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Georgia reduces quarantine to 8 days
Quarantine has been imposed over self-isolation for the vast majority of Georgians returning to the country.
Saakashvili named candidate for PM
Saakashvili faces arrest if he returns to Georgia following his conviction in absentia for abuse of office.
Pashinyan’s wife brandishes Kalashnikov in ‘Women for Peace’ event photos
The photos of Anna Hakobyan were taken during a week-long military training in Nagorno-Karabakh.
At least one dead in explosion near Tbilisi Concert Hall
The explosion took place near the Tbilisi Concert Hall in centre of the Georgian capital.
South Ossetian authorities turn on opposition as political deadlock continues
The Chief Prosecutor has mounted an offensive against the opposition after they threatened to paralyse parliament.
‘Foreign special service’ hacks Lugar Lab and Georgian Health Ministry
The ‘important information’ that was retrieved following the database hack was posted online, Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.
‘Insignificant’ criminal case that led pensioner to take own life dropped
Nikolai Zakharchenko, an 85-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, took his own life after a criminal case was brought against him over a wild cannabis bush on his property.
Ramzan Kadyrov appoints daughter as Deputy Minister of Culture
Twenty-one-year-old Aishat Kadyrova previously headed the Firdaws fashion house.
Azerbaijani opposition leader Tofig Yagublu on hunger strike
The Musavat party leader is protesting the ‘fabricated’ case against him, his lawyer said.
Crisis deepens in South Ossetia as MPs threaten to shut down parliament
Protests have continued in Tskhinvali over the death in police custody of local resident Inal Dzhabiyev.