politics

Giorgi Amilakhvari – we rule out not only a return to this agreement, but also the signing of a similar political agreement in the future
Giorgi Amilakhvari, a member of the parliamentary majority, commented on the possible return of the ruling party to the “Michel Document”. According to him, “Georgian Dream” will not just not return to this “document”, but also the given political si...

Vakhtang Megrelishvili – As I have noticed, the president herself is forming her own position
Vakhtang Megrelishvili, one of the leaders of “Girchi”, said after the meeting with the President of Georgi, Salome Zurabishvili that they had talked about the Charles Michel document and the president was interested in their attitude. “We had a cri...

Mamuka Khazaradze – We are interested in the position of the President regarding the withdrawal of the “Georgian Dream”
According to Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of the “Lelo” political party, they are interested in the president’s opinion on the withdrawal of the Georgian Dream from the Charles Michel 19 April agreement. “The meeting was convened at the invitati...

Ambassador Kelly C. Degnan’s Remarks on World Park Ranger Day at Tbilisi National Park
The US Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan Remarks on World Park Ranger Day at Tbilisi National Park. She noted that she is pleased to attend the event as this is a wonderful opportunity to recognize the service of Georgia’s park rangers. “...

Russia stops Cubans trying to enter EU on air beds
Three Cubans who took the desperate step of trying to cross one of Europe’s most sensitive border rivers on air beds now face deportation from Russia. They were caught trying to paddle across into the EU state of Estonia, Russian border guards say. ...

Donald Trump ordered to hand over tax returns to Congress
The US justice department has ordered the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to hand over former President Donald Trump’s tax returns to Congress. The move reverses a 2019 finding that the request from the House Ways and Means Committee was “disingenuou...

Israel accuses Iran over deadly oil tanker attack
Israel has accused Iran of being behind an attack on an oil tanker in which two crew members – a British national and a Romanian citizen – were killed. The MV Mercer Street, operated by the London-based company Zodiac Maritime, was off Oman’s coast ...

UK’s HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier pictured in South China Sea
The South China Sea has been a hotbed of naval activity this week as a British aircraft carrier strike group, an American surface action group, and forces from China’s People’s Liberation Army have all staged exercises in the contested waterway. ...

President signed laws on national resistance and increasing the number of the Armed Forces
In the Zhytomyr region, during the events on the occasion of the Day of Special Operations Forces, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed the laws “On the Fundamentals of National Resistance” and “On Amendments to the Law “On the Number of t...

Diego Colas: After July 5, the issues on which I focus most of my attention are freedom of the press and the security of journalists, protection of minorities, judicial reform
„I agree with Charles Michel that upholding the content of the April 19 agreement, in particular in-depth judicial and electoral reforms, offers the best way to strengthen democratic institutions and the rule of law in Georgia“, -said Ambassador Extr...
