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“Arresting a person in Georgia over their views on a 34-year-old war is a legal absurdity” - opinion

September 12, 2026

Director of the Social Justice Center Tamta Mikeladze comments on the arrest of Georgian opposition leader Giorgi Baramidze

Georgia

One of Georgia’s opposition leaders, Giorgi Baramidze, detained on “treason and sabotage” charges

Georgia

September 12, 2026

His arrest stems from his claim that Georgian forces executed prisoners at the start of the Georgian-Abkhaz war

Armenia

Armenian citizenship to become harder and five times more expensive under Interior Ministry draft

Armenia

September 12, 2026

If parliament approves the draft, the fee for renouncing citizenship will also increase — by ten times. Here are the details of the draft and the reasons the government has given for making the procedure more difficult.

EPRC on the risks posed by Wildberries in Georgia

Georgia-Russia

EPRC: Wildberries expansion poses significant risks for Georgia

Georgia-Russia

September 11, 2026

The Economic Policy Research Center examines the threats Wildberries could pose to Georgian brands, banks and the country’s financial system as a whole.

Georgian Legion commander on former prosecutor general: 'He is following directives from Russian intelligence services'

Georgia

September 11, 2026

Former Georgian prosecutor general takes command of unit fighting for Russia and calls Georgian Legion members “criminals”

Mzia Amaglobeli: 'All it takes to avoid asking the regime for pardon is self-respect'

Mzia Amaglobeli

September 11, 2026

Imprisoned journalist responds to Georgian Parliament Speaker, who called her and other prisoners of conscience “prisoners of Brussels’ shamelessness”

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LIVE: Key morning headlines from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

September 11, 2026

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

Commission rejects case against Pashinyan

Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Commission did not open proceedings against Pashinyan

Nikol Pashinyan

September 10, 2026

Semyon Babayan, head of the human rights NGO Public Informant, asked the commission to examine “violations of the code of conduct” by Armenia’s prime minister.

How does Georgia’s parliament work? SJC analyses current legislative processes

Georgia

September 10, 2026

The Social Justice Center analyses the work of Georgia’s 11th Parliament from 25 November 2024 to 26 June 2026.

Georgian blogger says Interior Ministry wants to punish him for insulting Russian propagandists

Georgia-Russia

September 10, 2026

The Interior Ministry says the propagandists have nothing to do with the case and that the blogger is accused of insulting Georgia’s prime minister.

Russian Orthodox Church calls on pilgrims to 'boycott' New Athos Monastery in Abkhazia

Abkhazia-Russia

September 10, 2026

The Russian Orthodox Church considers the monastery’s abbot, Father Dorotheus, a schismatic.

Georgian 'delegation' delivers gifts to Russian unit fighting against Ukraine

War in Ukraine

September 10, 2026

The Georgian Orthodox Church strongly opposes using Archimandrite Gabriel Urgebadze’s name to justify or support the war.

From ‘crown prince’ to prisoner: Irakli Garibashvili’s break with Georgia’s ruling party

Irakli Gharibashvili

September 10, 2026

Georgia's two-time former prime minister is currently in prison, from where he is challenging the authorities he himself represented for many years.

Opposition says Georgian authorities are hiding demands from de facto South Ossetian authorities

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

September 09, 2026

The Gakharia for Georgia party claims the Tskhinvali side is demanding the removal of the Georgian police checkpoint near the village of Chorchana.

Former Georgian prosecutor general on serving in Arbat

Former Georgian prosecutor general says he served in Russia’s Arbat Battalion for nine months

War in Ukraine

September 09, 2026

In Georgia, Otar Partskhaladze has been charged in absentia with organising a murder and placed on an international wanted list

Georgian parliament speaker on EU policy

Georgian parliament speaker says Brussels policy towards country 'at dead end'

Georgia - EU

September 09, 2026

Shalva Papuashvili compared Brussels to "a soldier who does not know the war is over and continues to plan military operations".

Sanctions against IDS Ukraine: Georgian stake could become 'casualty' of nationalisation of Ukrainian company

Georgia-Ukraine

September 09, 2026

The Ukrainian authorities are seeking to take control of IDS Ukraine, 34.83% of which is owned by the family of the late Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili.

What Georgian, Russian and Tskhinvali sides discussed at 134th IPRM meeting

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

September 09, 2026

The 134th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was held in the village of Ergneti.

False claims that text of Armenia’s new Constitution has been published, and rebuttal

Armenia

September 08, 2026

Two members of the Njhar constitutional movement spread false information. The Justice Ministry denied it. Fact-checkers investigated the claim. Here are the details.