Politics

December 19, 2022

Government Decides to Buy Out Khudoni HPP Project

The Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili said at a news conference on December 19 that the Georgian government has decided to buy out the Khudoni HPP project

Politics

December 19, 2022

Geostat: Q3’22 GDP Up by 9.8%

Georgia’s real GDP increased by 9

Politics

December 13, 2022

Anaklia Development Consortium Responds to PM’s Remarks

The Anaklia Development Consortium (ADC) addressed Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s recent statements about the Anaklia Deep Sea Port on 12 December, declaring that he “made a series of misrepresentations” about the project and emphasizing that the PM “made assertions about the future of the project which are sure to fail

Politics

December 12, 2022

PM: Government to Keep Anaklia Port Majority Stake

Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili revealed on 12 December that the long-awaited deep sea port of Anaklia will be built with the government's participation, which will subsequently own 51% of it

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December 12, 2022

EU to Invest EUR 2.3 Billion in Georgia-Romania Black Sea Electricity Cable

The EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi revealed on 12 December that the EU will allocate EUR 17 billion for the economic and investment plan of the Eastern Partnership (EaP), including EUR 2

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December 02, 2022

Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 10.4% in November

Georgia’s annual inflation rate amounted to 10

Politics

November 16, 2022

Opinion | Georgia’s Biased Courts are Damaging Cultural Heritage and the Environment Too

For every year that Georgia’s feudal system of government persists, the rot in its institutions grows deeper

Politics

November 09, 2022

Georgian Authorities to Stop Publishing COVID-19 Statistics

The Ministry of Health confirmed to Civil

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November 08, 2022

IRI Poll Shows Pessimism Among Population

A new public opinion poll, commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and released on 7 November, reveals that much of the Georgian public believes the country is heading in the wrong direction, is concerned with the state of the economy, and is skeptical about Georgia receiving EU candidate status in 2023

Politics

November 05, 2022

Opinion | Polarization Pays

Lika Chkhetiani studies Political Science at Central European University Georgia suffers from intense political polarization – this has become a common political talking point domestically and internationally

Politics

October 12, 2022

Interview | Richard Youngs: Democratic Quality of States is Diminishing

"Most democratic backsliding today is not about coups and the army seizing power in a very dramatic way

Politics

October 10, 2022

Interview | John A. Pennel, USAID Mission Director

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Politics

October 09, 2022

Interview | Dr. Claire P. Kaiser: Nuance is Necessary for Understanding Georgia in the Soviet period

Politics

October 06, 2022

Interview | Rallying Global South: How did Georgia do it?

As the 77th Session of the UN General Assembly unfolded, the Western leaders tried to rally the global South to Ukraine's cause

Politics

October 05, 2022

Explainer | Ukraine’s Anti-Oligarch Law

The Georgian Dream said it drafted the law aimed at reducing the undue influence on politics and clarified that it essentially copies the law adopted in Ukraine on September 23, 2021

Politics

September 26, 2022

Interview | EU Media Freedom Act: New Approach to Media Regulations?

On 16 September, the European Commissioner for Values and Transparency Věra Jourová and the European Commissioner in charge of Internal Market Thierry Breton have introduced the European Commission's proposal on the European Media Freedom Act (EMFA)

Politics

September 19, 2022

Brief | Ruling Party Contests Civic Space

What is happening? The ruling "Georgian Dream" doubled down on contesting the credibility of Georgia's established CSO watchdogs

Politics

September 15, 2022

Attack on CSOs | Nika Simonishvili, GYLA: Those who know our work, won’t fall for government’s lies

Top officials from the ruling “Georgian Dream” party have recently stepped up the campaign of accusations against Georgia’s leading civil society organizations

Politics

September 15, 2022

Attack on CSOs | Eka Gigauri, Transparency International Georgia: “This is admission of their weakness”

Top officials from the ruling "Georgian Dream" party have recently stepped up the campaign of accusations against Georgia's leading civil society organizations