Monday, February 23, 2026

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Tensions high in Georgia as ethnic Armenians, Azerbaijanis rally to support sides in Karabakh war

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Ongoing armed conflict between Azerbaijan and breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh has had strong repercussion in Georgia with its ethnic Armenian and Azerbaijan minorities. Both groups hold mass rallies in support of their ethnically kin states. People in Akhalkalaki and Ninotsminda, two municipalities in southern part of the country with formidable ethnic Armenian population, started Monday to mobilize … Read more

UNM embraces four minor parties to defeat “oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili”

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Georgia’s largest opposition force forms an electoral block with four small political parties to propose candidacy of ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili for PM office. State for the People, Republican Party, Chven Tviton, and Progress and Freedom joined ranks with UNM to defeat “oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili” and signed a formal agreement on Tuesday. State of the People … Read more

Russian MP claima Georgia might have been involved in Navalny poisoning

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As the world, and democratic forces in Russia, remain shocked by cold-blooded poisoning of President Putin’s top foe by Novichok, the Kremlin points at Georgian and the United States as possible perpetrators. Russia is not engaged in the manufacture of chemicals from the Novichok group, such laboratories are located in Georgia and the United States, … Read more

Georgia cracks down on another Gulen-linked private school

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Georgia cracks on educational institutions linked to exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen again. On Tuesday, the Ministry of Education declined appeal by a private schooled linked to Turkish President Erdogan’s top foe. The school named after Shota Rustaveli is located in Rustavi, about 20 km east from Tbilisi and is regarded by locals as one of … Read more

Georgia declares nationwide mourning on August 25 after 17 killed in minibus crash

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Georgia marks August 25 as a day of mourning for victims of deadly crash on the road to Khevsureti. Out of 20 people on board of minibus, 17 died and three others, all women, are currently in the critical condition. The tragedy occurred on the mountainous road leading to the ancient fortress of Shatili, Khevsureti’s … Read more

Georgia’s opposition forces agree to join efforts to beat Ivanishvili

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A group of Georgia’s opposition political forces, including United National Movement, the biggest opposition party, has agreed to unite their efforts “to defend” their votes against possible rigging by government in general elections in October. “Opposition parties will work in a coordinated manner in all electoral districts, including those where we have nominated competing candidates. … Read more

Cornered, beaten, thrown into the river: POG reveals its version of the footballer death

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The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia claims it has untangled a mystery behind a high profile case of tragic death of a young Tbilisi football player. Five young men, including two underage adolescents and a rugby player, were direct culprits of the intentional homicide, the POG representative said at the briefing on Tuesday. The five now … Read more

President Zourabichvili rebuffs pardoning Rurua – “No one and nothing can influence me”

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Despite a growing number of appeals, President Salome Zourabichvili has rejected the idea of pardoning Giorgi Rurua, an opposition activist and former paramilitary. “I won’t pardon [him]. The Georgian society knows better than me everything about him and is aware why I will not make this decision. No one and nothing can influence me,” Salome … Read more