TBILISI, January 26 – Georgia’s government has sought to downplay the fact that U.S. Vice President JD Vance will visit Armenia and Azerbaijan next month without stopping in Georgia, saying the trip follows a specific regional agenda and should not be overinterpreted. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the itinerary reflects the purpose of the visit … Read more
TBILISI, January 8 – The U.S. military operation in Venezuela has spilled into Georgia’s bitter politics, with rival camps in Tbilisi arguing over who matters more for Georgia’s security and future: Washington or Brussels. The U.S. military operation last Saturday saw special forces capturing President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, who later were brought to … Read more
TBILISI, November 26 – Russia has handed life sentences to eight men over the 2022 explosion on the Crimea bridge, Russian media reported on Thursday. According to the reports, a military court in Rostov-on-Don found the group guilty of terrorism and of illegally purchasing and transporting explosive devices. All eight received life in prison. The … Read more
TBILISI, November 25 – Georgia’s former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has won another round in his long-running legal fight with a Credit Suisse subsidiary, as a UK court ordered the bank to compensate him for losses linked to a major fraud case. But although the United Kingdom’s Judicial Committee of the Privy Council upheld earlier … Read more
TBILISI, November 6 – Tensions grew between Georgia’s government and U.S. lawmakers this week as a senior member of Congress accused Georgia’s ruling party of undermining American security interests by handing control of its key Black Sea port to Chinese state-linked companies and persecuting Western investors. Republican Congressman Joe Wilson accused Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream … Read more
TBILISI, October 24 – The U.S. Treasury has clarified that transactions with sanctioned Russian oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft, including their international subsidiaries, will only be permitted until November 21, 2025, under a temporary exemption covering fuel purchases and essential services, BPN reports. The clarification follows Washington’s decision earlier this week to sanction Russia’s two … Read more
TBILISI, October 23 – Georgia’s banks will play by the rules after Washington slapped sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil, and 34 of their subsidiaries. Natia Turnava, president of Georgia’s National Bank, said on Thursday that the country’s lenders “fully observe international sanctions” and that in this case “we will act … Read more
TBILISI, October 22 – Conflicting reports have emerged after Reuters claimed that a tanker carrying Russian crude arrived in Georgia’s Black Sea port of Kulevi for processing, potentially putting the country in a politically sensitive position amid Western sanctions on Moscow. According to Reuters, the tanker Kaiseri delivered more than 105,000 metric tons of “Siberian … Read more
TBILISI, October 16 – Georgia’s diplomatic rift with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) widened on Thursday after the government fined Elina Valtonen, Finland’s foreign minister and current OSCE chair, for joining an anti-government protest during her recent visit to Tbilisi. The Interior Ministry confirmed to Interpressnews that Valtonen was fined 5,000 … Read more
TBILISI, October 3 – Georgia has been ranked ahead of several of the world’s most influential economies, including the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan, in a new global index measuring commitment to democratic transformation. The ranking, published within the Coherence Report produced by the Spain-based research network Common Future, is … Read more