Georgia
Former Adjara Government Head hospitalised after ‘suicide attempt’
Tornike Rizhvadze resigned from his post in April.
Adjara
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Review | The Embroidered Kheberi: Adjarian Women’s Heritage — Between Myth and Contemporary
Irma Sharikadze’s exhibition, consisting of cloth, film, and sculpture, showcases the rich but endangered Adjarian tradition of embroidery.
Georgia
Georgia promotes sanctioned police official
Grigol Beselia is involved in the case against Mzia Amaghlobeli.
Georgia
Tornike Rizhvadze resigns as head of the Autonomous Government of Adjara
He informed the public about his decision to resign in a Facebook post.
Adjara
Georgian government strips independence from Adjara public broadcaster
The Georgian parliament has passed legal amendments removing the last vestiges of independence from Adjara’s public broadcaster, subsuming it to the national public broadcaster. On Friday, MPs from the ruling party adopted amendments to Georgia’s Law on Broadcasting eliminating the Adjara public broadcaster’s advisory board. Adjara TV, based in the autonomous republic of Adjara in Western Georgia, was once hailed as a bastion of unbiased journalism in the country. The changes effectively
Adjara
Adjara officials ‘met Kadyrov-linked businessman’ in Batumi
The head of the west Georgian region of Adjara and the Mayor of Batumi have reportedly met with a Chechen businessperson with close ties to Ramzan Kadyrov. TV Formula reported that the chair of the government of Adjara, Tornike Rizhvadze and Batumi Mayor Archil Chikovani hosted Aslanbek Akhetkhanov at a private party at the Radisson Hotel in Batumi on 29 May. Sources told Formula that the lounge at which the party took place was closed off all night and that hotel personnel working in the lo
2021 Georgian Local Elections
Georgian Dream edges closer to taking back the Batumi legislature
Georgian Dream have won a byelection for the Batumi City Council. While the council is now formally hung, a ‘neutral’ candidate is suspected to be a ruling party ally. Georgian Dream’s candidate Ramaz Jincharadze won a convincing victory in Saturday’s vote for a majoritarian council seat in Batumi, Georgia’s second-largest city and the capital of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara. The result will upset plans by opposition groups the United National Movement (UNM) and Lelo to deny the ruling
