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Mikheil Kavelashvili. Photo: official Facebook page

Georgia

Georgian President Kavelashvili offers pardons to jailed opposition if they take part in elections

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•3 min read

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has said he was ready to pardon opposition leaders who were arrested in recent weeks, if they express a desire to participate in the October 2025 municipal elections. Kavelashvili made this statement against the backdrop of a declared boycott of the elections by numerous opposition parties. According to him, ‘It is important that all political parties registered in accordance with Georgian legislation and expressing a desire to participate in the electio

Lelo members announcing participation in the elections. Photo: TV Pirveli.

Georgia

Georgian opposition party Lelo announces plans to run in local elections

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•3 min read

Several opposition parties are boycotting the 2025 local elections.

The chair of the Government of Adjara, Tornike Rizhvadze. Photo: iRegions.

Georgia

Former Adjara Government Head hospitalised after ‘suicide attempt’

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•4 min read

Tornike Rizhvadze resigned from his post in April.

Georgia

US Ambassador says Georgian Dream sent ‘threatening’ and ‘insulting’ letter to Trump

by OC Media

•3 min read

US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan said the private letter was received ‘extremely poorly’ in Washington.

Georgia

Head of Georgia’s Silk Road Group detained at Tbilisi Airport

by OC Media

•3 min read

Giorgi Ramishvili was detained after officers seized a firearm, magazine, and cartridges while scanning his luggage.

Kisturi Draft being poured into a glass. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media.

Pankisi Valley

Inside the Pankisi brewery making traditional Chechen fruit-based non-alcoholic beer

by Tamuna Chkareuli

•6 min read

Kisturi Draft reimagines a time-honoured tradition in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley — non-alcoholic rosehip and hawthorn berry ‘beer’.

Left: Screengrab from the video of the attack on Vano Tarkhnishvili. Right: Tarkhnishvili after the attack.

Georgia

Singer beaten in Tbilisi ‘over anti-Georgian Dream song’

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•2 min read

Georgian actor and singer Vano Tarkhnishvili has been attacked and beaten in Tbilisi. Both he and pro-government social media accounts linked the attack to a song he performed months prior, in which he insulted the ruling Georgian Dream party. Tarkhnishvili posted a photo on Sunday evening showing significant swelling on his face. Later, he told TV Pirveli that he was walking near his home when an unknown person approached him, first introducing himself as a fan, and then attacking him. ‘He sa