Georgian foreign agent law protester freed after year in prison
Lazare Grigoriadis has been released from prison following President Salome Zourabichvili’s pardon.
Georgian far-right group ‘gifted’ new political party after being de-registered
Alt Info has announced they had been given control of a previously unaffiliated far-right political party during a protest outside Georgian Dream’s offices.
Political wing of Georgian far-right Alt Info group de-registered as party
The move comes as the government has come under a barrage of criticism from the West over its planned foreign agent law.
Why is Georgian Dream reviving the foreign agent law?
Georgia’s ruling party has promised to pass a controversial ‘foreign agents’ law just six months before parliamentary elections, but the reasons for the move are unclear.
Georgian Dream to repeal parliament gender quotas
Georgian Dream announced their plans to support a proposal from Girchi in exchange for their support in pushing through other electoral changes.
Georgian Dream announces constitutional changes to outlaw queer ‘propaganda’ and gender transitioning
Coming ahead of elections scheduled for October, the proposals could represent the ruling party’s pitch to the country’s conservative electorate.
Georgia’s President to veto ‘anti-European’ amendments to electoral code
The amendments look set to give the ruling party greater control over the makeup of the Central Electoral Commission.
Georgian speaker criticises foreign-funded organisations for ‘meddling in politics’
Shalva Papuashvili’s comments were part of a pattern of attacking Western donors following last year’s aborted ‘foreign agents’ law.
Landslides and avalanches kill 11 in western Georgia
Eleven people have died as a result of landslides in Georgia’s western Imereti and Adjara regions.