interview
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...
Georgia’s former envoy to CoE Jgenti: If Russia fails in Ukraine, it may move against Moldova, Georgia
Is it possible for the area of the Russia-Ukraine war to be expanded? What threats and challenges is Georgia facing? What opportunities may emerge and whether Georgia is ready for them? Mamuka Jgenti, former Permanent Representative of Georgia to the...
Political expert Ramaz Sakvarelidze: opposition has lost the west’s support
Georgian political analyst Ramaz Sakvarelidze has told Front News in an interview that the country’s opposition has lost the West’s support. Q. Is the opposition’s current activeness after boycotting parliamentary sessions a plan B or a recognit...
Georgian opposition leader: west mustn’t make any concessions over Ukraine
Head of the Georgian opposition party Strategy Agmashenebeli Giorgi Vashadze [https://www.facebook.com/G.Vashadze] has told Front News that if the west makes concessions over Ukraine with Russia it will further encourage Russian aggression. “What i...
Lincoln Mitchell: Saakashvili expected his return to be an abrupt, game changing issue, but in vain
Lincoln Mitchell [https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1956417.Lincoln_A_Mitchell], a political analyst, pundit and writer based in New York City and San Francisco, who works on democracy and governance related issues in the former Soviet Union, Ea...
Beyond Banking, Beyond Georgia
Three decades after opening its first branch in Tbilisi, Georgia’s leading financial institution has emerged as an advanced tech-driven company with unparalleled products and services that are placing Georgia on the global innovation map. TBC Bank’s ...
The project, which is a hybrid of Fintech and Agrotech, will be launched on the Georgian market from 2022
On June 5-7, 2020, the Georgian Agency for Innovation and Technology hosted a hackathon called “uHack for Rural Development”, with the goal of utilizing digital technologies to help individuals people living or working in rural areas to cope with the...
Expert Mamuka Areshidze: situation too complicated, gov’t has a little space to maneuver
Why does the Georgian Dream (GD) government refrain from bringing arrested former president, Mikeil Saakashvili, to a civil clinic? What are the government’s fears based on? Who is responsible for the current political tension in Georgia and who carr...
UNM mayoral candidate in Kutaisi: only victory ahead, Saakashvili in no need of presidential pardon
The third president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili [https://www.facebook.com/SaakashviliMikheil] is in no need of pardon. We are waiting for victory in the October 2 municipal elections – the United National Movement (UNM) opposition candidate for Ku...
TI Georgia head Gigauri: journalists’ safety may not be protected on election day
“Because of frequent attacks on journalists and their crews, we are afraid that the safety of journalists may not be protected on the October 2 municipal election day.” Transparency International Georgia Executive Director Eka Gigauri has spok...
