TBILISI, August 27 – Police in Georgia have arrested 12 people, including both Georgian and Chinese citizens, in a crackdown on prostitution in the capital Tbilisi and the western Samegrelo region. According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the arrests followed 24 hours of coordinated raids on 13 establishments, which were shut down. Investigators said … Read more
TBILISI, August 22 – Opposition supporters again blocked Rustaveli Avenue on Friday, on the 268th day of continuous protest. Some of the participants marched from the old Public Broadcaster building and joined the rally in front of parliament. The demands are unchanged: a re-run election from last year’s parliamentary election, which the ruling GD won, … Read more
TBILISI, August 21 – Demonstrators once more blocked traffic in front of Georgia’s parliament on Wednesday on what has now become the 266th consecutive day of post-election protest. Earlier in the day, a rally was held at Freedom Square in support of poet Zviad Ratiani, who was recently detained. Protesters then marched toward parliament, joining … Read more
TBILISI, August 20 – Levan Gachechiladze, a Georgian businessman-turned-politician who once led a united opposition challenge for the presidency, has died at the age of 61. Gachechiladze first entered politics in 1999, winning a seat in parliament under the ruling Citizens’ Union of Georgia, then the party of President Eduard Shevardnadze. He soon broke away … Read more
TBILISI, August 17 – A teenager was seriously injured in Batumi after being struck by a moving train in the city’s Tamar district. Local residents told reporters the train ran over the teenager’s leg. Emergency responders rushed the injured child to a nearby clinic, where doctors were forced to amputate the leg due to the … Read more
TBILISI, August 16 – Prosecutors in Georgia say a man has been charged after shooting a dog dead with an air rifle and being caught with an unlicensed firearm at his home. The incident happened on August 15 in the village of Kisiskhevi, part of Telavi municipality in eastern Georgia. According to investigators, the suspect … Read more
TBILISI, August 13 – Georgia’s foreign trade turnover reached USD 14.15 billion between January and July 2025, up 10.3% from the same period last year, according to the National Statistics Office. Exports totaled USD 3.84 billion, an increase of 8.9%, while imports rose 10.8% to $10.31 billion. The trade deficit stood at USD 6.47 billion, … Read more
TBILISI, August 12 – Georgia’s Interior Ministry says it has deported 34 foreign nationals in recent days as part of a coordinated effort to tackle illegal migration. Those expelled were citizens of India, Russia, Nigeria, Iran, Egypt, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Kenya, Armenia, and Kyrgyzstan. Under Georgian law, they have also been banned from re-entering the … Read more
TBILISI, August 9 – A group of former public officials in Georgia marched from the Foreign Ministry to parliament today. The participants, once employed in the state’s different institutions, say they are protesting what they see as politically motivated actions against people who voice differing opinions or challenge the government’s foreign policy direction. The marchers … Read more
TBILISI, August 6 – Supporters of Georgian newspaper editor Mzia Amaghlobeli took to the streets of Tbilisi on Wednesday evening, marching from the Philharmonic concert hall to the central Rustaveli Avenue under the banner “Freedom for Mzia, freedom for political prisoners.“ The demonstration followed a Batumi court’s decision earlier in the day to sentence Amaghlobeli … Read more