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Three Georgian citizens were among the 24 crew members aboard the sanctioned vessel Smyrtos, seized by British authorities in the English Channel, the Maritime Transport Agency of Georgia stated on June 15, citing confirmation from London.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is visiting Georgia, marking his first official trip to the country.
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Amnesty International said Georgia’s authorities built “sophisticated architecture of repression” over the 500 days of protests through restrictive legislation, police abuses, disinformation campaigns, and judicial practices aimed at suppressing dissent. civil.ge/archives/739284
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A generation of Georgian civil servants devoted years to bringing Georgia closer to the EU. What remains of their work, and of the organizational culture that led the reforms? Read in Anna Kvernadze's article: civil.ge/archives/739057
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Georgian-Spanish Mixed Martial Arts fighter Ilia “El Matador” Topuria surrendered his lightweight title to American fighter Justin Gaethje at a White House event hosted and attended by U.S. President Donald Trump: civil.ge/archives/739182
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Six Georgians, five men and a woman, have been sentenced in France to up to seven years in prison over stealing rare editions of 19th-century Russian literary classics from French libraries, French media reported on June 13. civil.ge/archives/739156
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Tbilisi court sentenced Kakha Kotorashvili, a 49-year-old currency exchange office owner, to 11 years in prison after finding him guilty in an "unprecedented" scheme of laundering nearly 700 million U.S. dollars in 2022-2024. civil.ge/archives/739158
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CoE Ministers Committee called on Georgia to “revise” freedom of assembly laws and ensure a “fully enabling environment” for NGOs monitoring such cases, in a decision following a meeting on execution of ECtHR judgments: civil.ge/archives/739051
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Georgian Interior Ministry said perpetrators had already been arrested in February after opposition-leaning TV Pirveli channel aired teaser featuring scenes of violence apparently involving police officers, with recordings drawing widespread backlash. civil.ge/archives/739027
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Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, together with a delegation of several GD ministers, visited Kyrgyzstan on June 11-12 in what he said was the first “top-level” visit between the two states. civil.ge/archives/738728
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Read our weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. civil.ge/archives/738772
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Ambassadors of Israel, the United Kingdom, Italy, Armenia, and Turkey met with Georgian Patriarch Shio III on June 11 in what the Patriarchate said were separate “introductory meetings” with the newly enthroned leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. civil.ge/archives/738714
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Russia’s TASS reported that one of the two persons detained by Georgia in connection with a large-scale cryptocurrency laundering scheme is a Russian citizen. civil.ge/archives/738306
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Georgian and EU officials met in Brussels on June 11 for an “enhanced dialogue” following the suspension of visa-free travel for Georgian diplomatic passport holders, with an EU official describing the talks as “rather unfruitful.” civil.ge/archives/738712
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Georgia’s Interior Ministry said 17 people remain stranded in the Russia-Georgia border zone, a day after reports raised alarm that Ukrainians stuck there allegedly facing dire conditions. civil.ge/archives/738626
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Maia Darsmelidze, a musician critical of Georgian Dream, said she has been notified by the Interior Ministry’s newly established “hate speech” monitoring unit of administrative proceedings against her, marking the first reported case involving the unit. civil.ge/archives/738627
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IMF described Georgia’s economy as “resilient” despite elevated “global uncertainty,” expecting economic growth to remain “strong, though moderating,” at 6.5% in 2026. civil.ge/archives/738353
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The TV station and chorus rejected claims that the incident was intentionally ignored. civil.ge/archives/738358
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Georgia arrested two foreigners in a mass international cryptocurrency laundering scheme with U.S. and Polish authorities, saying the criminal group they belonged to laundered crypto worth “several hundred million US dollars” over three years. civil.ge/archives/738306
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So-called “supreme court” of Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk has sentenced Georgian fighter Nuri Mitagvaria in absentia to 14 years in a “maximum-security penal colony” for fighting on Ukraine’s side “as a mercenary.” civil.ge/archives/738088
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