Patriarchal Locum Tenens Speaks of Late Ilia II in First Epistle After His Death
Patriarchal Locum Tenens Shio (Mujiri) of the Georgian Orthodox Church spoke about the late Patriarch…
Donetsk ‘Court’ Sentences Georgian Opposition Figure to 13 Years in Absentia for Fighting in Ukraine
A de facto court in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk sentenced Georgian citizen and…
Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – April 3-9, 2026
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied…
Georgia Commemorates Victims of April 9 Massacre
Georgia marks the 37th anniversary of the April 9, 1989, massacre of pro-independence demonstrators on…
Three Minors Sentenced to Multiple Years in Prison in Murder Case of Teacher Giga Avaliani
Three minors – Aleksandre Gabashvili, Giorgi Rikadze and Demetre Chikovani – were found guilty and…
UNM-Era Minister Wanted by Tbilisi Appointed Head of Ukraine Police Department for Interpol Cooperation
Zurab Adeishvili, Georgia’s former prosecutor general and justice minister under President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is…
ComCom Issues Written Warnings to Four TV Channels for ‘Violating Impartiality Principles’
The Communications Commission (ComCom), Georgia’s state media regulator, has issued written warnings to four television…
Properties to Be Expropriated from Five Owners for Construction of ‘Heydar Aliyev Cultural Center’ in Tbilisi
Properties will be expropriated from five owners in Tbilisi to make way for the planned…
Who May Succeed Patriarch Ilia II, And How Could It (Re-)Define Georgian Orthodox Church
Two weeks after the passing of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II, Georgia finds itself in a peculiar…
Georgian Dream Allocates GEL 43 Million to Orthodox Patriarchate Schools
The Georgian Dream government ordered the Ministry of Education to allocate GEL 43,035,000 (approximately USD…