Georgian Parliament’s First Vice Speaker, Gia Volski, has accused former President Mikheil Saakashvili of playing a decisive role in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, claiming that he facilitated the unfolding of events that led to the occupation. “Of co...
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the billionaire and former Prime Minister of Georgia, has seen a decline in his reported fortune, according to the latest update from the Forbes Billionaires Index. The American business magazine, which updated its rankings on 1 ...
Georgia’s fifth President, Salome Zourabichvili, on Tuesday claimed that recent opposition coordination signaled a “growing strength” among political forces, despite “ongoing government repression.” Speaking at a briefing following a meeting with op...
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, on Tuesday pushed through a series of controversial legislative changes, tightening restrictions on media and civil society while reviving laws on treason. The reforms, passed in their third and final reading, ...
The civil society group Civic Idea on Tuesday raised concerns over Georgia’s financial independence following a recent agreement between the National Bank of Georgia and the Central Bank of China. The memorandum, signed on March 26, aims to enhance ...
One of the leaders of the Strong Georgia coalition, Aleko Elisashvili, on Tuesday appeared in Tbilisi City Court, where he faces accusations of politically motivated persecution. Speaking before the hearing, Elisashvili dismissed the charges against...
The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, on Tuesday called on foreign embassies to condemn what he described as an attack on the legislative building during a pro-European protest in Tbilisi the previous day. He claimed the Parlia...
The Georgian opposition has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of attempting to silence independent media as parliament prepares to vote on a contentious new law. Irakli Pavlenishvili, a leader of the opposition group Unity – National Movement,...
The ruling Georgian Dream party has introduced legislative amendments that would grant the Constitutional Court the authority to ban political parties deemed identical to those it has already declared unconstitutional. According to the proposed chan...
Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, has called for the creation of a Resistance Platform—a unified front of pro-European political forces—to complement ongoing street protests and push for democratic change. “To achieve our goals, we mu...
