4+ hour, 1+ min ago  (384+ words) TBILISI, April 7 " Georgia may soon introduce a new visa category aimed at attracting wealthy foreign visitors, under a fast-tracked bill now moving through parliament. The proposed new permit, called the C5 ordinary visa, would be a multiple-entry short-term visa valid for…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (204+ words) TBILISI, March 26 " A U.S. State Department envoy met with the Georgian opposition on Thursday, on a trip that also includes contacts with the government, the private sector and civil society groups. Before the meeting, Gegelia told reporters he planned to focus…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (248+ words) TBILISI, March 10 " Georgian political analyst Gia Khukhashvili was summoned for questioning by the State Security Service (SSS) on Tuesday after making public comments about security risks connected to the crisis in the Middle East. SSS told Interpressnews that Khukhashvili had…...

4+ week, 3+ hour ago  (286+ words) TBILISI, March 10 " A new report about alleged Iranian influence in Georgia has triggered a political storm, with Georgia's domestic intelligence service questioning politicians, a former defense minister, a retired general and a researcher after a series of public statements about…...

4+ week, 5+ hour ago  (230+ words) TBILISI, March 9 " A delegation of parliamentarians from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is in Georgia this week for meetings with government officials, opposition figures and civil society groups. The visit offers an opportunity for the country's…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (279+ words) TBILISI, March 8 " Georgia's Public Defender marked International Women's Day on Sunday with a fresh warning that women in the country still face serious threats, from deadly violence at home to unequal treatment in working life. In a statement issued for…...

1+ mon, 15+ hour ago  (190+ words) TBILISI, March 6 " Two Georgian Dream officials highlighted positive outcomes from a visit to the U.S. capital, declaring restoration of good relations with Washington, while relations are on hold with the European Union. Mariam Lashkhi, chair of a parliamentary committee for education,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (189+ words) TBILISI, January 30 " Twenty-four member states of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe have activated the so-called "Moscow Mechanism" to examine the human rights situation in Georgia, triggering one of the OSCE"s most serious monitoring procedures. The decision…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (381+ words) TBILISI, January 21 " Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with 15 representatives of major supermarket chains on Wednesday, putting rising grocery prices at the center of a growing government crackdown on retail markups. Speaking after the meeting, Kobakhidze said everyday food items…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (140+ words) TBILISI, January 18 " Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, said she met in Paris with the president of the European Broadcasting Union to discuss what she described as a severe crisis at Georgia's public broadcaster. Zourabichvili said the meeting with EBU President…...