autoritarianism in Georgia

Opinion: 'They declared war on everyone — from the EU to local NGOs'

Georgia

December 03, 2025

David Zurabishvili: “They have already crossed the line beyond which even fragile stability could be maintained with the resources available.”

Transparency International: up to 400 cases of pressure on journalists recorded in Georgia over one year

Georgia

November 28, 2025

The organisation estimates that the year since the protests began has been especially difficult for the media.

One year on: What changed in Georgia since start of pro-EU protests?

Georgia

November 28, 2025

Repressive laws, arrests of protesters and opposition, pressure on media

Opinion: 'How will Georgian Dream supporters accept their wives, mothers and sisters losing right to vote?'

Georgia

November 17, 2025

Tamta Mikeladze, director of the Centre for Social Justice, on restrictions to the voting rights of Georgian citizens living abroad

Swedish minister for EU affairs: 'Georgia is moving in the wrong direction'

Georgia - EU

November 17, 2025

France’s minister for European affairs and Sweden’s minister for EU affairs speak out on Georgian government policy

New Georgian government initiatives: abolishing several agencies and banning voting from abroad

Georgia

November 17, 2025

Georgian citizens living abroad will only be able to vote if they return to the country

EU envoy: 'Ukraine and Moldova are ahead of Georgia, which is now further from EU than when it received candidate status'

Georgia - EU

November 13, 2025

“The European Commission asked Georgian Dream to clarify the issues raised in its previous negative report, but the answers it received were unsatisfactory.”

Opinion: 'Georgian Dream’s laws failed, they cannot suppress freedom'

Georgia

November 12, 2025

Nika Simonishvili: “Activists go to prison not for power or money, but out of love for their homeland.”

Georgia’s prosecution launches criminal case against former PM Giorgi Gakharia

Georgia

November 12, 2025

The case concerns the so-called “Chorchan” episode and those injured during the dispersal of the 2019 protest

ALDE: 'Georgian Dream government steers Georgia towards full autocracy'

Georgia

November 10, 2025

Statement by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE)

Opinion: 'Georgian Dream holds society hostage like cornered terrorists'

Georgia

November 07, 2025

Dimitri Tskitishvili: “Georgian Dream is deepening its isolation and may soon become a pariah on the international stage.”

NGO: 'Georgian Dream has flattered Putin by sentencing Russian participants in protests in Georgia'

Georgia

November 03, 2025

“Any impartial and objective court would have acquitted the three and released them from the courtroom.”

Steve Daines: 'Georgia heads in wrong direction while its neighbors choose partnership with US'

Georgia

November 03, 2025

The US senator believes that Georgia could very well become “part of the new regional partnership” if it chooses to

Opinion: 'Ivanishvili’s dictatorship takes hold in Georgia'

Bidzina Ivanishvili

October 31, 2025

Transparency International Georgia spokesperson: “One man has seized control of all state institutions”

'Garibashvili case': why Georgian authorities launch hunt for their former allies

Georgia

October 23, 2025

Why has Georgia’s informal ruler, Bidzina Ivanishvili, taken such a risk at a time when the country is already in the midst of a severe political crisis?