Hundreds protest in Yerevan against rising prices
Hundreds joined protests organised by the opposition Yelk Alliance against rising food and fuel prices, blaming the country’s new tax code.
Three injured in railway tunnel explosion in central Georgia
The men were working on the tunnel’s constructing but were not warned of a planned detonation.
Kadyrov blames family for ‘murder of Chechen singer Bakayev’
The Chechen head suggested Zelimkhan ‘Zelim’ Bakayev’s own family killed him because he was queer.
Georgian regulator slams Magti over planned mobile data price hike
MagtiCom has delayed the move after criticism from the Georgian National Communications Commission.
Arson attack against Russian rights group Memorial’s Ingushetia office
Two people in masks broke into the group’s office in Nazran and set it ablaze.
Georgian courts under fire after Bassiani triple stabbing suspect released on bail
NGOs and officials reacted angrily after a man who stabbed two bouncers and a police officer outside the Bassiani nightclub was granted bail.
Railway construction workers on strike in central Georgia
Workers are protesting ‘severe violations’ of the labour code, and an unsafe work environment.
President vetoes controversial bill on Georgian Public Broadcaster
President Margvelashvili vetoed the bill which would have allowed more advertising to be aired on the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB).
Azerbaijan under fire over sentencing of abducted journalist Mukhtarli
The EU, US, and OSCE urged Azerbaijan free to Mukhtarli while Georgia faced criticism for the prolonged investigation into his abduction in Tbilisi.