Politics in Georgia

Ruling Georgian Dream party elects controversial figure new leader

January 16, 2021

Against the background of the protest action in Georgia, a new leader of the "Georgian Dream" was elected - the former speaker Irakli Kobakhidze. He replaced the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, who said that he left politics

How single mothers live in Georgia: four stories

Georgia

December 22, 2020

Material problems, lack of assistance from the state, misunderstanding on the part of relatives and society - what women in Georgia are faced with raising children alone

Current Georgian PM Gakharia back up for premiership

Politics in Georgia

December 14, 2020

By the end of the week, both the new / old prime minister and the new government will be approved in Georgia. The opposition boycotts parliament and appointments are made without its participation

Geneva talks resume – main points of the Georgian, Russian delegations

Georgia

December 13, 2020

The Georgian and Russian delegations again failed to convince each other during the new round of Geneva talks within the Georgian-Abkhaz and Georgian-Ossetian conflicts

Georgia: independent vote recount improves position of ruling party

2020 elections in Georgia

December 12, 2020

The independent counting of votes on the results of the parliamentary elections in Georgia, which was conducted by ISFED, brought the results closer to the official ones. Opposition continues to protest

What the Karasin-Abashidze talks were really about and why they sparked protest in Georgia

Politics in Georgia

November 29, 2020

A protest took place in Tbilisi after Moscow said that the Georgian negotiator agreed to stop anti-Russian rhetoric in Georgia

Several Georgian opposition parties still asking for state funding despite boycott of parliament

2020 elections in Georgia

November 28, 2020

The opposition in Georgia wants to receive money from the budget, but continue to boycott the parliament. The leader of the Girchi party, Zurab Japaridze, considers it incompatible

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

Georgia in 2019: 11 major events of the year

Georgia

January 05, 2020

What political or social events will we remember and how will 2019 go down in history in Georgia

Scandal in Georgian parliament: Russian MP speaks from parliamentary speaker’s chair

Georgia

June 20, 2019

The Interparliamentary Assembly of Orthodoxy has been disrupted due to protests, while the government says the event was an “error of protocol”

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Politics in Georgia

Ruling Georgian Dream party elects controversial figure new leader

How single mothers live in Georgia: four stories

Current Georgian PM Gakharia back up for premiership

Geneva talks resume – main points of the Georgian, Russian delegations

Georgia: independent vote recount improves position of ruling party

What the Karasin-Abashidze talks were really about and why they sparked protest in Georgia

Several Georgian opposition parties still asking for state funding despite boycott of parliament

Monday round-up of headlines from the Caucasus

Georgia in 2019: 11 major events of the year

Scandal in Georgian parliament: Russian MP speaks from parliamentary speaker’s chair

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