The second round of talks between Georgian Dream and the opposition, on 8 December. Image via TV Pirveli.
As street protests continue in Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party has said they are ‘considering’ a proposal to introduce ‘multi-member constituencies’ to the electoral system. [Read more…]
Staff from the Adjara Public Broadcaster protesting outside their office. Photo: AdjaraTV
Journalists from Adjara’s public broadcaster held a street protest on Wednesday against their new director, who they accused of censorship. [Read more…]
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…]
An anti-government protester injured during the clashes Tbilisi. Photo: Radio Tavisupleba.
Pro-government youth groups in Georgia have attacked anti-government protesters and opposition members, with several being injured. Protesters have been attacked in Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Mtskheta, and Zugdidi since Sunday. [Read more…]
A protest in Tbilisi on 8 July 2019. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media
Survey data suggests a growing number of people in Georgia see the EU as a threat to Georgian culture. CRRC investigates who it is that is worried about the EU’s cultural influence and what it could mean for the country’s EU membership aspirations. [Read more…]
Bidzina Ivanishvili being interviewed on Imedi TV.
Despite making a promise to create ‘tens of thousands of jobs’ in 2012, when he came in power, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili said he was surprised that Georgians demand he create jobs in the country. [Read more…]
Protesters paraded an effigy of Georgian Dream chair Bidzina Ivanishvili on Rustaveli Street. Photo: Tamuna Chkareuli/OC Media.
The authorities in Tbilisi have dispersed protesters blockading the Georgian Parliament for the second time in a week. As temperatures reached below zero in the early hours of Tuesday, riot police moved in deploying a water cannon against protesters.
Dusheti Municipality. Photo: Nino Melikishvili / OC Media.
In Dusheti, a town 60 km north of the capital of Georgia, family comes first. An OC Media investigation has uncovered that time and again, from food provision to construction, a number of government tenders have gone to close relatives of officials in the city administration. [Read more…]
Giga Makarashvili, For Freedom activist at the protest held on 17 November. (Mari Nikuradze / OC Media)
Amidst protracted preliminary court hearings, 10 of the 37 people arrested following the protests on Monday have been sentenced to administrative imprisonment. Opposition groups have called for their release and vow to restart street protests next week. [Read more…]
Vazha Gaprindashvili.
Medical professionals across Georgia have held a five-minute silence in protest over the detention in South Ossetia of Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili. [Read more…]
