Politics

March 10, 2021

International Women’s Day March in Tbilisi: Back to Basics

Terrified, scores of people listened in silence as women were sharing their recollections of grave abuses, standing in the front yard of the Government Administration in Tbilisi

Politics

March 06, 2021

Covert Recordings: Bera Ivanishvili Heard Tasking Security Official with Personal Revenge?

On March 6, TV Pirveli, a Tbilisi-based channel critical to the Georgian Dream Government aired audio conversations, apparently recorded covertly, in which son of GD founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, rap-singer Bera Ivanishvili, seems to be tasking Anzor Chubinidze, who serves as the Head of the Special State Protection Service (SSPS) since 2014, to humiliate and punish youngsters for online posts insulting Ivanishvili family

Politics

March 03, 2021

Electoral Reform Working Group Introduces Draft Amendments

Co-Chairs of the working group on electoral reform, ruling Georgian Dream party MP Shalva Papuashvili and Citizens party MP Vice-Speaker Levan Ioseliani on March 2 initiated draft amendments to the Georgian election code

Politics

March 03, 2021

Insight | Georgia’s Political System Must be Redressed to Allow Compromise

According to one Georgian proverb, “you will see the road after a wagon overturns”, which preaches that catastrophe has to occur for the new horizon to appear

Politics

March 02, 2021

Op-Ed | Time to Push for Consensus-based Politics in Georgia

Kornely Kakachia, Director, Georgian Institute of Politics, Professor of Political Science at Ivane Javakishvili Tbilisi State University Bidzina Lebanidze, Senior Analyst, Georgian Institute of Politics; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Jena In Georgia, political rivalry equals enmity

Politics

February 26, 2021

In Stats | Georgia’s Year With COVID-19

Georgia marked on February 26 one year since the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus

Politics

February 26, 2021

Trends | Post-Election Shifts in Georgian Media

As often the case in Georgia, the end of the parliamentary elections marks series of changes in the Georgian media, which reflect the realignment of the political forces and the exhaustion of the projects and financing that are linked to the election season

Politics

February 25, 2021

What Now? Experts on Ways Out of Georgia Crisis

Georgia's post-election crisis, with the major opposition parties boycotting the new Parliament took a deepening turn after the Georgian Dream government opted to give orders to the police to storm the UNM party office to detain opposition leader, Nika Melia

Politics

February 25, 2021

Editorial | For The Republic, Reborn

It was 100 years ago on this day, February 25, when one of the world’s worst totalitarian Empires has forced itself into the capital of the Democratic Republic of Georgia

Politics

February 23, 2021

Editorial | Time to Pull the Handbrake

The arrest of the opposition leader marks a turning point for Georgia

Politics

February 23, 2021

Police Storm UNM Office, Detain Nika Melia

Police detained Nika Melia, the largest opposition party leader, in the early morning of February 23 during a special operation at the United National Movement headquarters

Politics

February 19, 2021

Context | Garibashvili: Not a Man of Compromise

Irakli Garibashvili has been tapped as Georgia's new Prime Minister, after Giorgi Gakharia's decision to quit over the coming pre-trial detention of Nika Melia, the UNM chair

Politics

February 16, 2021

In Quotes: Georgian Politicians on Parliament Lifting UNM Chair’s Immunity

On February 16, the Parliament of Georgia voted to strip the United National Movement (UNM) party’s Nika Melia of his parliamentary immunity, paving the way for the possible imprisonment of the largest opposition party’s Chairperson

Politics

February 15, 2021

Insight | Online Education Leaves Georgia’s Poor, Rural Pupils Behind

The schools open in the country from today, as the government eased Covid-19-related restrictions

Politics

February 12, 2021

In Quotes | MEPs on EU Association Implementation Report

The recent EU Association Implementation Report said although Georgia remained committed to the implementation of the Association Agreement and alignment of EU acquis, the country needed to address number of shortcomings of judiciary independence, democratic consolidation and high-level corruption

Politics

February 12, 2021

History | Soviet Russia Invaded Georgia 100 Years Ago

Q: We are having this conversation on 11 February

Politics

February 04, 2021

‘Citizens’ MP Elected as Vice-Speaker

The Parliament of Georgia elected on February 4 Citizens' party MP Levan Ioseliani as Vice-Speaker with 87 votes in favor

Politics

February 03, 2021

Ministers Reflect | Tamar Karosanidze (DMoD 2012-2014)

Ministers Reflect is a new interview series on "how to be effective in government", following a model developed by the Institute for Government in London

Politics

February 02, 2021

Tumultuous 2020 – Survey Tracks Georgians’ Attitudes Towards Key Issues

The Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC), a think-tank, released the results of its nationwide biannual survey in Georgia – Caucasus Barometer 2020