Recent high-profile arrests within Georgia’s Ministry of Infrastructure and the Municipal Development Fund, including senior officials Koba Gabunia and Davit Tabidze, have raised questions about whether investigators are closing in on higher-ranking ...
Georgia’s planned higher-education reform - including regionalisation, major changes to the state grant system, and a shift to 11-year school education - has triggered intense public debate. Education researcher Revaz Apkhazava speaks with Front News...
The large-scale investigative processes launched within the ruling elite are reshaping Georgia’s political agenda. The decision to release former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili from the courtroom after imposing bail of ₾1 million ($368,000), alo...
The political maneuvers of the US President Donald Trump have placed continued Western support for Ukraine under a new cloud of uncertainty. Trump’s recent statement - that Ukraine should “cease fire along the demarcation line” where its forces curre...
Recent political developments in Georgia, including large-scale arrests related to the October 4 case, tighter laws on assemblies and demonstrations, proposals to ban opposition parties and corruption allegations involving top officials, have deepene...
The world is now waiting to see whether US President Donald Trump will use his diplomatic capital gained in Gaza to apply pressure on Vladimir Putin - including by activating the potential transfer of Tomahawk-type cruise missiles to Ukraine. The US...
The events of October 4 and the ensuing political confrontation have once again exposed the deep structural problems within Georgia’s opposition. In an interview with Front News, Giorgi Antadze, a researcher at Geocase specialising in defence, securi...
The events of 4 October - a day marked by a large opposition-organised protest in Tbilisi - became a critical moment for Georgia’s political landscape. The ruling Georgian Dream party claimed the demonstrations were part of an attempted coup and a re...
In recent weeks, the summoning of the British and German ambassadors to Georgia’s Foreign Ministry — followed by ambiguous explanations from the ruling party — has sharply worsened relations with Western partners. In an interview with Front News, dip...
Georgia is preparing for a 4 October protest in Tbilisi, a date that opposition groups and civic activists say could become a turning point in the country’s political life. Supporters describe it as a day of mobilisation for citizens dissatisfied wit...