Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has defended the appointment of Levan Kharabadze as deputy head of the State Security Service, calling him an “honourable man who had served the country with dignity,” following media reports highlighting his...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday called the participants of an anti-Government rally in central Tbilisi on the previous day “orcs” of the United National Movement opposition party. Speaking to journalists, Kobakhidze said protes...
Eka Beselia, founder of the civic group House of Justice, has criticised the sentencing of 11 individuals arrested during pro-European protests late last year, calling the recent court ruling “unjust and illegal” and promising to appeal. Speaking to...
The head of Georgia’s State Security Service, Mamuka Mdinaradze, has appointed several new deputies. Lasha Maghradze, formerly first deputy justice minister, has been named first deputy head of the agency on Thursday. Other appointments include Ale...
Giorgi Baramidze, one of the leaders of the opposition United National Movement (UNM), on Wednesday called on the Georgian public to gather in the streets of major cities on October 4 instead of going to polling stations, which he described as “speci...
The ruling Georgian Dream’s Tbilisi mayoral candidate and current Mayor, Kakha Kaladze, on Wednesday officially opened his election headquarters alongside Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili. In his remarks, Ka...
Georgia’s fifth President, Salome Zourabichvili, on Wednesday welcomed the court’s decision to acquit protester Nika Katsia, calling it “one brick laid toward justice,” but warned that the judiciary remains under political control. “I want to congra...
Zaza Tavadze, a member of the For Georgia opposition party led by former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia, has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of using a parliamentary investigative commission to pursue political vendettas. Tavadze on Wednesda...
Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, has elected Irakli Kirtskhalia as the new leader of the parliamentary majority and chairman of its faction as Mamuka Mdinaradze has been approved as the new head of the State Security Service. The announcemen...
Georgia’s Ombudsperson has raised concerns over police treatment of citizens detained during protests on Rustaveli Avenue on Tuesday, highlighting excessive use of force and rough handling of participants. “The force used during police operations mu...
