Former president of the National Bank of Georgia and opposition politician Roman Gotsiridze has described plans to establish Imedi Bank after the UK sanctioned Imedi and POSTV as unrealistic and legally impossible. “The creation of ‘Imedi Bank’ is r...
Former president of the National Bank of Georgia, Giorgi Kadagidze, has said that no one has benefited more from the Russia-Ukraine war than the ruling Georgian Dream party. Speaking on Friday, Kadagidze argued that instead of continuing reforms and...
Georgian Shalva Papuashvili has criticized the United Kingdom’s decision to sanction the television companies TV Imedi and POSTV, describing it as an “unprovoked and unjustified attack on free media.” Speaking to journalists on Friday, Papuashvili s...
Valeri Chechelashvili, Head of Political Research at the Strategic Analysis Center of Georgia, on Thursday said that the summoning of the United Kingdom’s ambassador to Georgia represented a diplomatic reprimand and indicated that the Georgian govern...
Zurab Japaridze, a leader of the Coalition for Change, said that EU officials have raised concerns about serious democratic issues in Georgia, which could affect the country’s visa-free regime. Japaridze claimed a recent letter noted significant pro...
Levan Zhorzholiani, Head of the Government Administration of Georgia, met with Arthur Erken, Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia at the International Organization for Migration (IOM). The meeting focused on migration issues and cooperation...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said Georgia’s strength was defined not only by political stability or economic growth, but above all by the resilience of its cultural foundation, as cultural figures were awarded state honours at the Presidential Pa...
“Georgian culture is precisely what reminds us what we fight for, what we defend and what we cherish,” Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said while addressing a ceremony honoring representatives of Georgia’s cultural sphere. Papuashvili noted cu...
President Mikheil Kavelashvili awarded representatives of Georgia’s cultural sphere with state honors - the Order of Excellence and the Order of Honor - upon the nomination of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili...
Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili on Thursday claimed the UK ambassador, Gareth Ward, was asked to provide the legal and factual basis for the UK government’s sanctions on Georgian TV channels Imedi and POSTV, but no evidence or documenta...
