Police in Tbilisi arrested 10 people who were holding “insulting banners” in a public space, the Interior Ministry said late on July 26, after media had earlier reported the detention of anti-government…
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Politics, public institutions, accountability, society and law in Georgia.
You may not notice them at first, but once you’re aware of their presence, you’ll start spotting claw machines on every corner in Tbilisi. They’ve been everywhere on the city’s outskirts, where…
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSSG) has launched an investigation into “sabotage” following two separate incidents of nationwide power outages on July 24 and July 25, as authorities have yet to provide an…
Georgian officials inaugurated a technology hub in the former parliament building in the western Georgian city of Kutaisi, repurposing the contemporary oval-shaped glass-and-steel and concrete structure that had remained largely unused after…
Niko Khurtsilava, who has been charged with assaulting stand-up comedian and anti-government protester Onise Okriashvili, has been released on GEL 5,000 (approximately USD 1,900) bail. Tbilisi City Court Judge Tamar Epitashvili issued…
Giorgi Akhobadze, a doctor and anti-government activist, has been sentenced to 25 days of administrative detention after Tbilisi City Court Judge Manuchar Tsatsua reportedly found him guilty of several administrative offenses stemming…
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) said that three Georgia-based crypto-related service platforms included in the EU’s latest sanctions package against Russia are not under its regulation. In a statement issued on…
Russia’s Zolotaya Korona money transfer system has stopped allowing transfers to Georgia following the European Union’s latest sanctions package against Moscow, Russian media have reported. Georgia no longer appears on the list…
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi-Moscow relations. Sokhumi Bartsits Voices Discontent…
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry has expressed “regret” over the EU’s decision to conditionally include the Kulevi oil refinery in its 21st Russia sanctions package, saying there were “no factual or legal grounds” for…