An opposition leader from the United National Movement (UNM), Ana Tsitlidze, has accused Georgia’s “informal ruler” Bidzina Ivanishvili of “using recent corruption arrests to consolidate political power and intimidate officials.” Tsitlidze said memb...
Georgia’s Deputy Parliament Speaker Nino Tsilosani has questioned what she described as differing international reactions to decisions regarding the Istanbul Convention, after the Latvian parliament backed a move to withdraw from the treaty on preven...
Lasha Parulava, a member of the opposition United National Movement’s Political Council, on Thursday claimed that local self-government institutions in Georgia, including municipal councils, “no longer function” and had been “captured” by ruling part...
China’s Premier Li Qiang has invited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to attend the opening ceremony of the 8th China International Import Expo, which will take place on November 5 in Shanghai. “I believe this event will significantly deepe...
Georgia’s former President Mikheil Saakashvili has defended his approach during the 2011–2012 election period, saying he deliberately avoided using force to stop Bidzina Ivanishvili’s rise to power, claiming such a move would have amounted to dictato...
Eka Gigauri, Executive Director of Transparency International Georgia, has accused Georgia’s investigative bodies of failing to respond to information the organisation provided on alleged high-level corruption. Gigauri on Thursday said TI Georgia su...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has met with Yerlan Koshanov, Chairman of the Mäjilis - the lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - for talks on expanding cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan, the Georgian Government Administration said on Th...
Georgia’s Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday met with Yerlan Koshanov, Chairman of the Mäjilis - the lower house of Kazakhstan’s Parliament - to discuss broadening cooperation between the two countries during Koshanov’s first official ...
Georgian President Mikheil Kavlelashvili has met Yerlan Koshanov, the Chairman of Kazakhstan’s Mäjilis (lower house of Parliament), to discuss expanding cooperation between the two countries, the President’s Office reported Thursday. The leaders emp...
Opposition figure Gedevan Popkhadze has called on authorities to ensure proper medical monitoring for activists staging a hunger strike outside the Georgian Parliament, saying participants must be protected from serious health risks. Popkhadze, a me...
