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TI-Georgia Lists 91 People as ‘Political Prisoners’ Under PACE Criteria
https://civil.ge/archives/745274
Published: July 21, 2026 12:53
Transparency International — Georgia, a local civil society organization, has published a list of 91 convicted people currently in detention whom it considers “political prisoners,” based on criteria set out in a resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of…
Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue, Traditional Protest Site, to Undergo Rehabilitation, Close to Traffic for Months
https://civil.ge/archives/745219
Published: July 21, 2026 09:38
Rustaveli Avenue, Tbilisi’s central thoroughfare and the main site of protests in Georgia, will undergo full rehabilitation beginning on July 23, with traffic closed for the duration of the works, which are expected to be completed by the end of November,…
Georgian Man Arrested After Hitting Tourist Woman in Telavi Hotel Released on Bail
https://civil.ge/archives/745116
Published: July 21, 2026 08:10
Giorgi Chighladze, a Georgian man arrested on July 19 after hitting a Russian-speaking tourist woman in her hotel room in Telavi, has been released from the courtroom on GEL 5,000 bail (approximately USD 1,900). Telavi District Court judge Tamar Kapanadze…
Georgian Opposition Braces for New Jail Verdicts Amid Search for Broader Strategy
https://civil.ge/archives/744437
Published: July 20, 2026 14:56
Worries are mounting that more Georgian opposition leaders may be sent – or rather returned – to prison for years amid intensifying court hearings in the so-called “sabotage” case, launched in November as prosecutors accuse eight political figures of…
Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 5.8% in January-June 2026
https://civil.ge/archives/745091
Published: July 20, 2026 08:23
Georgia’s external merchandise trade, excluding non-declared trade, reached USD 12.925 billion in January-June 2026, up 5.8% year-on-year, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat) on July 20. Kyrgyzstan…
Man Arrested After Hitting Woman — Foreign National — in Kakheti Hotel Wedding Incident
https://civil.ge/archives/745025
Published: July 19, 2026 15:15
A Georgian man, Giorgi Chighladze, was arrested and faces up to three years in prison after hitting a foreign national, a Russian-speaking woman, in her hotel room during a parallel wedding event in the Eastern Georgian region of Kakheti. The woman’s…
Georgian Woman’s Childhood Rape Allegations Spark Calls for Accountability, Prompt Investigation
https://civil.ge/archives/744923
Published: July 18, 2026 10:56
The account of Nata Vibliani, a woman in her forties who said that she was repeatedly raped as a child in her community in Georgia’s northwestern Svaneti region, has prompted widespread calls for accountability more than 30 years after the alleged abuse…
Trump ‘Looking Forward to Strengthening Cooperation’ in Response to Kobakhidze’s Independence Day Message
https://civil.ge/archives/744975
Published: July 17, 2026 20:02
The Georgian government administration has released a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, apparently written in response to Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s congratulatory message on the 250th anniversary of U.S. Independence, in…
Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – July 10-16, 2026
https://civil.ge/archives/744883
Published: July 17, 2026 12:33
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 De Facto Education Ministry Criticizes Presentation of…
Botchorishvili Addresses Rubio-Hosted Ministerial on ‘Far-Left Political Terrorism’
https://civil.ge/archives/744863
Published: July 17, 2026 08:48
Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili on July 16 addressed a ministerial in Washington, D.C., hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on the “Resurgence of Political Terrorism,” an event focused on what the U.S. State Department…
Two Georgian Citizens Arrested in Bosnia and Herzegovina for Alleged Migrant Smuggling, RFE/RL Reports
https://civil.ge/archives/744864
Published: July 17, 2026 08:44
Two Georgian citizens were arrested by Bosnia and Herzegovina’s border police after they were found allegedly smuggling five foreign nationals near the Kamensko border crossing with Croatia in the west of the country on July 15, RFE/RL’s Balkan Service…
Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedov Visits Georgia
https://civil.ge/archives/744776
Published: July 16, 2026 13:03
Turkmenistan’s President Serdar Berdimuhamedow is paying the first state-level visit to Georgia on July 16-17. The visit comes amid Tbilisi’s intensified engagement with Central Asian countries. Georgian Dream government members, led by Prime Minister…
British Citizen Detained in Georgia Over Restricted Painkillers Reaches Plea Deal, Pays Fine, Set to Be Expelled
https://civil.ge/archives/744787
Published: July 16, 2026 10:11
Matthew Roy Desmond, a British citizen and war veteran who had been detained in Georgia for nearly three months over painkillers classified under Georgian law as illegal drugs and psychotropic substances, reached a plea deal under which he paid a GEL…
Botchorishvili to Attend Rubio’s Ministerial on ‘Far-Left Political Terrorism’
https://civil.ge/archives/744768
Published: July 16, 2026 07:46
Georgian Dream Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili will participate on July 16 in the ministerial on the “Resurgence of Political Terrorism” in Washington, D.C., at the invitation of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the Foreign Ministry announced late…
Money Transfers to Georgia Rise 10.4% in June as EU, U.S. Remain Top Sources
https://civil.ge/archives/744705
Published: July 15, 2026 13:19
Money transfers to Georgia from abroad amounted to USD 348.26 million in June 2026, up 10.4% (USD 32.8 million) year-on-year, according to the latest data published by the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). The European Union and the United States remained…
Opposition Politician Zurab Japaridze Reports ‘Bruises, Concussion’ After Scooter Accident
https://civil.ge/archives/744680
Published: July 15, 2026 12:30
Zurab Girchi Japaridze, leader of the Girchi-More Freedom party and the opposition Coalition for Change, has been hospitalized after a July 15 road accident, with the politician saying he was hit by a car while riding a motor scooter and suffered a…
Batumi Concerts of Russian Pop Duo t.A.T.u., Ukrainian-Russian Singer Ani Lorak Canceled
https://civil.ge/archives/744639
Published: July 15, 2026 10:06
Concerts of the Russian pop duo t.A.T.u. and Ukrainian-Russian singer Ani Lorak, scheduled to take place in Georgia’s Black Sea city of Batumi on August 1 and August 14, respectively, have been canceled, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported. TASS said…