Georgia
Former Georgian official detained over 2023 bridge collapse
The bridge along the Samtredia–Grigoleti highway collapsed following flooding along the River Rioni — no injuries were reported.
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Daghestan
Two Russian National Guard officers killed in truck accident in Daghestan
Eight others sustained injuries of varying severity as a result of the accident.
Daghestan
Military vehicle runs over civilian car in Makhachkala, killing one
Daghestan’s Interior Ministry has yet to open a criminal case into the incident.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani police ‘lock down’ city amidst reports of mass arrests and beatings
Police have reportedly arrested over 100 people after a protest erupted after a car accident killed three children and injured another.
Azerbaijan
Protests erupt in Azerbaijani village after police car fatally hits 2 children
A police car has hit four schoolchildren in Yalavaj, killing two.
Abkhazia
Abkhazians block prime minister’s convoy to demand road repairs
Residents of a village in Abkhazia have blocked the Prime Minister’s convoy in protest against a long-running lack of repairs to the village’s main road. On Monday, residents of the coastal village of Shitskuara blocked Alexander Ankvab’s car as it travelled along the nearby highway between Gudauta and the capital Sukhumi (Sukhum). Having blocked his vehicle residents listed their complaints and demands regarding unfulfilled promises to repair the costal road leading to Shitskuara. Whi
Feature Stories
Practical or destructive: controversy surrounds new mountain road in Georgia
The Georgian government has an ambitious plan to construct a road connecting the mountainous regions of northeast Georgia, from Khevsureti to Tusheti. It’s stated goal — to develop tourism and help locals travel between difficult-to-reach areas. But many, both locals and others, are against the project. They say it will wreck the environment, damaging the region’s unique natural appeal, and taking with it their hopes of developing ecotourism. A group of activists, locals and ordinary
