The founder of the Europe-Georgian Institute, Giorgi Melashvili, has dismissed the ruling Georgian Dream party’s claims that Georgia could join the European Union by 2028 or 2030, calling them “simply lies”. Melashvili said on Wednesday the governmen...
Neutral Georgia, a Georgian movement with pro-Russian sentiments, has proposed holding a referendum on the country’s EU aspirations alongside the 4 October municipal elections. The group on Wednesday said the voters should be asked whether they suppo...
President Mikheil Kavelashvili has visited Georgia’s embassy in Ankara as part of his trip to Turkey. Kavelashvili was accompanied by his wife and members of the delegation, his press office said on Wednesday. He was hosted by Georgia’s ambassador to...
Levan Makhashvili, chair of parliament’s European Integration Committee, has accused European institutions of attempting to influence the country’s municipal elections by raising doubts over its EU visa-free travel arrangement. In his comments on Wed...
Levan Sanikidze, a senior figure in the United National Movement, on Wednesday claimed that the first report on Georgia by the US President Donald Trump administration was "extremely critical" of the ruling Georgian Dream party and accelerated the le...
Police in Georgia have arrested 12 Turkish citizens wanted by Turkish authorities on serious and organised crime charges, officials said on Wednesday. Irakli Dondoladze, deputy head of the Central Criminal Police Department, said the detentions follo...
The US State Department has raised concerns over violence, intimidation and threats against journalists, protesters and other citizens in Georgia, as well as a lack of accountability for such incidents, in its 2024 human rights report. The document s...
Ukraine’s armed forces have claimed Russia has had more than 1,066,000 troops killed or wounded since the invasion began in February 2022. In its latest update on Wednesday, Ukraine’s General Staff reported that 890 Russian personnel were put out of ...
On August 12, to mark International Youth Day, Georgia’s Minister of Education, Science and Youth, Givi Mikanadze, together with Rustavi Mayor Nino Latsabidze, met with students in Rustavi. According to the ministry, Mikanadze congratulated the parti...
Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili has invited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to attend the Georgia–Turkey national football match on 4 September. The invitation was extended during a joint press briefing held in Turkey alongside Preside...
