TBILISI, February 11 – Authorities in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi are dismantling an unauthorized structure on the city’s popular seaside boulevard, officials said on Wednesday. According to the government of the Adjara Autonomous Republic, demolition is underway on a nightclub located along the Old Boulevard waterfront. The venue, known as Soho, had reached … Read more
TBILISI, February 11 – Three people were killed on Wednesday in a traffic accident on the Rustavi-Lilo road, authorities said. According to initial information, a passenger car and a truck collided on the road, which connects the industrial city of Rustavi with the outskirts of Tbilisi. Georgia’s Interior Ministry said an investigation has been launched … Read more
TBILISI, January 31 – Georgian police have detained a Turkish citizen wanted by Interpol on a murder charge, the Interior Ministry said on Saturday. Officers from the Kvemo Kartli Police Department arrested the suspect in the town of Marneuli, according to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia. Authorities said the detainee is a citizen … Read more
TBILISI, January 31 – Georgia’s interior ministry has arrested a police officer on suspicion of taking a bribe in the coastal city of Batumi, authorities said on Saturday. The General Inspectorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia said the suspect was detained under a court order on charges of accepting a bribe. According … Read more
TBILISI, January 31 – An 80-year-old man has died in a house fire in the village of Dagva, in Kobuleti Municipality, local authorities said on Saturday. According to neighbors, the elderly man was unable to leave the house in time as the fire spread through the residential building. The Emergency Management Service of Georgia told … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – A foreign national has died after falling from a height in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi, authorities said. The incident took place in a multi-storey residential building on Khimshiashvili Street, a central area of the city. Emergency medical teams were dispatched to the scene, but the man could not … Read more
TBILISI, January 29 – Traffic has been restored on Georgia’s main highway linking the capital with the Russian border, after a temporary closure caused by a road accident. The Roads Department said vehicle movement has resumed on the Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Larsi road at the 31st kilometer, near the Zhinvali–Ananuri section. The road was closed on January 28 … Read more
TBILISI, January 28 – Traffic has been fully halted on a key stretch of Georgia’s main northbound highway after a road accident, authorities said on Wednesday, as reported by Interpressnews. The restriction applies to the Zhinvali–Ananuri section of the international Mtskheta–Stepantsminda–Larsi road, a vital transit route that links the South Caucasus with the Russian Federation … Read more
TBILISI, January 28 – Two people were killed and one injured in a road accident in southern Georgia on Wednesday, police said. The crash happened in the village of Baidari, near Marneuli. According to initial information, a car carrying members of the same family veered off the road and hit a tree. Emergency services were … Read more
TBILISI, January 21 – A man was found dead on Wednesday in the Saburtalo district of Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, authorities said. Georgia’s Interior Ministry told local media that the body showed no signs of violence. An investigation has been launched under Article 115 of Georgia’s Criminal Code, which covers cases involving incitement or driving a … Read more