Politics

July 06, 2019

Yerevan bids for closer ties with Tbilisi: will that work?

The new Armenian government under Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan seeks to advance political and economic cooperation with Georgia, but conflicting foreign policy priorities will limit the possibility of any dramatic overhaul in the bilateral relations

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June 28, 2019

Q&A: What’s Behind Armenia’s Decision to Skip UNGA Vote on Georgia’s IDP Resolution?

The United Nations General Assembly adopted on June 4 a resolution reiterating the right of return of all displaced persons and refugees to Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia

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June 26, 2019

Faces of Protest: People who animate Georgia now

Spontaneous protests that sprung up in Tbilisi starting June 20 have baffled many observers

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June 21, 2019

240 Injured During Last Night’s Unrest, Health Ministry Says

240 people, including 80 police officers have been injured, as police dispersed protesters through massive use of tear gas and rubber bullets at the Parliament building in Tbilisi

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April 03, 2019

MEPs seek proper investigation of Kerzaia case

On April 2, eleven members of European Parliament, including Ana Gomes (Portugal, S&D), Michael Gahler (Germany, EPP) and Rebecca Harms (Germany, Greens/EFA), sent a letter to Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze urging “a prompt and thorough investigation” of the death of Ia Kerzaia, the principal of Public School N6 in Zugdidi, who was reportedly pressured to join the campaign of ruling party-endorsed candidate Salome Zurabishvili in last year’s presidential polls

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March 26, 2019

ISFED Calls for ‘Timely, Comprehensive’ Investigation into Kerzaia Affair

The International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy, a Tbilisi-based election watchdog, says the circumstances surrounding the November 2018 inspection in the Public School N6 in the town of Zugdidi raises doubts that the inspection mechanism was used for political purposes ahead of the Presidential elections

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March 20, 2019

Highlights: President Zurabishvili’s Televised Interview

On March 19, Salome Zurabishvili gave her first televised interview to a national Georgian broadcaster after being sworn-in as Georgia’s fifth President in December 2018

Politics

March 01, 2019

ODIHR Issues Final Election Observation Report on Georgia

On February 28, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) issued its final report based on findings of the election observation mission (EOM) during Georgia’s last direct presidential polls, with a list of recommendations aimed to “support efforts to bring the electoral process in Georgia further in line with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections

Politics

February 15, 2019

Measuring Georgian Resilience

By Laura Thornton “Resilience” is a term clearly in vogue right now

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February 12, 2019

OSCE PA to Issue Final Election Observation Report on Georgia

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will introduce its final election observation report of the last direct presidential elections in Georgia, during its winter meeting on February 21-22 in Vienna, Austria

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December 21, 2018

When Elections Damage Democracy: Lessons from Georgia’s Presidential Polls

By Kornely Kakachia & Bidzina Lebanidze Georgia’s recent presidential elections exposed many of the problems that have been hindering the country's democratization over the last few years

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December 04, 2018

Foreign Experts on Georgia’s Presidential Runoff

To reflect on the second round of Georgia's Presidential elections, we continue asking: How do you assess the runoff results and what do you think will be its political consequences in the short and long-term perspectives? This time, our respondents are six Georgia-watchers – Lincoln Mitchell, Luis Navarro, Donald Jensen, David Kramer, William Courtney and Kenneth Yalowitz

Politics

December 03, 2018

Presidential Runoff: Expert Assessments in Tbilisi

On November 28, Georgians went to the polls to elect their fifth president

Politics

August 27, 2018

A Tribute to the National Hero

With the passing of Senator John McCain, the United States has lost a visionary politician and a devoted statesman, a man of extraordinary courage and high moral integrity

Politics

August 25, 2018

Recognized occupation

In the direct aftermath of the 2008 Russian – Georgian war, the Russian Federation undertook a range of measures to extract both South Ossetia and Abkhazia from Georgia, starting with the recognition of both as independent, this weekend exactly ten years ago

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August 12, 2018

Russo-Georgian War: Recognition

On August 12, ten years ago, when Georgia’s final defeat by Russian troops was near, a hastily negotiated ceasefire agreement between French President Nikolas Sarkozy acting on behalf of the EU and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was drafted

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August 17, 2017

Detention of Civic Activist Stirs Outcry in Tbilisi

Officials in Tbilisi condemned the detention of Tamar Mearakishvili, Georgian civil rights activist, in the Akhalgori District of Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia as “illegal deprivation of liberty” and “restriction on freedom of expression

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