Chair of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, Giorgi Jinchardze, on Thursday participated in the preparatory meeting for the 65th round of the Geneva International Discussions. The meeting with the co-chairs from the European Union...
MP Maia Bitadze, Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Environmental Protection, on Thursday criticised the Venice Commission, claiming the body had shifted from providing legal assessments to issuing political statements. Speaking on Imedi TV reg...
Georgian Parliament has adopted amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code in the third reading under an accelerated procedure, introducing a ban on leaving the country for individuals convicted of certain financial and economic crimes until they have...
Georgia’s Parliament has approved amendments to the Criminal Code that significantly toughen penalties for violations of rules governing public assemblies and demonstrations. The bill passed in its third reading with 80 votes in favor. The amendment...
Georgia’s Interior Minister Geka Geladze met with Walid Abu Haya, the newly appointed Ambassador of Israel to Georgia, to discuss ongoing cooperation between the two countries in law enforcement. The Ministry press office said on Thursday Geladze co...
Levan Bezhashvili, a member of the United National Movement, has criticized the Georgian government’s decision to fine OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, calling it “another arrogant outburst of the Russian regime...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, accompanied by his children, visited the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II, at the Patriarchate. According to the government administration, the Patriarch blessed the Prime Mini...
The Finnish Foreign Minister and current Chairperson of the OSCE, Elina Valtonen, was fined 5,000 GEL by Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs for blocking central Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi this week. Valtonen was in Georgia on an official visit...
Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged a formal protest with the OSCE Secretariat and participating states, accusing the organization’s Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen, of exceeding her official mandate during...
Elina Valtonen, Finland’s Foreign Minister and current OSCE Chairperson, has extended an invitation to Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on social media to visit Finland, meet with the free media, and attend any demonstration of his choosing....
