 16 years old, is a … Read more
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 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, July 29 – A court in Georgia has released a former police officer on bail after prosecutors accused him of unlawfully keeping and sharing intimate photos of women and stalking one of them. Zugdidi District Court set bail at 60,000 GEL on Wednesday. The prosecution itself requested bail as the preventive measure, according to … Read more
TBILISI, July 29 – A man was arrested Tuesday in the mountain resort town Bakhmaro, accused of raping a foreign woman. The suspect was charged with rape, under Article 137 of the Criminal Code. The victim, a woman in her 20s, is a foreign national, according to Interpressnews. Bakhmaro lies in Georgia’s western Guria region, … Read more
TBILISI, July 28 – Georgian police have arrested a man accused of raping a 14-year-old girl in the western region of Guria, Rezonansi reported Tuesday. The suspect is the husband of the girl’s aunt, according to the report. Local residents told TV Pirveli that the alleged assault happened on Monday, while the man was visiting … Read more
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