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....
Georgia’s Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili has said that the core goal of the ruling party’s constitutional initiative was to ensure a “defensive democracy” - one that protected itself from anti-democratic and extremist forces. “The goal is ver...
Adjara has become a prime destination for investors from Gulf countries seeking profitable opportunities, the Chairman of the Government of Adjara, Sulkhan Tamazashvili, said in an interview with the Gulf News publication of the United Arab Emirates....
A member of Georgia’s parliamentary majority, Vako Turnava, has accused the opposition of attempting to change the government through unlawful and revolutionary means after losing local elections this month. Speaking in an interview with Italy’s Ra...
