Politics in Georgia

EU, US join forces to resolve Georgian political crisis

March 18, 2021

Europe and the United States are helping Georgia out of the political crisis - the European Parliament is creating a special group, hearings will be held in the Senate, the NATO Secretary General made a statement

Opposition pickets Georgian parliament building, police detain activists

Politics in Georgia

March 02, 2021

Representatives of opposition parties and civil activists tried to picket the parliament building. Several activists were detained by the police

Georgian opposition, gov’t relaunch dialogue

Politics in Georgia

March 02, 2021

With the mediation of the President of the European Council, the dialogue between the authorities and the opposition of Georgia has resumed. The next round could take place in Brussels

Op-ed: 'Who the Georgian opposition fails to address'

Georgia

March 02, 2021

All the rhetoric and agenda of the opposition is aimed at one narrow segment of voters

Op-ed: why are Georgia's disgruntled citizens not taking to the streets?

Politics in Georgia

January 25, 2021

The lack of a strong leader in the opposition and people's lack of faith in the possibility of change play into the hands of the authorities

Boycott turning into a split? What's going on in the Georgian opposition

Politics in Georgia

January 21, 2021

Some opposition politicians are ready to abandon the boycott of parliament under certain conditions. They have already been accused of treason

Ruling Georgian Dream party elects controversial figure new leader

Politics in Georgia

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