Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday extended congratulations to the people of Turkey on the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Turkey, speaking at an event dedicated to the occasion. He noted that the day of...
A group of political figures has announced plans to establish a new party called United Neutral Georgia, arguing that the country must declare neutrality to protect its sovereignty and economic interests. Co-founder Vato Shakarishvili said the decis...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has appointed Ilia Jalaghania as the new State Representative (Governor) in the Kvemo Kartli region, the Government Administration has announced. Kobakhidze wished Jalaghania success in his new responsibilities and u...
A senior figure from the opposition Unity- National Movement has accused the Georgian government of pursuing “brutal, Russian-style” legislation in a bid to suppress pro-European political forces. Levan Bezhashvili said the authorities had failed to...
A Georgian household where two members each earn 1300 GEL a month - including income from rent - is already considered liable to pay property tax, opposition MP Roman Gotsiridze has said, calling for urgent reform of the system. Gotsiridze told Fron...
Member of the European Parliament Rasa Juknevičienė on Tuesday criticised the Georgian ruling party’s move to seek the ban of major opposition political forces in the country, calling the development “shocking”. Juknevičienė was responding to the Ge...
A group of opposition activists, including members of the Coalition for Change, have begun a hunger strike outside the Georgian Parliament on Rustaveli Avenue in central Tbilisi. The protest was initiated by coalition member Gedevan Popkhadze and in...
Georgia’s fifth president, Salome Zourabichvili, on Tuesday condemned the ruling Georgian Dream party’s initiative to ban key opposition parties, calling it an attempt to turn the country into a “Russian-style authoritarian regime”. In a statement p...
Georgia’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili has urged the United States, the European Union and the United Kingdom to impose sanctions on Georgian banks, accusing them of supporting anti-democratic policies in the country. In a post on social med...
Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party, together with allied political groups, has submitted a constitutional complaint seeking to declare three opposition parties unconstitutional and ban their activities. The announcement was made by Parliament Spea...
