‘Leaked evidence’ links Pankisi’s Temirlan Machalikashvili to terror groups
Rights group EMC accused the authorities of conducting an ‘information war’, as details leak despite no official updates.
Russia and South Ossetia slam Otkhozoria–Tatunashvili list
South Ossetia called the list ‘cynical’ and ‘irresponsible’; Russia said it would ‘deteriorate Georgia’s relations’ with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Ex–Armenian president’s relatives under investigation for tax fraud
Serzh Sargsyan’s brother Levon Sargsyan and his children are under criminal investigation by the State Revenue Committee.
Georgia sentences Saakashvili to 6 years in prison in absentia
Saakashvili was found guilty of ordering the attack on businessman and opposition lawmaker Gelashvili in 2005.
Yerevan Mayor ‘has resigned’ over corruption allegations
Mayor Taron Margaryan may be the latest high-profile casualty of Armenia’s anti-corruption campaign.
Georgia releases Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili sanctions list
The killer of Giga Otkhozoria and those accused of the torturing and killing of Archil Tatunashvili were on the list.
Supreme court upholds prison sentence for Azerbaijani blogger
Mehman Huseynov was sentenced to two years in prison for accusing the police of torturing him.
Georgia to disband ministries of culture, IDPs, and corrections
Speculation over the future of embattled Justice Minister Tea Tsulukiani in a reduced cabinet intensified after she missed the first cabinet meeting.
MPs grill investigators over Khorava Street murders
A parliamentary commission is probing allegations the investigation into the murders was mishandled.
Georgian Church slams ‘drug legalisation’
The Church said it is considering denying religious rituals to Orthodox Christians who die of an overdose.