Georgia

Women's Movement of Georgia demands amendments to criminal article on rape

Georgia

November 27, 2020

The women's movement in Georgia demands that the definition of "sexual intercourse without the consent of the victim" be included in the article of the Criminal Code, in accordance with the Istanbul Convention

Georgia: strict new coronavirus restrictions until end of January 2021

Coronavirus

November 26, 2020

Public transport stops in Georgia for two months and shops and restaurants will be closed. In winter resorts, the season is canceled

Georgia: can a single-party parliament function?

2020 elections in Georgia

November 26, 2020

When will the new parliament meet in Georgia, what can and cannot do 90 MPs from the ruling Georgian Dream party in the face of a boycott of the united opposition

EU allocates 100 million euros to Georgia to fight coronavirus

Coronavirus

November 26, 2020

100 million euros in financial assistance to Georgia from the European Union - part of the 450 million package to overcome the economic crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic

JAMnews' Thursday selection of headlines from the Caucasus, November 26, 2020

Azerbaijan-Armenia

November 26, 2020

Review of the latest events in the Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh, the energy crisis in Abkhazia, coronavirus

ECHR hastens case of death of 19-year-old Machalikashvili during Pankisi special op

Case of terrorism suspect Temirlan Machalikashvili

November 25, 2020

The family of 19-year-old Temirlan Machalikashvili, who was killed during a special operation in Pankisi in Georgia, is seeking to reopen the case and awaiting the decision of the European Court

Most important power station in Georgia to shut down for three months of repairs

The Ingur(i) HPP

November 25, 2020

The stop to repair the Inguri hydroelectric power station will become a test for the Georgian energy system and will sharply aggravate the already large-scale energy crisis in Abkhazia

Poster dedicated to memory of transgender individuals burned in Tbilisi

LGBT in Caucasus

November 25, 2020

Tbilisi Pride protests against the action of radicals: they recorded and distributed a video in which they burn a poster in memory of the transgender people killed in Georgia

Vinyl records from the Dry Bridge in Tbilisi, or Farewell to Soviet Georgia

Travel Georgia

November 24, 2020

Mozart, Stalin, the end of the USSR, war, and classic music on vinyls sold at the flea market in central Tbilisi. Georgian writer Lasha Bughadze and stories of his family

Georgian doctors urge gov't to deploy field hospitals to cope with sharp infection increase

Coronavirus

November 24, 2020

The Georgian Association of Clinics proposes to expand field hospitals and tighten rules and control over their implementation - instead of closing businesses

How a family with five children is coping with the pandemic and occupation. Video from the conflict zone

Coronavirus

November 23, 2020

Large families in Khviti are especially struggling during the pandemic in Georgia

Monday round-up of headlines from the Caucasus

Azerbaijan-Armenia

November 23, 2020

Review of the latest events in the Caucasus - protests in Armenia and Georgia, Russian peacekeepers and the Azerbaijani army into the Karabakh zone, the energy crisis in Abkhazia, coronavirus

'You were elected to carry out reforms' - the EU to the Georgian opposition

2020 elections in Georgia

November 23, 2020

Opposition MPs should start working in parliament, they, together with the ruling party, are responsible for strengthening democracy in Georgia - statement of the EU delegation

School’s out: Georgian children on studying from home. Photo story

Coronavirus

November 23, 2020

Photographer Tako Jibuti visited empty classrooms

Fighting the authorities and coronavirus - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews

Week in the Caucasus

November 21, 2020

What happened in Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia in the week of November 16-21, 2020 - short video on developments in the South Caucasus

All 17 run-off seats in Georgian parliament won by ruling party candidates amid opposition boycott

Georgia

November 21, 2020

The second round of the parliamentary elections in Georgia was uncontested, as opposition candidates withdrew their candidacies in protest against the falsification of elections on October 31

Georgian opposition boycott leaves only ruling party running in parliamentary elections round 2

2020 elections in Georgia

November 21, 2020

Only the ruling party participates in the second round of parliamentary elections in Georgia on November 21, this has not happened since the collapse of the Soviet Union

Hostages freed, attacker arrested following hold up of microfinance organisation in Tbilisi

Georgia

November 20, 2020

An armed man holds nine people hostage in Tbilisi and demands to lower bank interest to 7%, lower prices for medicines and ban gambling

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