High-level officials arrested in Adjara for embezzling money intended for the homeless
An ex–Batumi mayor and several deputy ministers are suspected of embezzling $460,000 intended to be spent on apartments for homeless people.
Interior Ministry says holding Tbilisi Pride is ‘impossible’ in planned locations
The organisers of Georgia’s first ever queer pride vowed not change their plans.
Anaklia port warns of ‘suspension’ after government briefly greenlights Poti port
Georgia’s Economy Minister said she didn’t know about the permit and fired the official who issued it.
Georgian Dream official accused of sexual harassment by student
A 19-year-old student at Batumi’s Shota Rustaveli State University accused her lecturer, a member of the City Council, of asking for ‘daring selfies’
Brown water flows from taps in Kabardino-Balkaria villages
Residents of the villages of Baksan District complain of chronic water supply problems.
Student protest in Daghestan approaches third week
Students from the Daghestan State Pedagogical University are protesting against acting rector Aslan Radzhabov.
Abkhazian president bows to opposition over election date
Following opposition protests, President Raul Khadzhimba urged parliament to approve a constitutional amendment to postpone the presidential election.
Ivanishvili ‘most negatively viewed’ politician in Georgia
A new poll by NDI suggested disappointment in the government, the majority of the country’s institutions, and its politicians.
Pashinyan instigates protests outside Armenian courts calling for transitional justice
Pashinyan later called for an end to the blockade of the courts, which he called for after former president Robert Kocharyan was released on bail.
Tbilisi by-election goes to second round while Georgian Dream sweeps local elections
Despite a hotly contested race in Zugdidi, the UNM’s Sandra Roelofs lost to Georgian Dream’s Gega Shengelia.