Vano Zardiashvili. Official picture.
Georian Dream Party MP Vano Zardiashvili resigned on Monday after being condemned for questioning the ‘morals’ of fellow MP Eka Beselia. The remark was widely seen as a reference to intimate footage leaked online of Beselia’s private life. [Read more…]
Mamuka Khazaradze announcing new political movement, Lelo. Photograph: Agenda.ge
On Thursday, the two founders of TBC Bank Group, who the prosecutor’s office charged with laundering almost $17 million in July, announced that they are establishing a political organisation, which they plan to turn into a political party in time for Georgia’s 2020 parliamentary elections. [Read more…]
Giorgi Gakharia (left) being nominated by Bidzina Ivanishvili on Tuesday. (Georgian Dream Facebook)
Controversial Georgian Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia is slated to become the country’s next prime minister, the fifth under the rule of Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream party. [Read more…]
Mamuka Bakhtadze (Facebook)
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced his resignation in a post on Facebook. According to Georgian Dream officials, his successor will be announced on Tuesday. [Read more…]
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Rustavi 2’s head of news, Nodar Meladze, and four prominent journalists at the station will be dismissed, the channel’s newly appointed director Paata Salia said on Tuesday. [Read more…]
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Vera Gogokhia is a civic activist and founder of You for Democracy, an NGO supporting youth activism in Georgia. She is a Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellow at the National Endowment for Democracy where she is exploring ways to bridge the gap between young people and political parties.
As Georgia transitions to a new electoral system, it’s up to young people to seize the opportunity to make Georgia a better place. [Read more…]
Protesters throwing fireworks at police on 20–21 June. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
The Georgian Prosecutor’s Office has announced they are investigating senior opposition figures for attempting to overthrow the government through violence. [Read more…]
(Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli / OC Media)
Anti-government protesters have marched from Georgia’s parliament to the home of the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, demanding that Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia resign. [Read more…]
Bidzina Ivanishvili casting his ballot in the first round of 2018's president elections (Mari Nikuradze/OC Media)
Georgia’s 2020 Parliamentary elections will be held with a proportional system and with no threshold to enter parliament, Georgian Dream Chair Bidzina Ivanishvili has announced. This was one of the key demands of protesters who have gathered outside parliament in their thousands for the last four days. [Read more…]
Shalva Shavgulidze and Vladimer Kakhadze held a live debate on the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
The opposition candidate in Sunday’s parliamentary by-election in Tbilisi has refused to congratulate his opponent from the ruling Georgian Dream party after losing the vote, accusing him of running a dirty campaign. [Read more…]
