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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

September 08, 2026

The latest developments as reported by local media, commentary, trending photos and videos

Protests in Georgia

“Georgia against Ivanishvili!” - 38th Saturday march in Tbilisi | Video podcast “Protests in Georgia”

Protests in Georgia

September 06, 2026

Protesters blamed the founder of Georgian Dream for the decline of democracy in the country and the suspension of the EU integration process

Georgia

Drug for Duchenne muscular dystrophy to become available in Georgia early next week

Georgia

September 04, 2026

Duchenne muscular dystrophy drug to arrive in Georgia next week, health ministry says. Parents of children with the condition had campaigned for the medicine for years.

Abkhazia

Abkhazia to review how effectively agricultural grants are being spent

Abkhazia

September 04, 2026

Numerous complaints from farmers on social media likely prompted the president to review how grants are being used

Elizbarashvili charged with making threats

Georgian businessman Elizbarashvili charged over alleged threats

Georgia

September 04, 2026

The offence carries a prison sentence of up to one year.

Ex-Georgian PM questioned in prison over his statements on a human rights defender who died by suicide

Georgia

September 03, 2026

Earlier, Irakli Gharibashvili called on the authorities to answer questions about the circumstances surrounding Lazare Jorbenadze’s death. During questioning, he provided no new information

Georgian politicians questioned after ex-prime minister’s claims about Lazare Jorbenadze’s death

Georgia

September 03, 2026

Former PM Irakli Garibashvili calls for investigation into the true circumstances of human rights defender’s death

Social assistance is shrinking in Azerbaijan: Is poverty falling, or are low-income people losing support?

Azerbaijan

September 03, 2026

According to the State Statistics Committee, the number of families receiving assistance fell by 1,400 from a year earlier, while the number of recipients fell by 4,000

Beslan school siege 22 years on: Where does investigation stand and what did victims achieve?

North Caucasus

September 03, 2026

On 1 September 2004, militants seized School No 1 in Beslan, North Ossetia, taking pupils and teachers hostage.

Activist Elizbarashvili on hunger strike

Georgian businessman, animal rights activist Tamaz Elizbarashvili begins prison hunger strike

Georgia

September 02, 2026

Lawyer says police detained Elizbarashvili as he tried to take his own life.

Former head of Armenia’s State Revenue Committee arrested after appearing in court on stretcher

Armenia

September 02, 2026

Gagik Khachatryan, 71, was brought to court on a stretcher, with his lawyers saying the authorities’ actions amounted to torture. Full details of the case and comments.

Georgia's central bank explains how new transfer restrictions for people over 60 will work

Georgia

September 01, 2026

The restrictions will not apply to regular payments and transactions.

'In Kramatorsk, we look to the sky': Life in Ukrainian city under Russian air strikes

War in Ukraine

September 01, 2026

Kramatorsk, Ukraine war. Russian FPV drones can chase people, while their operators choose when to strike

1,795 applicants in Georgia to get second chance to enrol

Georgia

August 31, 2026

The opportunity will be available to students who passed the minimum threshold in the Unified National Examinations.

Saturday March in Tbilisi: growing emigration. “Protests in Georgia” video podcast

Protests in Georgia

August 29, 2026

The 37th march is part of the pro-European protests that have continued for almost two years. More than 114,000 Georgian citizens left the country in 2025 alone

Abkhaz blogger who spoke of ‘shared future’: Who was late Daur Buava?

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

August 28, 2026

The 32-year-old blogger, who faced a "high treason" case in his native Abkhazia, was found dead in a rented flat in Tbilisi.

Lawyers call prison ban on Lasha Bugadze's novel The Observer act of censorship

Georgia

August 26, 2026

The Rustavi prison administration refused to allow Lasha Bugadze's novel The Observer to be delivered to Nana Sander, who was convicted for taking part in a protest.