Tbilisi news

Pro-government Georgian media again claim opposition is working on 'revolutionary scenarios'

Debate reignites over the role of “foreign actors” and the responsibility of local media

Georgian businessman Irakli Rukhadze sells Liberty Bank after Imedi TV

What role could Western sanctions play?

Airspace over Abastumani closed: observatory needs or Ivanishvili’s whim?

Aircraft will now have to bypass Abastumani in Georgia

Rights groups on Afghan Sadygov case: 'Georgia violated ECHR ruling'

Social Justice Centre statement on the deportation of an Azerbaijani journalist from Georgia

Mikheil Saakashvili: Orban was Putin’s main envoy to Ivanishvili

Saakashvili: “Orban helped Georgian Dream ‘manage’ relations with the US and received money in return”

Plastic bottles to be banned in food service under new law in Georgia

The ban will apply to cafés, restaurants and bakeries, and will come into force on 1 July 2026

Rabies quarantine introduced in two regions of Georgia

How reliable are the reported cases, and what should you do if you are bitten?

Orbán’s defeat and Georgia: what Georgian Dream stands to lose in Hungary

In Georgia, the elections in Hungary were followed with particular attention

More complaints against Georgia filed with European Court of Human Rights

Prosecutors reject plea deal for Georgia’s former defence minister

Former minister Juansher Burchuladze and his associates are accused of embezzling state funds.

Tbilisi to seize homes from five families for Heydar Aliyev cultural centre project

The area where the cultural centre is planned has been granted “public necessity” status.

'Myth Detector': How pro-government forces used Georgian Patriarch’s name to discredit opponents

According to the study, after the death of Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II, a campaign emerged in the country’s information space dividing society into two camps

Georgia expels Azerbaijani opposition journalist: timeline and questions over Afgan Sadygov’s case

Officially, his expulsion was linked to insulting a police officer on social media, but the speed of the process and the broader context cast doubt on this explanation

OSCE rapporteur: 'Georgia’s response to part of the Moscow Mechanism report is particularly hostile'

The OSCE Moscow Mechanism report on Georgia, published in March 2026, points to a deterioration in the human rights situation

Switzerland suspends visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic and service passports

The restriction does not apply to ordinary citizens

US scraps 10-year visas for Georgian citizens, introduces bonds of up to $15,000

The US State Department has added Georgia to a list of 50 countries covered by a “visa bond pilot programme”

Former pro-Russian Moldovan president Igor Dodon arrives in Georgia

According to Dodon, the trip is a working visit as part of the Moldova–Georgia parliamentary friendship group

'Patriots for Europe in Congress' group formed in Strasbourg, joined by Georgia’s ruling party

In statements by the new group, the idea of sovereignty takes centre stage