
Georgia suspends participation in Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly
It came after the body voted to accept the Georgian delegation’s credentials on the condition new parliamentary elections be announced.
It came after the body voted to accept the Georgian delegation’s credentials on the condition new parliamentary elections be announced.
People from Georgia’s Kakheti Region and war veterans are holding marches in protest against the ruling party's policies, both heading towards the parliament. The Kakheti group plans to stop en route at Orbeliani Palace, the residence of President Salome Zourabichvili. A group of Georgian veterans marches through Tbilisi towards the growing protest outside the Georgian parliament. 🔴 Live updates: https://t.co/nl22A1YQDN pic.twitter.com/mWPJhF9Gfg — OC Media (@OCMediaorg) December 22, 2024
According to the European Union, Georgia might be discussed by EU leaders today in Brussels. ‘In the light of specific events, EU leaders may address specific foreign policy issues, including developments in Georgia and Moldova’, their statement read. ‘EU leaders are meeting in Brussels to discuss Ukraine, the EU in the world, the Middle East, resilience and preparedness, migration and foreign policy issues’. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has been invited to the meeting.
OC Media is seeking a part-time (25%) staff writer to cover developments in South Ossetia. We are seeking a part-time journalist to work remotely from Tskhinvali or from OC Media’s office in Tbilisi. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and multinational team, working directly under the editor-in-chief with opportunities to learn and develop professionally. Extensive experience or qualifications in journalism are not necessarily required; the successful candidate will have the opportunity
Unconfirmed reports suggest that OC Media co-founder and co-director Mariam Nikuradze may have been placed on a list of people to be arrested by the Georgian authorities. Information about the list, which contains 48 names and their ID numbers, was provided to OC Media by a credible source who claims to have obtained it. The source said that while they were themselves unable to verify its veracity, others on the list, including actor Andro Chichinadze, had already been arrested on criminal cha
Georgian police have conducted raids of the offices of opposition groups as well as the homes of individual protest organisers as the government’s crackdown on dissent intensifies. On Wednesday, police raided the joint offices of the opposition Droa and Girchi — More Freedom parties. They also raided the office of the opposition Ahali party. All three are members of the Coalition for Change opposition grouping. During the raids, police arrested Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalit