A Tbilisi court has sentenced Mamuka Khazaradze, leader of the opposition party Lelo – Strong Georgia, to eight months in prison for failing to comply with a summons from a parliamentary investigative commission probing alleged crimes under the Unite...
Two young activists who were injured after a car ploughed into a group of protesters in Tbilisi on the night of 22 June say they have identified the driver, despite a lack of public information from authorities. Mariam Mekantsishvili and Lizi Ubilav...
Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen has expressed concern over the deteriorating political climate in Georgia, particularly the “growing pressure on civil society and pro-democracy actors.” “Unfortunately, the situation in Georgia is becoming mo...
Giorgi Jincharadze, Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, on Monday said Georgia would use the 64th round of international negotiations in Geneva to raise urgent humanitarian and human rights concerns affecting its popula...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has defended the recent imprisonment of opposition politicians who refused to comply with a parliamentary investigative commission on activities under the previous United National Movement government, insisti...
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday reiterated his government’s “ambitious goal” of making Georgia one of the top three least corrupt countries in Europe, following the arrest of senior energy official Romeo Mikautadze on corruption-related ch...
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has criticised EU Ambassador Paweł Herczyński, describing him as a “tragic person” who, in his view, was “not allowed to work as an ambassador” due to alleged interference in Georgia’s elections. Speaking to...
The For Georgia party, led by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, has criticised the parliamentary investigative commission probing alleged crimes under the previous United National Movement government and beyond, chaired by Vice Speaker Thea Tsul...
Former Georgian Ambassador to the United States and ex-State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, Davit Bakradze, has accused members of the United National Movement (UNM) of lobbying against Georgia’s national interests in Washington...
A Georgian court has sentenced Zurab Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change opposition bloc, to seven months in prison for failing to appear before a parliamentary investigative commission probing alleged crimes under the previous ...
