Tag: State Security Service

Tbilisi City Court evacuated following bomb threat

September 24, 2025September 24, 2025 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, September 24 – Tbilisi City Court was evacuated today, following a bomb threat. According to local reports, the evacuation took place about an hour before security services arrived. Members of the court’s security service, known as the ‘Mandaturi,’ ordered everyone out and suspended all hearings. The State Security Service’s counter-terrorism department was later seen … Read more

Opposition figure Khabeishvili calls arrest political persecution

September 25, 2025September 24, 2025 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, September 24 – Lawyers for Levan Khabeishvili, chairman of the political council of Georgia’s opposition United National Movement (UNM), are doubling down on claims that his arrest is politically motivated. Khabeishvili was detained earlier this month by Georgia’s State Security Service and charged with publicly promising money to officials in exchange for political support. … Read more

Georgia replaces security chief after just four months

August 26, 2025August 25, 2025 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, August 25 – Georgia’s ruling party has nominated Mamuka Mdinaradze, a senior lawmaker from Georgian Dream (GD), to lead the State Security Service (SUS), one of the country’s most sensitive institutions. The move follows the abrupt resignation of Anri Okhanashvili, who had only held the post since April. Parliament is expected to confirm the … Read more

Gomelauri confirmed as head of Georgia's new counterintelligence

July 22, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri was approved as new head of the State Security Service on Wednesday, as the ministry he has headed until now is split in two.

Facing questions from parliamentarians, Gomelauri said that one

Georgia’s interior minister will head new security service

July 20, 2015 by DFWatch staff

vakhtang_gomelauri_Irakli_Garibashvili — Vakhtang Gomelauri (left) and Irakli Garibashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has named current Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri as new head of the State Security Service, a body that is created as the MIA is split in two.

If confirmed by parliament, Gomelauri will leave his

Georgian president signs law that will split Interior Ministry

July 16, 2015 by DFWatch staff

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Ministry of Interior will be split in two on August 1, and a new body called the State Security Service will come into existence.

President Giorgi Margvelashvili has signed the law about splitting the ministry, which means that it is in force.

Georgia splits its Interior Ministry in two

July 10, 2015 by DFWatch staff

ministry_of_internal_affairs — (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Three years after coming to power, the Georgian Dream government has delivered on an election promise to split the intelligence service the from the Interior Ministry. It will be a separate body from August 1.

According to an amendment approved

Georgian government draws up plan for breakup of Interior Ministry

May 17, 2015 by DFW-admin

TBILISI, DFWatch–The government in Georgia has drawn up a plan to split the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) into two units, with counterintelligence kept separately and under parliamentary control.

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the revived