Georgian PM booed addressing football team homecoming
President Salome Zourabichvili was met with applause and cheers.
Ivanishvili ‘sends personal envoy’ to Washington amidst growing reports of sanctions against Georgian officials
The billionaire founder of the ruling party is reported to have sent the head of Georgia’s State Security Service.
Georgian ‘LGBT propaganda’ bill passes first reading
The parliamentary majority plans to pass the legal package in its second and third readings in the autumn.
Podcast | Is Azerbaijan a champion of anti-colonialism?
Bahruz Samadov talks about Azerbaijan’s ‘performative’ support of anti-colonial movements in French overseas territories.
US travel sanctions reportedly hit Georgian officials
The names of those sanctioned will be announced during the week, local media reported.
Georgian anti-mine protesters ‘attacked by masked men’
Two activists campaigning against mining operations in the village of Zodi have said that they were attacked by unknown masked people.
Fears in Abkhazia as Georgia grows closer to Russia
Politicians in both Abkhazia and Georgia appear to have hinted at the possibility of closer relations.
Lelo proposes decriminalisation of drugs in Georgia
Lelo presented the new version of the drug policy at the briefing.
Podcast | Georgian Dream’s assault on queer rights
OC Media’s Shota Kincha, Tbilisi Pride’s Tamar Jakeli, and filmmaker Eka Tsotsoria talk about the new queer ‘propaganda law’.
Georgian journalist leaves pro-government TV after being asked to ‘incite violence’
During the protests against the foreign agent law, several employees of the pro-government channel Imedi have left the channel.