TBILISI, June 27 – Family members of people detained during Georgia’s November and December 2024 protests called on citizens to join a march in Tbilisi on Saturday evening, saying the prisoners should not be forgotten. The appeal was made near the Tbilisi Concert Hall, commonly known as the Philharmonic. The march was planned for 7 … Read more
TBILISI, June 27 – Georgia has launched the second phase of development at the new Poti port, a project officials say will strengthen the country’s role as a transport hub between Europe and Asia. The expansion comes as cargo traffic through the Middle Corridor is rising. The route links China and Central Asia to Europe … Read more
TBILISI, June 26 – Family members, colleagues and supporters gathered outside Gldani prison in Tbilisi on Friday in solidarity with doctor Giorgi Chakhunashvili, who has been sentenced to five years in prison over the October 4 events near the Atoneli presidential palace. Chakhunashvili was convicted in connection with the unrest that took place near the … Read more
TBILISI, June 24 – Another group of people detained over Georgia’s October 4 unrest are set to leave prison after accepting plea deals. A Georgian court on Wednesday found 13 people guilty over the events near the Atoneli presidential palace in Tbilisi. Twelve accepted plea agreements. One defendant, Manuchar Mikeladze, denied guilt and was sentenced … Read more
TBILISI, June 21 – A Georgian political movement has accused Moscow of showing “colonial ambitions” after Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova criticized its protest against a Russian language event in central Tbilisi. Members of the movement Georgian Republic gathered at Pushkin Square in Tbilisi on Saturday and responded to Zakharova’s comments about the marking … Read more
TBILISI, June 21 – A new European Parliament resolution on Georgia has triggered another round of political fighting in Tbilisi, with the opposition calling it support for the Georgian people and the ruling party rejecting it as a hostile move. The resolution passed by the European Parliament concerns Georgia’s European future and calls for tougher … Read more
TBILISI, June 17 – The lawyer of jailed Georgian opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria warned Wednesday that her condition has sharply worsened. But prison authorities denied that she was being denied proper care. Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the opposition party Droa and the Coalition for Change, has been held in prison for about 10 … Read more
TBILISI, June 16 – Former Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has called for a new “united front” against the ruling Georgian Dream party, but the idea was met with irritation and skepticism from parts of the opposition. Zourabichvili wrote on Facebook on June 14 that trust in the “regime” was being lost even among its most … Read more
TBILISI, June 16 – What would happen if Brussels extended the visa-free entry ban to all Georgian citizens? The EU suspended visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic, service and official passports from March 6 for an initial 12-month period. The European Commission said the step was a response to what it described as violent … Read more
TBILISI, June 15 — If you live or work near Tsereteli Avenue, the air around you has been among the dirtiest measured in Tbilisi this year. We know this because of data produced by a monitoring station on Tsereteli Avenue, which recorded the highest number of daily PM10 pollution exceedances in the capital during the … Read more