TBILISI, September 23 – An 85-year-old woman has been killed in her home in eastern Georgia, with local residents reporting that an intruder may have demanded money before setting the house on fire. The woman lived alone near a ravine on the outskirts of Almat, a village in the Kvareli municipality, according to residents cited … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – A 12th-grade student in western Georgia has died three weeks after being struck by shotgun pellets during a hunting trip, Interpressnews reported Wednesday. The teenager had gone quail hunting with a relative near the town of Terjola when pellets fired by the relative struck him, according to the news agency. He … Read more
TBILISI, September 23 – Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has appointed Goga Kikilashvili, the son of judge Khvicha Kikilashvili, to the country’s Constitutional Court. The president’s office announced Kikilashvili’s appointment on Tuesday. He will replace Giorgi Kverenchkhiladze, whose term ends on October 2. Kverenchkhiladze was appointed by former president Giorgi Margvelashvili. On Wednesday, Georgia’s Supreme Court … 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 20 – Georgia’s emergency hotline, 112, returned to normal service on Sunday afternoon after a technical problem disrupted incoming calls earlier in the day. The Public Safety Management Center announced at 9:17 a.m. that calls to the emergency number were being delayed because of a technical fault. It published eight alternative phone numbers … Read more
TBILISI, September 20 – Protesters carrying Georgian and European Union flags marched through central Tbilisi on Saturday evening, calling on the government to step down. The demonstrators gathered near Avlabari metro station before setting off toward the Georgian parliament, according to Interpressnews. Participants chanted slogans calling on Bidzina Ivanishvili’s government to step down. Ivanishvili is … Read more
TBILISI, September 19 – Georgian police have arrested a Turkish citizen wanted by Interpol on fraud charges, the Ministry of Internal Affairs announced Saturday. The suspect was detained in Batumi, a city on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, following investigative work by officers from the Adjara regional division of the Central Criminal Police Department. According to … Read more
TBILISI, September 18 – Two people were killed and two others injured in a road accident near the village of Nukriani in Georgia’s Sighnaghi municipality on Friday evening. According to local residents cited by Interpressnews, four people were standing near a stationary Ford transport vehicle and loading cargo when it was struck by a Mercedes … Read more
TBILISI, September 10 – A minor was stabbed to death in Tbilisi on Thursday after an argument, and police arrested another minor on suspicion of intentional murder. Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs said the suspect allegedly attacked the victim with a bladed weapon, inflicting several wounds, before fleeing the scene, Interpressnews reported. The victim died … Read more