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Opinion | Georgia's neoliberal agony

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Riot police use water canon to disperse demon­stra­tors during a protest against the gov­ern­ment. Photo: Mari Nikuradze/OC Media

Mate Gabitsi­nashvili is a Georgian political economy analyst and a TV host at the Georgian Public Broad­cast­er. He reports about the crisis of the global financial economy, the origins of neolib­er­al trans­for­ma­tion and the future of devel­op­ing countries from the per­spec­tives of heterodox economics.

In Georgia, the state has given up on devel­op­ment. Neolib­er­al­ism is exhausted — there's nothing left to sell or dereg­u­late. [Read more…]

Georgian MP resigns after questioning ‘morals’ of colleague targeted by sex tape leak

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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…]

TBC Bank founders set up ‘political movement’ ahead of 2020 election 

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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…]

Opposition and activists rally against Gakharia as Georgia’s next PM

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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…]

Opinion | Proportional elections are an opportunity for Georgia; it’s up to young people to seize it

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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…]

Georgian prosecutors probe opposition for ‘rebellion’

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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…]

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