Irakli Abesadze, founder of the Centre for Civil Involvement, on Thursday criticised Tbilisi City Hall’s new metro car procurement deal, alleging that the 600 million GEL tender process had lacked fair competition and risked ties with a “controversia...
Targeted sanctions on Georgia’s judiciary and middle-level officials could pose a serious challenge to the country’s ruling elite, a leading political analyst has suggested, as the European Union reportedly considers expanding its sanctions regime. ...
A delegation from Georgia’s opposition party, the United National Movement (UNM), has met with British MP Blair McDougall of the ruling Labour Party during a visit to the United Kingdom, the party’s press service reported on Thursday. The delegation...
Levan Tsutskiridze, leader of the opposition movement Freedom Square, has dismissed claims that international partners support Georgia’s upcoming municipal elections, arguing that the vote lacks international legitimacy under the current government. ...
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and ruling party Secretary-General Kakha Kaladze have criticised the latest resolution adopted by the European Parliament, calling it “shameful” and accusing European institutions of undermining their own cr...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused arrested media manager Mzia Amaglobeli of attempting to weaken Georgia’s law enforcement agencies and defended the government’s legal response to her actions. Speaking to journalists on Thursday, Kobakhid...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has rejected criticism from the European Parliament, defending the integrity of the country’s upcoming local elections and accusing EU institutions of political bias in favour of the opposition United Nationa...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has criticised both the country’s “radical opposition” and certain international actors for attacking the OSCE/ODIHR’s assessment of Georgia’s parliamentary elections last year, saying their position “must b...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday defended the imprisonment of several opposition politicians for their refusal to participate in the parliament’s investigating commission probing alleged crimes under the previous United National Movement ...
Georgia’s former president Salome Zourabichvili says she is convinced that the upcoming local self-government elections will not take place, calling them a political illusion orchestrated by the ruling Georgian Dream party to manipulate and divide th...
