Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit South Ossetia
South Ossetian president Anatoly Bibilov said the timing of the visit was uncertain due to Assad's 'busy schedule’.
Constitutional court outlaws all punishment for cannabis consumption in Georgia
The court’s Monday ruling, effective immediately, means people will no longer face even administrative punishments, such as fines, for cannabis use.
Protests in Kabardino-Balkaria over retirement age rise
More than 500 people gathered in Nalchik on Saturday with protests also in the republic’s second city, Prokhladny, and cities throughout Russia.
Russian Government orders North Caucasus to pay gas debts
The government said that North Caucasian officials had been ‘ineffective’ in ensuring energy debts were paid.
Armenian ex-president Robert Kocharyan charged over 2008 crackdown
Kocharyan appeared in court on Friday morning charged with 'breaching the Constitutional order'.
Kabardino-Balkaria Supreme Court denies compensation for Chernobyl ‘liquidators’
The court said the group of emergency workers from the nuclear accident filled their application too long after a 2017 ECHR ruling in their favour.
Riot police deployed to Svaneti in ‘illegal logging’ crackdown
Local residents claim the authorities are trying to thwart their resistance to hydropower plant construction in the area.
Protests over forced resettlement in Makhachkala
Some have accused the authorities of using a federal resettlement programme as a ‘land grab’ to acquire valuable land in the city centre.
Ivanishvili: two banks have ‘eaten up’ Georgia
In an interview with the GPB, the Georgian Dream leader discussed falling out with the former PM, the Khorava Street murders, and the next president.
Georgian street children are ‘used as shields’ in crimes
According to a study by UNICEF, there are places in Georgia known for criminal activities that involve children, but untouched by authorities.