The Latvian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement criticizing Georgia’s 4 local October elections, declaring that a vote held amid the arrest of opposition leaders, pressure on independent media, and absence of international observation ...
Giorgi Sharashidze, a member of the political council of the opposition Gakharia for Georgia party, said on Monday that his party accepted responsibility for the outcome of the October 4 local vote and would analyse its mistakes - even if the struggl...
Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili congratulated Andrej Babiš and the ANO movement on their victory in the Czech Republic’s parliamentary elections, highlighting the potential for closer bilateral ties. In a post on social media platform X, Kav...
The defense attorney for Paata Burchuladze, one of the leaders charged in connection with the October 4 protests, said that his client was currently exercising his right to remain silent. “He has been charged under three articles, but the indictment...
Re-elected Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze has rejected recent European Union comments on Georgia’s October 4 local elections, insisting that “the EU is of no real interest” and that the country is governed solely by its citizens. “My position is simple...
Political analyst Kakha Gogolashvili on Monday criticized opposition claims that the October 4 local elections had been effectively boycotted, arguing that such statements were politically motivated and did not reflect the actual turnout. Gogolashvi...
The Chairman of the Georgian Parliament’s European Integration Committee,on Monday said the opposition had faced “serious challenges” after the recent local elections and warned that “cosmetic changes” in names, slogans, or party branding would no lo...
One of the leaders of the opposition United National Movement (UNM), Anna Tsitlidze, has claimed that the latest declaration by the European Union had confirmed what the opposition had maintained “from day one” - that the October 4 vote in Georgia di...
The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia on Monday filed criminal charges against Paata Burchuladze, Murtaz Zodelava, Irakli Nadiradze, Paata Manjgaladze, and Lasha Beridze for organizing and leading group violence on October 4, attempting to seize a strat...
Officers of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, together with the Adjara Main Division in western Georgia, have detained a citizen of Turkey, born in 1990 and identified as I.A., on charges of illegal possessio...
