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Three injured in explosion suspected gas leak in Tbilisi

Three injured in explosion suspected gas leak in Tbilisi

Three individuals, two of them reportedly Nigerian citizens, were injured in an explosion supposedly caused by a gas leak in a residential building in Didi Digomi district of Tbilisi early on Thursday.  A child aged up to one is …

Forest fire near Tbilisi localised

Forest fire near Tbilisi localised

A fire in the Shavnadaba forest near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been localised with the help of air assets, including specialised Turkish firefighting aircraft which have been combating Borjomi forest fires in the …

Georgian MPs accuse U.S. of plotting revolution in Georgia

Georgian MPs accuse U.S. of plotting revolution in Georgia

Ex-representatives of the ruling Georgian Dream party Sozar Subari, Mikhail Kavelashvili, Guram Macharashvili and Dmitri Khundadze accused the U.S. embassy in Tbilisi of whipping up revolutionary sentiments in the country as the Georgian …

Woman dies after falling into Kura in Tbilisi

Woman dies after falling into Kura in Tbilisi

The operation to rescue a woman who had fallen into the Kura lasted for several hours in Tbilisi. It became known that the rescuers managed to pull the woman out of the water alive, but she died in the hospital due to multiple …

Tbilisi completes support programme for Ukrainian citizens

Tbilisi completes support programme for Ukrainian citizens

Tbilisi City Hall has completed its programme of providing shelter and food for Ukrainian citizens living in the capital of Georgia, announcing on Monday the initiative had run for over four months instead of the initially announced one …

German airline launches new Stuttgart-Tbilisi flight

German airline launches new Stuttgart-Tbilisi flight

German budget airline Eurowings has expanded its Georgian operation by launching new Stuttgart-Tbilisi flights to Tbilisi International Airport, the United Airports of Georgia announced. A subsidiary of the Lufthansa Group, the airline …

Fire breaks out in center of Tbilisi

Fire breaks out in center of Tbilisi

On Tuesday, July 12, a fire broke out in a residential building in the center of Tbilisi. The fire broke out on the third floor of a building on Tamar Mepe Avenue. The fire quickly spread to several apartments because of wooden …

Azerbaijan Airlines connect Baku and Tbilisi

Azerbaijan Airlines connect Baku and Tbilisi

Azerbaijan's national airline AZAL has started flying on the Baku-Tbilisi-Baku route. Flights will be operated three times a week - on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. The first flight took place on July 1, Sputnik Georgia …

Elderly couple gassed to death in Tbilisi

Elderly couple gassed to death in Tbilisi

In Tbilisi, according to preliminary data, elderly spouses died from a gas leak, Rustavi 2 TV channel reports. The bodies were found by a utility company employee in the bathroom of an apartment in the Didi Digomi district in the …

"Summer Caravan" fair opens in Tbilisi

"Summer Caravan" fair opens in Tbilisi

The Summer Caravan Fair will open on July 1 at Orbeliani Square in the center of Tbilisi. According to the organizers, the trading platform will attract guests not only with various goods, but also with a variety of entertainment events. In …

Three people almost died in accident in Tbilisi

Three people almost died in accident in Tbilisi

Three people were injured in a major accident on the outskirts of Tbilisi in the Ponichala district, where four cars were involved in an accident at once. The victims were hospitalized, doctors assess their condition as serious. …

Tbilisi, Batumi airports among top 10 in Eastern Europe

Tbilisi, Batumi airports among top 10 in Eastern Europe

Two of the major Georgian airports in capital Tbilisi and Black Sea city of Batumi have been named among the top 10 airports in the Eastern Europe, the company operating them announced. TAV Georgia said Tbilisi International Airport had …

Georgia's 62.3% of pre-pandemic visits restored

Georgia's 62.3% of pre-pandemic visits restored

Georgia hosted 359,238 international travellers in May, posting a 49.7% recovery from the pre-pandemic 2019 figure and an increase of 228.5% year-on-year, the Georgian National Tourism Administration announced on Monday.  The …

Tbilisi gives up summer kindergartens

Tbilisi gives up summer kindergartens

Summer kindergartens will not operate in Tbilisi this summer, the advisory board of directors of the Kindergarten Development Agency of the Georgian capital has decided. Before the pandemic, such kindergartens opened in July, there were …

Firefighters extinguish fire at Tbilisi used car market

Firefighters extinguish fire at Tbilisi used car market

Firefighters extinguished a fire that broke out in Tbilisi’s Isani district on Thursday, with the cause not immediately known, Georgia’s Emergency Management Service said. The Service said no injuries were caused by the fire …