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Iashvili Central Children’s Hospital’s medical director says clinic visits now centre on fever with rash or watery viral diarrhea, while respiratory virus cases have fallen.
Vake-Saburtalo officers arrested a previously convicted man accused of robbing two foreign citizens at knifepoint in a capital square.
Ukraine-based SkyUP has started selling tickets for new Moldova–Georgia routes, with Tbilisi service from 25 March 2027 and Batumi from 3 July 2027.
Georgian police reject claims that more than 20,000 people entered via Upper Lars on 18 August, publishing lower official crossing figures and urging caution over unverified reports.
Post-harvest stubble fires blanket the Alazani and Shiraki valleys each August, filling villages with smoke as farmers, residents and environmental groups debate enforcement and alternatives.
Batumi City Council is due on 21 August to consider a new municipal service that would handle construction permits, historic zones, outdoor ads and street planning.
Two young men were hospitalised after a clash on Batumi's Old Boulevard in which one used broken glass and the other a knife, police said.
Inflows reached USD 350.05 million in July 2026, up 3.9% year on year, with the EU and the United States together accounting for 63% of the total, NBG data show.
The Revenue Service’s Tax Monitoring Department logged 11,828 tax violations nationwide in the first seven months of 2026.
Alpha Architecture unveils a mayor-backed redesign of the Old Boulevard waterfront entrance with palms, dolphin fountains and a BATUMI gate.
Georgia’s National Food Agency found Sudan I and IV in Svan salt from LLC NTK 2016 in Kobuleti and ordered a recall.
Free entry at the Batumi boulevard pine grove near the tennis courts: coffee workshops, kids’ activities, podcasts, and evening concerts across three days.
Galt & Taggart says 4,168 apartments changed hands in Batumi in Q2 2026, with primary and secondary prices up and foreign buyers still a large share of demand.
Why Adjara's wettest mountain is called the crying one — the folklore of Mtirala's tears, the climate that feeds them, and what visitors actually find in Georgia's Colchic rainforest.
Police are investigating a death in a Batumi flat under Criminal Code article 115, which covers driving a person to suicide.
Four flavours of Dr Pepper — Original, Zero Sugar, Cherry, and Strawberries & Cream — are now stocked at Nikora supermarket stores in Georgia.
Tbilisi juvenile police detained five minors over alleged group thefts from pharmacy and grocery chains and a motorcycle taking, the Interior Ministry said, with damage put above 30,000 GEL.
Batumi Sea Port was the final stop on an interactive route introducing students and young people to local self-government history and the city’s development prospects.
Georgia’s State Security Service says six people were detained in two schemes involving a promised residence permit, fake entry-exit stamps and cash taken from foreign nationals whose stay had expired.
Georgian courts convicted 13,921 people in January–June 2026, up 40% from a year earlier, with drug cases driving nearly a third of all verdicts.
A refreshed water feature now greets visitors at the seaside park gates, on a site that once held a civil registry office.
New Economy Ministry rules set ticket refunds for delays of an hour or more, plus baggage and accessibility standards.
Police taped off Memed Abashidze Street after late-night damage to multiple vehicles; Interior Ministry has not commented.
Georgia’s National Environment Agency warns of heavy rain, thunderstorms and hail across much of the country from 13 to 15 August, with medium landslide and flood risk.
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