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
TBILISI, September 8 – A young man died after rescuers pulled him from the sea in Georgia, Interpressnews reported Monday evening. According to available information, rescuers managed to save the man from drowning and bring him ashore, but he died shortly afterward. Police were present at the scene, and an investigation has been lanched.
TBILISI, August 26 – A sanitation worker was killed Wednesday after being struck by a municipal cleaning vehicle in western Georgia. The accident happened in the village Bugnari, in Kobuleti municipality. Local residents told Interpressnews that the young man was an employee of the municipal sanitation service and was hit by one of the service’s … Read more
TBILISI, August 16 – The website of English-language newspaper Georgia Today has been inaccessible for more than 12 hours, with no public explanation from the outlet as of Sunday afternoon. Attempts to open the front page of georgiatoday.ge return a 403 Forbidden error, while some individual article links return 404 errors. Georgia Today’s Facebook page … Read more
TBILISI, August 9 – Georgian prosecutors have charged two drivers over a crash at an unauthorized car race in eastern Georgia that left a minor dead and several other people injured. The incident happened on April 30 on a road near the village of Sanavardo in Kvareli municipality, prosecutors said on Sunday. Investigators believe an … Read more
TBILISI, August 9 – A 17-year-old boy drowned in the Tbilisi Sea on Sunday, according to Interpressnews. Initial information indicated that the teenager had gone swimming there with friends of the same age. An investigation has been launched, the Ministry of Internal Affairs informed. The Tbilisi Sea is a large reservoir on the outskirts of … Read more