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Batumi city court keeps journalist Mzia Amaglobeli in custody
Georgia Today
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June 23, 2025
The Batumi City Court has ruled to keep journalist and media director Mzia Amaglobeli in pre-trial detention, rejecting a motion from her defense team to replace imprisonment with a milder preventive measure. The court justified the continued...
4 taken to hospital with heat-related issues after Amtrak en route to Jacksonville stopped for ‘mechanical assessment’
News4Jax - Florida
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June 29, 2025
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Sixteen people were treated and four were taken to the hospital due to “heat-related issues” on Sunday after an Amtrak train planning to make a stop in Jacksonville had to be stopped for a “mechanical assessment.” RELATED:...
Miles from help, injured Georgia hiker rescued after tough hike through wilderness
13 WMAZ - Georgia
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June 29, 2025
Around 3:05 p.m. on Friday, the Fannin County Search and Rescue team was dispatched for a hiker who had a possible broken ankle on the Beach Bottom Trail. FANNIN COUNTY, Ga. — A hike took a terrifying turn when a woman was hurt in the middle of...
Georgia’s Health Minister Joins Social Justice Conference in Yerevan
Georgia Online
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June 22, 2025
The Minister of Refugees, Labor, Health and Social Protection of Georgia from the Occupied Territories Mikheil Sarjveladze, is participating in the 3rd International Conference on Social Justice in Yerevan. The conference, whose theme is “Unity...
Russia holds dozens of deported Ukrainians in basement without food or water – media
Ukrinform
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At least 45 Ukrainians, whom Russia has decided to deport, are being held in a basement without food or water at the Verkhniy Lars checkpoint on the border with Georgia. According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the ASTRA Telegram channel. "At...
Azerbaijani researcher Bahruz Samadov ‘attempts suicide in prison’
Open Caucasus Media
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June 21, 2025
Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power. Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a member...
Democrat John B. ‘Jack’ Zibluk champions non-partisan problem-solving in his Georgia State Senate campaign
Chattanooga Times Free Press - Tennessee
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June 28, 2025
John B. "Jack" Zibluk of Lookout Mountain announced Friday his campaign on the Democratic ticket for the 53rd District seat in the Georgia State Senate. Zibluk, 65, is a professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where he served as...
Residency programs are next step after medical school
Moultrie Observer - Georgia
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June 27, 2025
Published 5:02 pm Friday, June 27, 2025 MOULTRIE — Medical training doesn’t end after graduates finish medical school. It is an ongoing process, so where does it start? After medical school, graduates go through a residency program to start their...
Column: Dispelling Russia’s myths about Ukraine
The Virginian-Pilot
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June 27, 2025
The McCain Institute just returned from a weeklong mission to Ukraine, visiting Bucha, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kyiv, with a bipartisan delegation of senior staff from the House of Representatives. It was a critical opportunity to see an unvarnished...
CCHF Case Detected in Greece; Health Authorities Issue Advisory
To Vima
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June 27, 2025
The National Public Health Organization of Greece (EODY) has confirmed a domestic case of Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in a village within the municipality of Elassona, in the regional unit of Larissa, Thessaly. The patient, a man over...
Russian authorities charge North Ossetian activist for telling Ossetians to ‘kill Putin’
Open Caucasus Media
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June 19, 2025
Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power. Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a member...
Storms bring down trees, cause power outages and flash flooding in metro Atlanta, north Georgia
11 Alive - Georgia
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Here's a recap on Friday's storms. ATLANTA — Showers and storms popped up again Friday evening amid a pattern of heat and humidity this week. The Storm Prediction Center put all of north Georgia in a level 1 of 5 risk. Friday's severe weather came...
Georgian NGOs Reject Russian-Style Pressure, Condemn Anti-Corruption Bureau Demands
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Friday, June 20, 2025 Dozens of Georgian non-governmental organizations have issued a joint statement denouncing what they describe as the enforcement of Russian-style laws and politically motivated pressure on civil society....
Georgian NGOs Decry ‘Russian-Style’ Data Demands from Gov’t
Georgia Today
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June 19, 2025
A coalition of Georgian non-governmental organizations is raising the alarm over what they describe as an unprecedented and unlawful attempt by the state to access sensitive personal data of citizens under their protection. In a joint briefing...
Georgian NGOs say authorities are now enforcing repressive laws
JAMnews
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June 18, 2025
Georgia enforces repressive laws According to Georgian non-governmental organisations, the government began directly enforcing repressive laws targeting media and NGOs on 17 June. Authorities have already requested personal identification numbers,...
Georgia will ‘not burden’ OSCE with observing October local elections
Open Caucasus Media
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June 18, 2025
Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power. Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a member...
Georgian authorities demand ‘personal data’ of beneficiaries of five civil society groups
Open Caucasus Media
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June 18, 2025
Georgia’s new foreign agent law means OC Media’s team could face prison for speaking truth to power. Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a member...
Top stories in Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Georgia from 23-27 June, 2025
JAMnews
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June 27, 2025
● European Commission spokesperson Anitta Hipper: The harsh prison sentences handed down to journalists and staff of AbzasMedia are concerning. Independent journalism plays a crucial role in ensuring government transparency and informed public...
Commentary: Dispelling Russia's myths about Ukraine
The Post & Courier - South Carolina
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June 26, 2025
The McCain Institute just returned from a weeklong mission to Ukraine, visiting Bucha, Kharkiv, Dnipro and Kyiv, with a bipartisan delegation of senior staff from the House of Representatives. It was a critical opportunity to see an unvarnished...
Azerbaijan reopens border with Iran after five years for its citizens and foreign refugees
JAMnews
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June 18, 2025
Evacuations from Iran to Azerbaijan Azerbaijan’s land borders have officially remained closed for over five years. However, following Israel’s missile strikes on Iran, an exception has been made under the pretext of humanitarian concerns. In...