Politics

February 12, 2025

Ethnic Minority Groups Leave the Council, Allege Pressure

On February 1, seven organizations broke away from the Council of Ethnic Minorities, a consultative platform that has for years voiced the needs and advocated for the rights of minority communities in Georgia

Politics

February 05, 2025

Dispatch – February 5: Law-Abiding Citizens

8 Minutes is a Georgian apocalyptic sci-fi short film about humanity figuring out how to spend the last moments of daylight after learning that the sun has gone out

Politics

February 04, 2025

The Daily Beat: 3 February

The ruling Georgian Dream party announced legislative changes aimed at increasing sanctions for a number of administrative and criminal offenses, including “insulting officials” and “assaulting police

Politics

February 03, 2025

iFact Investigation Suggests Russian Oil Reaches Europe Through Georgia

iFact, a local media outlet focused on investigative journalism, has published its investigative report entitled "Invisible Cargo: the Path of Sanctioned Oil from Russia To Europe” on January 22 suggesting that Russian oil reaches Europe through Georgia

Politics

January 30, 2025

HRC Releases Critical Annual Human Rights Report

The Human Rights Center (HRC), a local human rights watchdog published its annual report on January 29, critically assessing the state of human rights' protection in Georgia in 2024 and detailing the country's "democratic backsliding in 2024"

Politics

January 30, 2025

Photo Story | Protesters Demand to Free the Public Broadcaster

The road near the Georgian Public Broadcaster has been blocked as hundreds of protesters gathered to demand airtime and the release of the channel from the ruling party diktat

Politics

January 29, 2025

Will PACE Take an Unprecedented Decision on Georgia?

by Gigi Kobakhidze, from Strasbourg The 2025 PACE winter session is held in Strasbourg from January 27 to January 31, and Georgia has been one of the central topics of discussion

Politics

January 27, 2025

Dispatch – January 27: Ship of Theseus

The Ship of Theseus is an ancient philosophical paradox that grapples with the concept of identity

Politics

January 27, 2025

Georgian Dream PM Kobakhidze Visits UAE

On January 26, Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, accompanied by a GD delegation, arrived in the United Arab Emirates for a visit

Politics

January 25, 2025

Photo Story | Theater Protest

On January 23 at Vaso Abashidze Theatre, which had announced a strike after the arrest of its actor, Andro Chihinadze, Georgian artists staged a performance in which it issued a manifesto and announced plans to tour Georgia's regions to campaign for freedom and to hold meetings with citizens

Politics

January 23, 2025

Op-ed | What can the Western Partners Do to Break Georgia’s Authoritarian Descent?

Georgia’s current trajectory holds significant consequences for regional stability and the global democratic landscape

Politics

January 22, 2025

Public Defender: Once Compromise Candidate Becomes a Contentious Figure

It has been almost two years since Levan Ioseliani took up the office of the Public Defender of Georgia

Politics

January 19, 2025

Watchdogs: Amaghlobeli Case Tells a Story of Persecution of Independent Press

On the evening of 11 January, Mzia Amaghlobeli, the founder and director of online publications Batumelebi and Negtazeti, was protesting with other Georgian citizens in the coastal city of Batumi when she was arrested for trying to put up a sticker calling for a national strike on 15 January

Politics

January 16, 2025

Photo Story | Georgia Goes on Strike

On Wednesday, January 15, thousands of people took to the streets across Georgia in the largest strike in the country's history

Politics

January 16, 2025

Interview | Michael Roth: Brussels Should Do More

Michael Roth will soon leave politics

Politics

January 14, 2025

Op-Ed | Names, Not Passports! EU Should Close the Loophole

The EU’s decision to suspend visa-free travel for diplomatic and service passport holders while maintaining it for ordinary Georgian citizens is a step in the right direction

Politics

January 13, 2025

Politically Driven Purge Guts Civil Service

“From February 1, 2025, your administrative contract will be terminated,” Moris Baramia, head of one of the key departments at the National Probation Agency under the Ministry of Justice, got this message on December 31

Politics

January 13, 2025

Natalie Sabanadze: Georgian Dream is Precipitating its Own Downfall

Georgia is not and has never been a fully consolidated institutional democracy

Politics

January 11, 2025

Q&A | Georgia’s Ongoing Crisis: What to Expect?

The protests across Georgia have been going on for well over a month now taking various creative forms, and involving representatives of different professions, social groups, minorities, etc

Politics

January 10, 2025

ISFED to File Lawsuit Over Mass Dismissals of Civil Servants, Citing Political Persecution

The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), a watchdog, condemned the politically motivated dismissal of more than fifty civil servants in Georgia and said it would file a joint lawsuit with the Independent Trade Union of Civil Servants

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