3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (553+ words) The Kutaisi Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court’s ruling that had sentenced four labour protesters from the mining town of Chiatura to multiple years in prison on violence-related charges. Prosecutors have accused all four of attacking the director…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (582+ words) Georgia’s imprisoned former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has published his sixth letter from prison – in which he criticised and mocked the reactions of the ruling party and pro-government circles to his previous letters, describing the accusations against him as a…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (542+ words) TASS referred to Partskhaladze as the unit’s ‘commander’, noting that Georgievsky is composed of ‘like-minded supporters and allies who advocate for the unification of our peoples and countries, as well as the protection of traditional family values’. According to TASS,…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (776+ words) Tbilisi City Court has ordered the detention of Tamaz Elizbarashvili, the founder of a private dog shelter, for allegedly threatening employees of the state-affiliated TV Imedi and pro-government figures. If found guilty, he could face up to one year in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (597+ words) Gharibashvili, who is serving a five-year sentence for money laundering, published his fifth letter from prison on Tuesday. It focused on Lazare Jorbenadze, who, according to investigators, died by suicide in April. Focusing on the latter’s criticism toward Kobakhidze beforehand,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (859+ words) Imprisoned former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has called on the authorities to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding the death of Lazare Jorbenadze, a man who took his own life after criticising current Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in an…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (605+ words) The Georgian government has announced plans to abolish two state posts created for a senior member of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, who recently said he quit politics. Those include the State Ministry for Coordination of Law Enforcement…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1600+ words) Rike’s controversial landmark is coming down, but the vices that shaped its fate remain. ‘Just as Bilbao made a name for itself with the Guggenheim, Rike will become one of the most beautiful tourist destinations in the world’, then-Georgian President…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (469+ words) Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met US Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Amy Diaz on Wednesday in what was their first meeting since Diaz took up the post in July. The meeting took place at the government administration, with the government…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (902+ words) The Georgian government has cut its funding of the Georgian Studies Programme at Harvard. While the government claimed it did not receive a detailed plan on the programme’s future, critics say its funding was cut because the programme did not…...