Politics in Georgia

"Citizens choose Europe" - marching with EU flags on Georgia's Independence Day. Photo report

Georgia - EU

May 27, 2023

Georgian Independence Day was celebrated by a rally and speeches in support of Georgia gaining EU candidate status

Georgia ex-minister of defense renounces controlling stake in opposition TV channel "Formula"

Georgia

April 18, 2023

"I will transfer the remaining half of the shares to the team after the end of the oligarchic rule in Georgia" - Kezerashvili renounces TV Formula shares

Sanctions against judges in Georgia will have legal and political consequences - a lawyer's take

Georgia-USA

April 06, 2023

"We will be able to talk about justice only when justice is freed from the "judge caste" - lawyer on sanctions against judges

"[The opposition] might have killed a few young people" - Georgian PM's take on protests

Politics in Georgia

March 13, 2023

Georgian PM blames opposition, European Parliament and Ukrainian politicians, says the youth have been deceived

Tear gas, water cannon, 66 detained - Georgians against the law on "foreign agents"

Georgia - EU

March 08, 2023

Georgia and the West are against the law on foreign agents. Statements by the government, the ruling party and the West

"Nobody needed this law on agents, it could have only come to be at Moscow’s behest" - President of Georgia

Draft law on foreign agents in Georgia

March 08, 2023

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili supported the protest against the law on agents, called it Russian and said she would veto it

Foreign agents bill adopted in Georgia in first reading. Rally in Tbilisi dispersed with water cannons and tear gas

Draft law on foreign agents in Georgia

March 08, 2023

A large-scale protest action is taking place near the Parliament in Tbilisi after the foreign agents bill adopted in first reading

"People's Power": anti-Western movement in the service of the ruling party of Georgia

Georgia

March 02, 2023

People's Power is a new social movement in Georgia voicing severely anti-Western sentiments under the auspices by the ruling Georgian Dream party.

Law on foreign agents in Georgia: everything that is known at the moment

Georgia

February 28, 2023

Foreign agents law in Georgia - what it's allegedly based on, whether it can be stopped, and what might happen if it isn't.

Will the President of Georgia pardon Saakashvili?

Politics in Georgia

December 29, 2022

A rally against a pardon of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili took place place near the residence of President Salome Zurabishvili in Tbilisi on December 28.

Georgia: who is an oligarch exactly?

Georgia

November 21, 2022

The Parliament of Georgia adopted on a second reading a draft law "On deoligarchization" by 76 votes to 6.

Ten years of Georgian Dream: Successes and failures. Expert analysis

Georgia

October 03, 2022

Experts from a wide range of fields weigh in on the record of the Georgian Dream party

15,000 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in the European Union in 2021

Georgia - EU

July 07, 2022

15,000 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in the EU, which is 68% more than a year ago. The highest number of applicants sought refuge in France

EU Ambassador to Georgia: We must take Ukrainian intelligence allegations of Russia's smuggling seriously

War in Ukraine

April 06, 2022

Ukrainian intelligence allegations against Georgia must be taken seriously, the EU Ambassador to Georgia says. Earlier, Ukraine accused Georgia of allowing Russia to smuggle sanctioned goods via its territory

Georgia applies for EU membership - what does it mean?

Georgia

March 03, 2022

Georgia applies for the EU membership - what does this mean and what procedures does a country have to go through to become a part of the European Union

Ex-Defense Minister of Georgia released after serving 9 years in prison

Politics in Georgia

March 01, 2022

Former Defense Minister Akhalaya has been released from prison after serving nine years on various charges. He said that he has no intention of returning to politics

Georgia's main opposition party ends boycott, returns to Parliament

Georgia

January 31, 2022

United National Movement ends parliamentary boycott, enters Parliament and vows to set up a commission to investigate 'inhumane' treatment of ex-president and the UNM founder, Mikheil Saakashvili

Political crisis and pro-Russian sentiments - Ukrainian journalists assess Georgia's political realities

2020 elections in Georgia

December 29, 2021

Political crisis in Georgia: journalists of the Ukrainian edition of Zaborona visited Georgia at the height of the political crisis, and examined the factors that led up to it

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"Citizens choose Europe" - marching with EU flags on Georgia's Independence Day. Photo report

Georgia ex-minister of defense renounces controlling stake in opposition TV channel "Formula"

Sanctions against judges in Georgia will have legal and political consequences - a lawyer's take

"[The opposition] might have killed a few young people" - Georgian PM's take on protests

Tear gas, water cannon, 66 detained - Georgians against the law on "foreign agents"

"Nobody needed this law on agents, it could have only come to be at Moscow’s behest" - President of Georgia

Foreign agents bill adopted in Georgia in first reading. Rally in Tbilisi dispersed with water cannons and tear gas

"People's Power": anti-Western movement in the service of the ruling party of Georgia

Law on foreign agents in Georgia: everything that is known at the moment

Will the President of Georgia pardon Saakashvili?

Georgia: who is an oligarch exactly?

Ten years of Georgian Dream: Successes and failures. Expert analysis

15,000 Georgian citizens applied for asylum in the European Union in 2021

EU Ambassador to Georgia: We must take Ukrainian intelligence allegations of Russia's smuggling seriously

Georgia applies for EU membership - what does it mean?

Ex-Defense Minister of Georgia released after serving 9 years in prison

Georgia's main opposition party ends boycott, returns to Parliament

Political crisis and pro-Russian sentiments - Ukrainian journalists assess Georgia's political realities

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