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...
Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) is facing a “historic challenge” in addressing the consequences of occupation while pursuing broad anti-corruption and security reforms, the agency’s newly approved head, Mamuka Mdinaradze, said on Wednesday aft...
Mamuka Mdinaradze, newly appointed head of Georgia’s State Security Service, has said his personal challenge was to ensure that the country’s intelligence agencies were as strong as the ambitions of the Georgian state. Mdinaradze was confirmed by th...
The Georgian Parliament on Wednesday approved Mamuka Mdinaradze as the head of the State Security Service. Mdinaradze's candidacy was supported by 85 MPs, none were against, as majority of opposition groups had requested the suspension of their man...
Giorgi Baramidze, Political Secretary of the United National Movement opposition party, on Wednesday called the recent report by the parliament’s investigation commission on the actions of the previous UNM Government a “treason document aligned with ...
Forty-six percent of citizens across EU member states support Georgia’s accession to the European Union once it meets all membership conditions, while 43 percent oppose it, according to a new Eurobarometer survey [https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surv...
Levan Khabeishvili, chair of the political council of Georgia’s opposition United National Movement, on Tuesday said that fear was the “only tool” ruling Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili relied on to retain power. Khabeishvili added law en...
Tina Bokuchava, head of the opposition United National Movement (UNM), on Tuesday accused Georgia’s ruling authorities of working under orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin, claiming the recently issued report by what she called a “betrayal c...
Georgia’s Vice Speaker and head of a parliamentary investigative commission, Thea Tsulukiani, has claimed that the country’s territorial integrity was further undermined in 2019 as a result of a decision by then-interior minister Giorgi Gakharia to “...
