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Georgian opposition politician Khoshtaria starts hunger strike, joined by colleague and activists
Open Caucasus Media
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June 30, 2025
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Boat explosion on Georgia lake injures at least 5 people, officials say
CBS News
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By Faris Tanyos Faris Tanyos is a news editor for CBSNews.com, where he writes and edits stories and tracks breaking news. He previously worked as a digital news producer at several local news stations up and down the West Coast. Read Full Bio...
Tbilisi to provide housing for 400 homeless families by October
Georgia Today
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June 30, 2025
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced that around 400 families officially registered as homeless will receive housing by October 2025, as part of a bigger presentation on healthcare, social, and housing initiatives by Tbilisi City Hall between...
Repairs to Abkhazia’s promenade will be funded by Russian city budgets
JAMnews
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July 4, 2025
Russia will pay for the renovation of the promenade in Abkhazia This fall, the promenade in Sukhum, the capital of Abkhazia, will close for major renovation. Banners in the city center already show what the city’s main attraction is expected to...
Nasal COVID Vax Shows Promise in Phase 1 Clinical Trial
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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CINCINNATI, July 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- During the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists learned that the critical path to infection started with the SARS-CoV-2 virus invading the nasal tissues of its victims, then causing millions of deaths by spreading...
How the media (cannot) cover trials in Georgia
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 2025
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Opinion | How Georgian Dream uses the power of illusion to consolidate its autocracy
Open Caucasus Media
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July 4, 2025
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There was a confrontation between the court marshals and citizens at Tbilisi City Court
Inter Press News
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A physical altercation occurred between the court marshals and citizens at Tbilisi City Court. The confrontation broke out as citizens were waiting for the court hearing of the defendant, Giorgi Mindadze. The marshals escorted several individuals...
Batumi hosts 9th International Respiratory Congress
Georgia Online
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June 28, 2025
Batumi, Georgia: In Batumi, the IX International Congress of the Georgian Respiratory Association was held. The event was opened by the Minister of Health, together with Sulkhan Tamazashvili, the chairman of the Adjara government. The Ministry of...
Crackdown in Georgia should be on all our minds
The Times
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Our guest was remarkably sanguine in the circumstances. She had skipped a day in court to make our dinner party. The oral hearing, in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, was the start of an investigation that could end with a seven-year jail sentence....
Georgian Parliament passes new amendments to migration laws
Open Caucasus Media
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June 27, 2025
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Putin dealt fresh blow as Russia loses key ally in now 'hostile state'
Daily Express
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July 1, 2025
A former Soviet Union state has been accused of looking to mount a “second front” against Russia. Azerbaijan-Russia relations have been deteriorating for months and now a Moscow-based newspaper has described the country as “hostile”. Tensions...
Murder occurs in Tbilisi
Inter Press News
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A murder has occurred in Isani. According to reports, as a result of a conflict, a man killed his neighbor. The alleged perpetrator also has physical injuries. He has been taken to the clinic and will be arrested after his recovery. As...
Georgia to distinguish itself with quality walnuts
Fresh Plaza
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June 26, 2025
Georgia ranks among the top countries worldwide when it comes to walnut consumption per capita. You'll be hard-pressed to find a Georgian village without at least one walnut tree, or a restaurant in Tbilisi without a dish that features walnuts....
New York Medical Professionals Among Hundreds Charged in $14.6 Billion National Health Care Fraud Takedown
Empire State Today - New York
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July 2, 2025
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJU.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi | DOJ The Department of Justice announced in New York, medical professionals were among the 324 individuals charged in the Justice Department’s largest-ever health care fraud...
In Tbilisi, Georgia, Food Is a Language of Resistance
Conde Nast Traveler
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July 1, 2025
Many foreign encounters with Georgian cuisine center on khachapuri, the venerable cheese-filled bread boat that sometimes comes with an egg cracked over it. Not far behind is khinkali, a large-and-in-charge kind of soup dumpling. (To eat it with...
Would you like some ‘Turkish salmon’?: The Black Sea’s new rose-coloured gold
Malay Mail
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June 21, 2025
ISTANBUL, June 21 — Sitting in his spacious office with a view of the Black Sea, Tayfun Denizer smiles: his rainbow trout, raised in submerged cages, have made him a wealthy man. “Our exports surged from US$500,000 in 2017 to US$86 million last...
NKU celebrates first graduates of international cybersecurity partnership with SANGU in Tbilisi, Georgia
Northern Kentucky Tribune
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July 2, 2025
Northern Kentucky University and St. Andrews Georgian University (SANGU) honored the first cohort of students to graduate from an international partnership program. Forty-five students graduated with master’s degrees in cybersecurity from NKU...
Nearly 145,000 pounds of lunch meat recalled due to health risks: Throw out NOW
Daily Mail
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July 1, 2025
A popular lunch meat has been recalled across the US after officials found that it could put consumers' health at risk. Gaiser's European Style Provisions, based in Union, New Jersey, is recalling more than 143,000 pounds of ready-to-eat bologna...
'Turkish Salmon': The Black Sea's New Rose-Colored Gold
Asharq Al-Awsat
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June 20, 2025
Sitting in his spacious office with a view of the Black Sea, Tayfun Denizer smiles: his rainbow trout, raised in submerged cages, have made him a wealthy man. "Our exports surged from $500,000 in 2017 to $86 million last year, and this is just the...