Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party plans to introduce changes to the country’s defamation legislation that would shift the burden of proof from the accused to the accuser, party executive secretary Mamuka Mdinaradze announced. Referring to the cu...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party has announced a legislative overhaul aimed at tightening procedures for deporting undocumented migrants and regulating foreign labor more strictly. The reforms are expected to pass in a third reading in parliamen...
The ruling Georgian Dream party has introduced a new legislative package that significantly restricts media access to court proceedings, including limitations on filming and photography inside courtrooms, corridors, and even courtyards. Under the cu...
Georgian Interior Minister Geka Geladze met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during an official visit to Yerevan, according to a statement released by Georgia’s Interior Ministry. The face-to-face meeting took place at the Armenian Gover...
Deputy Chair of the National Committee of opposition United National Movement, Khatia Dekanoidze, has criticized the Georgian leadership amid the arrests of three prominant opposition figures. “They intend to dismantle this country,” she warned. “Th...
Georgia’s third President Mikheil Saakashvili has criticized the recent wave of political arrests in the country, comparing the government’s actions unfavorably to those of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. “While Lukashenko is releasing po...
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has expressed concern over the deteriorating political climate in Georgia, particularly the “growing pressure on civil society and pro-democracy actors.” “Unfortunately, the situation in Georgia is becoming mo...
Giorgi Jincharadze, Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, on Monday said Georgia would use the 64th round of international negotiations in Geneva to raise urgent humanitarian and human rights concerns affecting its popula...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has defended the recent imprisonment of opposition politicians who refused to comply with a parliamentary investigative commission on activities under the previous United National Movement government, insisti...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday reiterated his government’s “ambitious goal” of making Georgia one of the top three least corrupt countries in Europe, following the arrest of senior energy official Romeo Mikautadze on corruption-related ch...
