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Granting control of Anaklia Port to China could be “strategic mistake” for Georgia – expert George Mchedlishvili
“Granting control of the planned Anaklia deep-sea port to China could be a strategic mistake for Georgia. Such a move may inadvertently align us more closely with Russia, posing geopolitical risks”, George Mchedlishvili, an expert in international re...
If EU treated all candidate states equally, I would not expect preference of Ukraine before Georgia – Marian Duris
If the European Union treated all candidate countries equally, I would not expect the preference of Ukraine before Georgia in granting candidate status. However, today’s Union is different from the one that existed 20 years ago and often forgets its ...
Fear forced ruling party recall agents bill – Eka Beselia
Fear has forced the ruling Georgian Dream party to recall the controversial foreign agents bill – Eka Beselia, a lawyer, politician and a former MP told Front News. She stressed a “sincere and powerful protest” of the country’s youth forced the auth...
Ex-pres. Saakashvili’s complicated health “a crime against state” by a “non-state-minded” gov’t – Georgia’s former youth delegate to UN
The so-much worsening condition of the currently imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili is a “crime committed against the country” by a “non-state-minded” government, Tatia Dolidze, Georgia’s former youth delegate to the United Nations and p...
Belarus “unlikely” to recognise Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions – former minister
Belarus is unlikely to recognise Georgia’s Russian-controlled Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions as independent states following the recent visit of the country’s president to Abkhazia, as the move “is not in Russian interests now”, former reconciliatio...
No matter what Europe says, ruling party-opposition cooperation ‘unlikely’ for EU candidacy – Nino Burjanadze
Euro-Atlantic integration or non-aligned status, what is the main challenge of Georgia today and whether deoligarchisation is possible – Nino Burjanadze, a chairwoman of the United Georgia – Democratic Movement opposition party, former parliament spe...
Ruling party “killed two birds with one stone” for not voting PACE resolution on Russia, Saakashvili – analyst Nika Chitadze
The ruling Georgian Dream party has killed two birds with one stone for not supporting the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe recent resolution, which dubbed Russia as a terrorist country and called for the release of convicted former Pr...
If confirmed someone in Georgia aiding Russia’s war in Ukraine, they must face sanctions – ISFED chair
The recent Tbilisi international conference dedicated to Ukraine, declaring its participants as “enemies” by the Georgian Dream Government, the implementation process of the 12-point conditions of the European Union for Georgia’s membership candidate...
EU Ambassador Hartzell: no shortcuts to membership, only tangible progress will succeed in driving the process forward
There are no shortcuts to membership: only tangible progress will succeed in driving the process forward, EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell [https://www.eeas.europa.eu/delegations/georgia/ask-ambassador-questions-answers_en?s=221] said on Thursd...
Co-director of Tbilisi Pride: key goal is setting up of LGBT support group in parliament to have our voice
Mariam Kvaratskhelia said that there are still many problems for the rights and equality of LGBT people, with homophobia, discrimination and violence major problems. However, she stated that a recent study by Women’s Initiative Support Group (WISG) h...
