Hungarian lawmaker Katalin Csöbör, who arrived in Georgia as an international observer, on Saturday said she attended the opening of a polling station and found everything in order. “I came to Georgia for observation purposes. We attended the openin...
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday expressed hope that voter turnout would be high in today’s local elections and that citizens will make the “right choice.” “Today is another importan...
The voting process in Georgia’s local government elections is proceeding successfully, international observer Luis Jesús Uribe-Etxebarria Apalategui, a member of the Spanish Senate, told reporters on Saturday. “The polling station has opened, the vo...
Local self-government elections are being held in Georgia today. Voters across the country are set to elect 64 mayors and fill an equal number of municipal councils. For the second time, elections are being conducted using electronic technologies. ...
United National Movement Chair Tina Bokuchava on Friday said that Igor Narmania, head of the party’s youth wing, was undergoing medical examinations, including a CT scan, after sustaining a “serious head injury” during an attack in Tbilisi. Bokuchav...
Giorgi Botkoveli, regional secretary of the opposition United National Movement, said on Friday that the Government’s biggest fear was the large turnout expected at Saturday’s rally on Rustaveli Avenue in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi. “Tomor...
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said there were attempts to sabotage Saturday’s local self-government elections and stressed the importance of citizens giving a “proper response” to such initiatives. Speaking at a briefing, ...
The chair of the For the People party, Anna Dolidze, on Friday introduced several scenarios prepared by the consulting company Lynx Strategic Advisory in connection with upcoming developments in Georgia. “Today I want to present the scenarios that o...
Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, on Friday said she would not participate in Saturday’s local elections, calling them a “farce,” and said she would instead stand with citizens at a peaceful rally. “I will not go to the elections tomo...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has warned that any violence linked to an opposition-announced rally on Saturday would be met with a strict state response and said law-enforcement agencies had been given specific instructions to enforce the...
