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ECHR registers case against Georgia’s foreign agent law
The parliamentary majority passed the foreign agent law on 28 May amid several weeks of mass protests.
Podcast | Donald Trump and the South Caucasus
OC Media’s editors discuss the potential impact of Donald Trump’s re-election as US president on the Caucasus.
Moldova summons Georgian representative over PM’s criticism of elections
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze earlier suggested that it was Moldova’s elections that needed to be investigated, and not Georgia’s.
How a Trump presidency could impact the South Caucasus
Donald Trump’s re-election will likely have a far-reaching impact on US policy toward the South Caucasus.
Protests across Abkhazia after opposition leaders arrested
Tensions in Abkhazia over a series of controversial pro-Russian economic reforms boiled over after several opposition leaders were arrested.
Georgian opposition interpret German Embassy post about Berlin Wall as ‘warning’ to Georgian Dream
The post commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall stated that ‘peaceful revolution is possible’.
Podcast | Greta Thunberg on COP29 in Azerbaijan
Greta Thunberg talks about greenwashing COP29 and the choice of discuss the choice of Azerbaijan as a petrol-producing country with a questionable human rights record.
Russia calls for ‘demarcation of Georgia–Abkhazia and Georgia–South Ossetia borders’
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Russia have again demanded to relocate the discussion from Geneva.
Appeals court rules that voter secrecy was not violated in Georgian elections
The Tbilisi City Court has spent over 20 hours deliberating on the matter before ruling in favour of the Central Election Commission.
What OC Media observed during Georgia’s election
OC Media collected evidence and first-hand accounts of an array of violations on the Georgian parliamentary election day.