Georgia's leading English language newspaper, published weekly. In the scope of the European Youth Olympic Festival (EYOF) Bakuriani 2025, the ice hockey competition will take place in Tbilisi, hosting tournaments in both girls’ and boys’ categories.

1 天前 · At the ongoing protest near the entrance to Tbilisi, there were physical clashes and scuffles between the police and demonstrators. Law enforcement officers detained several protesters on the spot. Additionally, due to the scuffles, some protesters felt unwell. The demonstrators attempted to block ...

1 天前 · At the protest on the highway at the outskirts of Tbilisi, opposition politician Gigi Ugulava and one of the leaders of the “Coalition for Change,” Nika Melia, were reportedly detained. The police removed them from the area. The press service of …

4 天之前 · Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, in an interview with Imedi TV on Wednesday, strongly criticized the ongoing opposition boycott of Parliament, calling the “radical opposition” irrelevant to Georgia’s political future. According to Kobakhidze, the opposition’s presence, whether ...

5 天之前 · Experts on Human Rights appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged Georgian authorities to “investigate allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, torture and ill-treatment, and arbitrary detention of peaceful demonstrators and media workers” during protests in November and December 2024 and to “take concrete measures to prevent further violence.”

2025年1月16日 · Recent days have seen an escalation of violence and political repression in Georgia, with opposition leaders, journalists, and protesters becoming targets of physical attacks and arbitrary detentions. The brutal assault on opposition politician Giorgi Gakharia, former Prime Minister and leader of ...

6 天之前 · When I look at Georgia, I’m very pessimistic…our line should be that if we don’t do something, it will cost us. We are about to lose a partner – Petras Auštrevičius tells Radio Free Europe’s Georgian Service.We sat down with him to speak about the root of that pessimism, drawing on the Belarus example, the standoff between Brussels and Tbilisi, and asking just how much EU support ...

2024年12月5日 · Tensions in Georgia have reached a boiling point as protests continue to grip the nation for a seventh consecutive night, sparked by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s recent announcement that Georgia would suspend its EU accession negotiations until at least 2028.

2024年12月1日 · Yesterday afternoon, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze reassured the public that Georgia would “stubbornly continue on its European Union integration path despite artificial obstacles,” in response to mounting protests over the government’s decision to suspend EU accession talks until 2028.

2024年12月8日 · While Tbilisi City Hall’s 2024 Christmas message around the Freedom Square tree of lights may be “City Full of Victories,” the presence of eight coaches full of riot police, and a water cannon on standby to once again disperse peaceful protesters, suggests otherwise.