Protest at the Tbilisi Public Service Hall (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
A number of Georgian conservative groups have been gathering outside the Tbilisi Public Service Hall in an attempt to prevent foreigners from registering ownership of agricultural land in the country. [Read more…]
(Samkhretis Karibche)
Georgia’s Constitutional Court has suspended a moratorium on purchasing agricultural land by foreign citizens. While the court ruled the ban was unconstitutional, the suspension will only be temporary as constitutional amendments are set to kick in. Foreign citizens now have nine days left to register land they have bought or inherited. [Read more…]
(Samkhretis Karibche)
Georgia’s parliament recently adopted a package of constitutional amendments. Among the many changes were those regulating the sale of agricultural land. According to the amendments, ‘agricultural land, as a resource of special importance, can only be owned by the state, a self-governing entity, a citizen of Georgia, or a union of Georgian citizens’. [Read more…]
The residents of Batlaich village on protest (Kavkaz.Realii)
Residents of a village in central Daghestan have appealed in court against the military’s acquisition of agricultural land in their village. On 20 June, Daghestan’s Supreme Court postponed consideration of the claim at the request of the Prosecutor's Office, who have asked for more time to study the case. [Read more…]
(Samkhretis Karibche)
Draft constitution amendments will allow only citizens of Georgia to buy agricultural lands. [Read more…]
