Chair of the United National Movement, Tina Bokuchava, on Thursday said Georgia’s freedom and independence remain under threat, as the country marked the 37th anniversary of the April 9 tragedy. Speaking at the April 9 memorial in the capital city o...
Georgian analyst Zurab Batiashvili has said that the fact both sides were portraying themselves as victorious indicates a highly complicated situation and made any near-term agreement unlikely. Speaking on the prospects for negotiations, Batiashvili...
The Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Giorgi Jincharadze, together with members of the Abkhaz government-in-exile, laid flowers at the memorial to those killed during the events of 9 April 1989 on Rustaveli Avenue, pa...
The Chairman of the Supreme Council of the Autonomous Republic of Adjara, Tsotne Ananidze, has said that 9 April should remain a symbol of unity and freedom, warning against what he described as attempts to use the date to deepen divisions within Geo...
Georgia’s arrested former president Mikheil Saakashvili has said that both he and Georgia’s first president Zviad Gamsakhurdia were targeted by forces opposed to the country’s independence, claiming that despite persecution, fighting for the nation’s...
Metropolitan Shio Mujiri, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne of the Georgian Orthodox Church, has said that those who died during the events of April 9,1989, when Soviet troops violently dispersed a peaceful pro-independence protest in Tbilisi, m...
Wizz Air Malta, a Maltese low-cost airline and a subsidiary of the Hungarian low-cost airline group Wizz Air Holdings, will increase its flight frequency between Venice, Italy and Kutaisi, Georgia, for the 2026 summer navigation season. From May 15 ...
Germany’s Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, on Thursday marked the 37th anniversary of the 1989 April 9 tragedy, saying the day represents freedom and independence for Georgia. Speaking at the memorial, Fischer paid tribute to those who lost the...
Georgian President Mikheil Kavlashvili on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of the 1989 April 9 tragedy by laying flowers at the memorial in the capital city of Tbilisi. The presidential press service said Kavlashvili was joined at the memorial b...
Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, on Thursday paid tribute to the victims of the April 9 tragedy at the memorial in the capital city of Tbilisi, saying the protesters “stood to the very end” in defence of the country’s independence. “...