A soldier was found with fatal gunshot wounds, and a murder investigation has been launched.

The former head of the programme said the study of Georgia will continue at Harvard through a new project.

The media and civil society raise concerns about conflict of interest

Bank of Georgia has received 33 awards across a range of categories, earning recognition both in Georgia and across the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) region.

Aleksei Navalny’s foundation was designated extremist by the Russian government.

The government programme has yet to be approved by parliament.

‘People must be able to visit their relatives’, says South Ossetia’s acting President Marat Kambolov.

The plan has to be approved by parliament within three months.

The family said their daughter did not die by suicide.

The number of injured soldiers has not been made public.

Human rights activists regularly report that men in Chechnya prevent their former wives from seeing their children after divorce.

Despite the overall decrease, attempted murders and sexual offences have ticked up.

Gharibashvili says he ended his silence after receiving a letter from Mamuka Mdinaradze in July.

The imprisoned former prime minister says the letter offered him a deal to admit to corruption charges in exchange for a 5-year sentence.

Defence Ministry finds that the army death statistics are being distorted

The attacks on police in 2023 led to the deaths of at least three officers and resulted in a deadly year-long manhunt for the perpetrators.

The journalist who broke the news removed her post a few hours later.

The visit is one of many high-ranking interactions between Yerevan and Kyiv this year.

The new legislation is intended to help solve a legal contradiction and bring Armenian standards into line with the European Social Charter.

Regional * Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has reported that a Georgian citizen detained in December last year near South Ossetia has been released and is now in territory controlled by the central government. While the SSG did not name the citizen, South Ossetia’s Security Committee identified him as 46-year-old Giorgi Kharaishvili, a resident of the village Kldistskharo. Kharaishvili was released after serving his sentence, the committee said. * On 14 August, EU spokesperson Anita Hi

The death is being investigated under articles pertaining to suicide.

The court did not impose a jail sentence.

Daghestan has officially denied any casualties, despite Ozon saying several of its employees were injured.

The global visibility of a national tradition depends not only on exposure but also how it is made legible beyond its country of origin.

Despite claiming he was blackmailed, Gharibashvili stressed he remained loyal to Georgian Dream.

The Baku Initiative Group is a government-linked NGO focused on anti-colonialist activities, particularly those of Armenia’s allies.

Gharibashvili claims Mdinaradze asked him to confess to crimes he did not commit.

The practice of bridenapping in Armenia has become rare in recent years, but cases are still reported.

The children also wrote letters to soldiers ‘with words of support’.

Regional * Nagorno-Karabakh’s former Foreign Minister David Babayan has sent a voice message from a prison in Baku, making an appeal to human rights defenders and advocates of international law. Babayan said that both his appeal and the transcript of his final court speech had disappeared. * Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) says a Georgian man detained by South Ossetia has been returned to territory controlled by the central government. South Ossetia claims the man, Lasha Gulitashvili,

The opposition figures are detained on terrorism charges and for allegedly seeking to overthrow the government.

The event will cost nearly $500,000 from the state budget

Azerbaijan had previously said the allegations were ‘unfounded’, and demanded CNN retract the article.

The central question is not whether Georgia faces a genuine cultural conflict between Tbilisi and the provinces, but who controls scarcity.

The government says the deliveries are aimed at easing a petrol shortage and rebuilding trust with Abkhazia, dismissing concerns over Russia.

Regional * Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili and Hungarian Foreign Minister Anita Orbán congratulated Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on his reappointment. * Georgia has extradited a wanted person to Armenia. The person, identified only as K.H., is accused of obtaining and carrying an illegal object in a penitentiary institution, escaping from detention, and illegally crossing the state border. Armenia * Yesterday, President Vahagn Khachaturyan approved two reshuffles

The alleged motive for the attack was the killing of the suspect’s brother.

The building has protected cultural heritage monument status.

Officials in Gudermes say cooperation with China in military training has become ‘sustained’.

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has met with every Central Asian leader over the past two months, strengthening both political and economic ties.

The company was fined a total of four times.

Armenia views this as part of a broader plan to diversify its foreign policy

The Prosecutor General’s Office alleges that Gharibashvili received ₾750,000 ($290,000) in bribes linked to secret Defence Ministry procurements.

Regional * A 21-year-old trans man from Chechnya, Dmitry Menyaev, was found dead in Batumi, Georgia, on 15 August. His brother suspects that he was murdered. Lawyer Zviad Markoidze told independent local media outlet Batumelebi that an expert had said it could be difficult to determine the cause of death because the body had already begun to decompose. * Another shipment from Russia to Armenia, carrying 630 tonnes of wheat and 36 tonnes of propane, was transported through Azerbaijan. Azertag

The man has been accused of overcharging for petrol and ‘intimidating’ the locals of a village in Marneuli.

An unnamed official told media that he was released on the grounds of it being a ‘minor offence’.

Reports indicate that Azerbaijani prisons often lack access to clean water and electricity.

He was held responsible for firing a pistol into the air.

On Georgia’s handling of drug addiction treatment and harm reduction.

Passenger traffic through Upper Lars has reached its highest reported level.

Russian Ambassador Mikhail Evdokimov was also summoned to the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry.

The woman said she was assaulted and received death threats after sharing a video showing dogs kept in poor conditions.

Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Parliamentary Speaker Ruben Rubinyan have met with a US Congress delegation led by Representative Abraham Hamadeh. During the meeting, Pashinyan emphasised the importance of the consistent development of Armenia–US relations, noting that ties between the two countries have recently gained momentum. With Rubinyan, they discussed the importance of unblocking all transport routes in the South Caucasus, including the implementation of the Trump Route.

The 50-year-old man was arrested as he was attempting to flee.

Gal-Media says it will continue broadcasting on social media after a fire destroyed much of its studio.

Fartenadze has faced several incidents of threats and violence in Batumi over the past week.

The Arushanyans’ case reflects a broader legal dilemma facing Nagorno-Karabakh refugees: although ethnically Armenian, Armenia is not their home.

Repsol says it was not aware the petrol would be sold in Abkhazia.

The group has organised anti-war rallies and assisted Ukrainian refugees since its establishment in 2022.

The 19-year-old officer reportedly provided Chechen opposition figures with classified information.