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Bella May Culley: Pregnant British teenager tells court she was ‘forced’ to smuggle drugs into Georgia
The Independent (U.S.)
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July 2, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Azerbaijan’s electricity exports to Georgia rise notably in early 2025
AzerNews
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July 2, 2025
Azerbaijan’s electricity exports to Georgia rise notably in early 2025 2 July 2025 15:27 (UTC+04:00) The increase reflects growing energy trade ties between the two countries, highlighting Azerbaijan’s role as a reliable electricity supplier in...
British gang 'threatened to decapitate' teen drug mule who faces jail in ex-Soviet hellhole 'and said they'd kill her family if she didn't smuggle 24lbs of cannabis'
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
Teen drug mule suspect Bella Culley claims a British gang in Thailand threatened to kill her family and decapitate her if she did not smuggle 24lb of cannabis. The pregnant 18-year-old said she was burned with an iron and desperately texted her...
Tabula: “COORDINATION MEETING ON THE ISSUE OF GEORGIA TOOK PLACE AT THE INITIATIVE OF THE UK”
Sarke
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Economic Press Monitor: Economic & Politics July 2, 2025 At the initiative of Stephen Doughty, the UK Minister of State for Europe and North America, the partner states held a coordination meeting on the policy of the Georgian Dream. “The...
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...
Scott Wilson added to Ireland squad for Georgia and Portugal tour
The Irish Times
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There were originally 12 and now there are 13, a baker’s dozen of uncapped players with the addition of the 22-year-old Ulster loosehead Scott Wilson to the Ireland squad for the two-Test tour to Georgia and Portugal. The group swaps Abbotstown...
School events this July in Coastal Georgia
Coastal GA News - Georgia
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July 1, 2025
Eric Cabrera, Principal of Altama Elementary School | City of Brunswick website Eric Cabrera, Principal of Altama Elementary School | City of Brunswick website The following events are scheduled to take place in Coastal Georgia this month. Week 1...
‘Why can’t Georgia be in the Six Nations?’ – head coach Richard Cockerill makes the case for proud rugby country
Irish Independent
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Behind-the-scenes with the Georgian rugby team ahead of Saturday's historic clash with Ireland in Tbilisi Today at 06:30 The designated rugby channel on the TV in our Tbilisi hotel room provided a helpful reminder of just how different the Ireland...
The CCI Increased By 5% In May
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 7, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) - In May 2025, the Construction Cost Index (CCI) increased by 0.2 percent compared to the previous month, while it increased by 5% compared to May 2024, according to the National Statistics Office of Georgia (Geostat). In detail: ⦁...
Halyk Bank joins billionaire banks
Georgian Business Consulting
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July 7, 2025
Tbilisi (GBC) – The banks’ assets have increased by 15% annually and as of June (01.06.2025), amount to 98.2 billion GEL (01.06.2024 – 85.6 billion. +14.7%Y.Y). Of this, 97% comes from billionaires (banks with assets > 1 billion). As of...
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...
UK Summons Georgian Diplomat Over Crackdown on Civil Society, Warns of Further Action
The Messenger
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By Liza Mchedlidze Wednesday, July 2, 2025 The United Kingdom has summoned Georgia's chargé d'affaires to express deep concern over what it describes as the Georgian Dream government's intensifying crackdown on civil society, media freedom, and...
Russian Black Sea Fleet Intends to Establish Base in Abkhazia
The Jamestown Foundation
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Executive Summary: Badra Gunba, president of the breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, has reiterated the region’s intentions to establish a Russian naval base at the Port of Ochamchire on the eastern coast of the Black Sea. Moscow sees this move as...
Where to find live music in Central Oregon July 10-16: Leo Kottke
The Bulletin - Oregon
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July 9, 2025
Published 5:11 pm Tuesday, July 8, 2025 1/5 Swipe or click to see more The Critical Blues Band will perform on Thursday at River’s Place in Bend. (Submitted photo) 2/5 Swipe or click to see more Paula Boggs Band will perform on Friday at Silver...
School events this July in West Central Georgia
WC Georgia News
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July 1, 2025
The following events are scheduled to take place in West Central Georgia this month. Week 1 - July 1 - 5 Wednesday, July 2: Event: New Teacher Meeting Hardaway High School 8-8:30 am Event: Crochet Club Hardaway High School 4 pm Event: Hardaway...
Veterans Affairs backs away from large-scale layoffs but still plans to shrink workforce
My Ozarks Online - Missouri
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July 8, 2025
VA Secretary Doug Collins, who is a former Georgia congressman, says his agency has reversed course on plans for a large-scale reduction in force. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) July 8, 2025 5:23 pm The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has...
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...
Britain is unhappy with Tbilisi: Georgian representative summoned to the Foreign Ministry
1in.am
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July 1, 2025
The Georgian chargé d’affaires has been summoned to the UK Foreign Office, which has expressed its protest over official Tbilisi policy. During a meeting with the Georgian chargé d’affaires, c The Georgian chargé d’affaires has been summoned to...
Pregnant British teen ‘forced’ to smuggle drugs into Georgia
The Times
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A pregnant British teenager has told a court she was “forced under torture” to smuggle drugs into Georgia by a gang she encountered while on holiday in Thailand. Bella May Culley, 18, is in police custody in the former Soviet republic, accused of...
Russian MFA says West coercing Georgia into military action in the Caucasus
TASS
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July 1, 2025
PYATIGORSK, July 1. /TASS/. Western countries are blackmailing the Georgian government with sanctions in an effort to push it towards military action against Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Deputy Director of the Fourth CIS Department of the Russian...