Georgia uncovers $600m money laundering scheme spanning two years
Georgian authorities are currently investigating more than $624 million and €35 million which were laundered through an elaborate criminal scheme that spanned at least two years.
Georgian authorities are currently investigating more than $624 million and €35 million which were laundered through an elaborate criminal scheme that spanned at least two years.
Simon Leviev, made infamous by Netflix’s The Tinder Swindler, has been arrested at a Georgian airport, officials confirmed.
The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia has confirmed the arrest of two Ukrainian nationals following the discovery of explosive substance inside a truck at the Sarpi customs checkpoint.
Around 300 South Korean workers returned home on Friday, one week after being detained in a large-scale U.S. immigration raid at a battery project site in Georgia.
Georgia’s path toward Europe has rarely been straightforward, but the latest clash between Tbilisi and Brussels highlights just how deeply domestic politics now shape the country’s foreign policy trajectory.
A protest rally took place yesterday, September 3, on Melikishvili Avenue, where Kakha Kaladze, the Georgian Dream candidate for Tbilisi mayor, officially opened his election headquarters.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that Tbilisi will implement all of the European Union’s requirements only if they are “justified and logical.”
As leaders from across the region gather in China for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit (SCO), Georgia is notably absent. While Azerbaijan and Armenia strengthen ties with global powers, Georgia stays on the sidelines despite being an official strategic partner of Beijing.
Georgia’s ruling party is pointing to recent remarks by former USAID Administrator Samantha Power as evidence that U.S. aid programs are used to influence political regimes abroad. The comments, made during a prank interview, have fueled debate in Tbilisi over sovereignty, NGOs, and foreign funding.
The political landscape in Georgia is heating up ahead of a major rally announced by eight opposition parties for 13 September.
Archaeologists in Georgia have unearthed a 1.8-million-year-old jawbone belonging to an early species of human that they say will shed light on some of the earliest prehistoric human settlements on the Eurasian continent.
The South Caucasus is going through one of its most dynamic periods in decades. After years of tension, Armenia and Azerbaijan are moving closer to a final peace deal.
Tbilisi and Strasbourg are facing an escalating political standoff as Georgia’s democratic trajectory and its European aspirations collide with sharp criticism from European institutions.
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, hails the Alaska summit between U.S. President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin as confirmation of their long-standing warnings about the risks the country narrowly avoided.
Ankara and Tbilisi pledged to enhance "strategic partnership" in pursuit of peace in the Black Sea and Caucasus regions, as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Kavelashvili, in Ankara on Tuesday.
Freight traffic on the vital Middle Corridor trade route has nearly tripled through Georgia in the first half of the year, officials have confirmed, highlighting the growing strategic importance of the South Caucasus as a key artery for commerce between Asia and Europe.
The multinational military exercise Agile Spirit 2025 has officially kicked off in Georgia, underscoring country’s ongoing cooperation with NATO. The opening ceremony took place at the NATO–Georgia Joint Training and Evaluation Center (JTEC) in Krtsanisi.
Azerbaijan and Georgia will deepen their cooperation ties across various sectors. It's after Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in Tbilisi to discuss bilateral relations and regional developments.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has rejected claims of pro-Russian policy as unfounded propaganda, blaming foreign pressure and defending his government's commitment to sovereignty, non-alignment, and national values.
When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Now the tea industry looks set to begin again after it fell into disrepair when independence was declared in 1991 after centuries of Russian rule.
Tensions mount as Georgia rejects European Union reform requests tied to its membership candidacy, signalling a new phase of political resistance from Tbilisi.
Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has abolished units working on inter-agency coordination of the European and Euro-Atlantic integration process, which is considered as a part of a broader effort to halt the country’s integration into the European Union.
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