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Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

July 24, 2025

Daily morning roundup. Top stories in local media, commentary, trending photos and videos

Protests in Georgia

Popular Georgian outlet Batumelebi faces closure over tax debts. Readers are joining forces to save it

Protests in Georgia

July 22, 2025

Journalists reported pressure on independent media. With support from readers and colleagues, the main part of the debt - up to $17,000 - was repaid in a single day

Georgia

UNICEF study: literacy and mental health among adolescents are serious issues in Georgia

Georgia

July 21, 2025

Widespread issues reported with self-expression, writing, and critical thinking

Georgia-Russia

Opinion: "Russia is trying to hurt Armenia’s economy using a proxy - and Georgia is the proxy"

Georgia-Russia

July 19, 2025

Paata Zakareishvili: “While tensions between Russia and Armenia are rising, Georgia suddenly started halting transit and checking the quality of Armenian brandy. Why do you care about the quality of the brandy if it’s not meant for you?”

Estonia has imposed sanctions on another 19 Georgian officials

Georgia

July 18, 2025

In total, Estonia has already banned 102 Georgian citizens from entering the country.

National Bank of Georgia: “We consider the Chinese system a supplement, not a SWIFT alternative”

Georgia - EU

July 18, 2025

“The CIPS network includes more than 189 financial institutions from 4,900 countries, and cooperation with it creates new opportunities for Georgian banks"

France’s Minister for European Affairs: “They are closing the door to Europe for the people of Georgia”

Georgia

July 18, 2025

Benjamin Haddad confirmed that the introduction of sanctions against Georgian Dream is being considered at the European level.

"Trump must destroy the 'deep state,' otherwise it will destroy both the USA and Europe," - Irakli Kobakhidze

Georgia

July 18, 2025

"The current U.S. administration has done nothing to correct the mistakes of its predecessors regarding Georgia."

Georgian Dream’s PM Kobakhidze: 'If we have to choose, we’ll choose stability over visa-free travel'

Georgia - EU

July 17, 2025

The Prime Minister from Georgian Dream said that EU wants to take away Georgia’s peace and stability, compared it to the Soviet Union, and stated that oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili is not afraid of sanctions

42 Georgian NGOs: "The government is responsible for putting the visa-free regime at risk"

Georgia - EU

July 17, 2025

NGOs issued a joint statement demanding that "[oligarch] Ivanishvili stop sabotaging the Constitution and the European choice of the overwhelming majority of the population"

Opinion: "Georgia’s authorities pushing EU to end visa-free travel to redirect public anger by blaming Brussels"

Georgia - EU

July 17, 2025

Giorgi Rukhadze: "Moreover, Georgia will lose not only the visa-free regime but also its status as an EU candidate country and all the associated benefits"

"Repeal repressive laws, protect rights" - European Commission pressures Georgian Dream, visa-free regime at risk

Georgia - EU

July 16, 2025

The European Commission declared a "serious regression of democracy in Georgia"

"I could spend years in prison because the regime wants it" - Georgian journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli’s trial nears its end

The case of Mzia Amaglobeli

July 16, 2025

While testifying, the journalist spoke about the mistreatment she faced during and after her arrest

Kaja Kallas: "Georgia must meet EU recommendations by August 31 to keep visa-free travel"

Georgia - EU

July 16, 2025

Among the measures considered are suspending visa liberalization, the Association Agreement, and sanctions

Two people were killed in the collapse of a residential building in Tbilisi

Georgia

July 15, 2025

Human rights defenders ask why the authorities allowed people to live and businesses to operate in a dilapidated building, and even set up a parking lot there

Opinion: "The foreign policy landscape is clearly shifting against the ruling Georgian Dream"

Azerbaijan-Armenia-Georgia

July 15, 2025

Tamta Mikeladze on the Baku-Moscow standoff, Armenia–Turkey relations, and Georgia’s losing strategy as its government “supports defeated powers - Iran and Russia”

‘Protests took a lot from us, but gave just as much’: how Georgians’ lives were reshaped by resistance

Protests in Georgia

July 11, 2025

"Regimes aren’t eternal. They end — usually in catastrophe for the executioners."

Abkhazia bans property inheritance for Georgians who fought in the 1990s Georgian-Abkhaz war

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

July 10, 2025

There have been several cases where Georgian citizens succeeded in defending their right to lost property in Abkhaz courts

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Georgia based on reports from 2023–2024

Georgia - EU

July 09, 2025

This is the European Parliament’s first report on Georgia as an EU candidate country. It condemns democratic backsliding and includes calls for new parliamentary elections and sanctions against Ivanishvili