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Georgia says it will enforce new U.S. sanctions on Iran flights
TBILISI, September 10 – Georgia says it will enforce newly expanded U.S. sanctions that affect airlines currently operating flights between Georgia and Iran. The announcement came Thursday after the United States expanded sanctions against Iran’s aviation sector, including measures targeting companies that continue to support Mahan Air and 27 other Iranian airlines. U.S. Treasury Secretary…
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Georgia demands release of detainees at Ergneti talks
TBILISI, September 9 – Representatives of Georgia and de facto South Ossetia discussed detentions at the dividing line at talks in Ergneti on Tuesday, with little common ground. The meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, or IPRM, was as usual held in the village Ergneti, near Tskhinvali. These are regular field meetings, hosted…
Opinion
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The Helsinki Commission Is A Cold War Relic That Needs To Go
It’s become a shadow State Department that is undermining US foreign policy, particularly in Georgia Every government institution should periodically be asked a simple question: is it still performing the mission for which Congress created it? That principle has become a hallmark of the Trump administration. Through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the closing of…
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When good news breaks the script
“Free the regime’s prisoners!” has been waved on posters and shouted through megaphones in Tbilisi for more than a year. Now, some of them could walk free if plea agreements announced by prosecutors are signed and given court approval. Seven people detained after the October 4, 2025 protest outside the presidential residence on Atoneli Street…