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Trump Tower to Be Built in Tbilisi

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Published: April 19, 2026 09:21

Trump Organization, a real-estate conglomerate founded by U.S. President Donald Trump and managed by his family, plans to build Trump Tower in Tbilisi with local partners, the group announced in its press release. The news comes as the Georgian Dream…

Ivanishvili’s Son Laments ‘Violence’, ‘Polarization’, Calls for ‘Discussion, Debate’

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Published: April 18, 2026 13:44

Responding to a question about abuses against protesters and a “sense of impunity” during the ruling party’s youth event, Tsotne Ivanishvili, the youngest son of Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, lamented “violence” and “polarization” and called…

Protesters, Journalists Report Frozen Accounts Over Unnotified ‘Road Blockage’ Fines

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Published: April 18, 2026 10:36

A number of demonstrators and journalists, including Civil.ge’s chief editor, have reported having their bank accounts frozen by Georgia’s Enforcement Bureau over unnotified police fines related to alleged “road blockages” during Tbilisi rallies last year.…

Kobakhidze Attends Antalya Diplomacy Forum

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Published: April 17, 2026 15:01

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, together with GD Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili and Government Administration Head Levan Zhorzholiani, is participating in the 2026 Antalya Diplomacy Forum in Turkey. Antalya Diplomacy Forum, hosted by…

State Security Service Says Its Chief Mdinaradze Visited Czech Republic on ‘Working Visit’

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Published: April 17, 2026 12:11

The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) said on April 17 that its chief, Mamuka Mdinaradze, along with two deputies and the head of the intelligence service, was on a “working visit” to the Czech Republic. “Meetings were held with the heads of the…

Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – April 10-16, 2026

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Published: April 17, 2026 12:03

Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. Sokhumi Committee Votes Against Lifting Immunity of MP Kan…

Weimar Triangle Delegation Visits Tbilisi

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Published: April 17, 2026 10:12

A delegation from the ministries of foreign affairs of the Weimar Triangle countries – France, Germany, and Poland – visited Tbilisi on April 16 and met with the ruling Georgian Dream party officials, as well as with opposition politicians and civil…

Zakharova Says EU Membership Would Add Georgia to Russia’s List of ‘Unfriendly’ Countries

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Published: April 17, 2026 08:31

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that if Georgia were to join the European Union, Russia “would have” to include it on the list of countries with “unfriendly regimes” and extend to it “retaliatory economic measures.” She made the…

Imedi Accuses Human Rights Advocate Igor Blaževič of Links with ‘Revolutionary Scenario’ in Georgia

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Published: April 16, 2026 18:46

Imedi TV, Georgia’s major pro-government channel, has claimed that Igor Blaževič, human rights advocate and senior advisor at the Prague Civil Society Centre, is linked to a “revolutionary scenario” for the Georgian opposition and has conducted “more than…

Georgia Adds Exemptions to Newly-Tightened Labor Migration Law

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Published: April 16, 2026 13:26

Georgia’s disputed parliament expanded exemptions to the newly-tightened labor migration law for a wider range of foreign professionals and introduced a new framework for short-term work requiring no work or residence permit. The amendments to the law were…

Disputed Parliament Approves New ComCom Member with Imedi Background

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Published: April 16, 2026 12:35

Ani Vazagashvili, who has headed the legal department of the pro-government and UK-sanctioned Imedi TV, was approved on April 15 by Georgia’s disputed parliament as a new member of the Communications Commission (ComCom), the state media regulator, with 80…

BasisBank Buys Georgia’s Third-Largest Liberty Bank, Co-Owned by GD-Close Irakli Rukhadze

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Published: April 16, 2026 10:19

BasisBank, owned by a Chinese Hualing Group, acquired Liberty Bank, Georgia’s third-largest bank, which has been co-owned by the ruling party-close businessman Irakli Rukhadze, the former owner of pro-government Imedi channel, which he sold shortly before…

Georgia Closing Airspace Over Abastumani ‘Ivanishvili Whim’, Sources Tell RFE/RL

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Published: April 16, 2026 09:55

On April 16, Georgia is to close airspace over the area of Abastumani, a health resort in the country’s south, with officials citing the need to ensure clear skies above the local astrophysical observatory. However, sources told Radio Free Europe/Radio…

Money Transfers to Georgia Up 9.8% in March, EU and US Lead

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Published: April 16, 2026 09:00

Money transfers to Georgia from abroad reached USD 320.60 million in March, marking a 9.8% increase compared to the same month last year, according to data from the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). Once again, the largest share of these inflows came from…

Disputed Parliament Adopts New Exemptions to Controversial Grants Law

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Published: April 15, 2026 14:12

Georgia’s disputed parliament adopted new exemptions to the controversial Law on Grants, stipulating that diplomatic and international organization missions, as well as the Georgian Red Cross Society and financial and credit institutions, are not required…

Botchorishvili Says Authorities Reviewed 165 Applications Under Grants Law

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Published: April 15, 2026 13:51

Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said the officials reviewed 165 grant applications over the past year and gave a “positive recommendation” for issuing grants in more than 95% of cases, referring to the controversial procedure under…

Dispatch – April 15: Last Supra

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Published: April 15, 2026 13:45

The ajika they offer in Imereti is not nearly as spicy as the one served further west. That’s probably because enough tears have already been shed on those rare occasions when it is prepared here. The occasion is the kelekhi, a Georgian funeral dinner. The…

Belarusian Photographer Detained at Minsk Airport Upon Arrival From Georgia

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Published: April 15, 2026 09:46

Belarusian photographer Alexander Shishko has been detained at Minsk National Airport upon arrival from Georgia, several sources reported. According to Dissidentby, a non-profit initiative supporting political prisoners in Belarus, Shishko, 32, who had…

Michael O’Flaherty, CoE Commissioner for Human Rights, Visits Georgia

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Published: April 14, 2026 09:59

Michael O’Flaherty, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, is visiting Georgia “to engage with government, authorities, and civil society on a range of important human rights concerns,” as he wrote on social media on April 13. The visit comes…

Péter Magyar Pledges to Continue ‘Good Relations’ with Georgia

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Published: April 14, 2026 08:34

Hungarian Prime Minister-in-waiting Péter Magyar pledged to continue what he called “good relations” with Georgia in his first comment on the country after voters chose him to replace Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of Georgian Dream, in the…

Hungarian Opposition Win Inspires Georgia’s Resistance as Ruling Party Loses Ally

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Published: April 13, 2026 10:45

The landslide opposition victory in Hungary in the April 12 parliamentary vote has reverberated in Georgia, offering renewed hope to those resisting the increasingly anti-democratic rule of the Georgian Dream party, which has lost its most influential ally…

Patriarchal Locum Tenens Speaks of Late Ilia II in First Epistle After His Death

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Published: April 12, 2026 08:20

Patriarchal Locum Tenens Shio (Mujiri) of the Georgian Orthodox Church spoke about the late Patriarch Ilia II and addressed unity in the first Easter epistle after Ilia II’s death, delivered late on April 11, on the eve of Orthodox Easter, at Sioni…