TBILISI, September 10 – Georgia says it will enforce newly expanded U.S. sanctions that affect airlines currently operating flights between Georgia and Iran. The announcement came Thursday after the United States expanded sanctions against Iran’s aviation sector, including measures targeting companies that continue to support Mahan Air and 27 other Iranian airlines. U.S. Treasury Secretary … Read more
TBILISI, September 9 – Representatives of Georgia and de facto South Ossetia discussed detentions at the dividing line at talks in Ergneti on Tuesday, with little common ground. The meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, or IPRM, was as usual held in the village Ergneti, near Tskhinvali. These are regular field meetings, hosted … Read more
TBILISI, September 9 – Georgian 15-year-olds improved their results in the latest PISA international education tests, with especially strong gains in science and mathematics. The PISA 2025 results, released Tuesday by the OECD, showed Georgia performing better than in the previous round in 2022 across all three main subjects; reading, science and mathematics. At a … Read more
TBILISI, September 8 – Georgia’s former chief prosecutor Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze says he has formed a volunteer unit in Russia that will fight on Moscow’s side in the war against Ukraine. Partskhaladze told Russian state news agency TASS on Monday that he had personally decided to join the war effort and had created an international volunteer … Read more
TBILISI, September 7 – Fuel prices have increased sharply in Georgia, adding to inflation and prompting opposition calls for the government to temporarily cut the excise tax on gasoline and diesel. TBC Capital said on Friday that gasoline and diesel were responsible for nearly half of Georgia’s seasonally adjusted monthly inflation in August. Annual inflation … Read more
TBILISI, September 6 – Russian activist Denis Kulanin left Georgia Friday, after a Tbilisi court ordered his expulsion. Kulanin’s departure from Tbilisi International Airport was confirmed by footage released by his lawyer Tsiala Ratiani. Earlier the same day, Tbilisi City Court gave him seven days to leave Georgia voluntarily. The Ministry of Internal Affairs said … Read more
TBILISI, September 6 – Prosecutors in Georgia have reopened the case of an assumed suicide of a political activist, after new claims by jailed former prime minister Irakli Garibashvili. In a letter from prison this week, Garibashvili asked what the real cause of Lazare Jorbenadze’s death had been and said unanswered questions remained around several … Read more
TBILISI, September 3 – Georgia has begun adding more early warning systems in mountainous areas at risk from landslides. The move comes as a deadly disaster in Nepal, which killed hundreds of people, has renewed attention on risks facing mountain communities. Nino Chkhobadze, chair of the environmental group Georgian Greens – Friends of the Earth, … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – Heavy rain triggered a landslide in Georgia’s mountainous Lentekhi municipality on Saturday, washing away a road bridge and thus severing the road toward Mestia, Interpressnews reported. The bridge near the village of Sakdari was completely swept away after water levels rose sharply following intense rainfall, according to the Roads Department. Traffic … Read more
TBILISI, August 29 – Dozens of families have been impacted by a severe weather event in Baghdati in western Georgia, with damage to both homes and public infrastructure, Interpressnews reported Friday. Infrastructure Minister Revaz Sokhadze visited the municipality, which lies south of Zestaponi, and said government crews were working to clear roads, remove debris and … Read more