Georgia
Former Georgian PM Gharibashvili charged with money laundering, faces up to 12 years prison
Unlike many government critics detained recently, the Prosecutor General’s Office did not request pre-trial detention for Gharibashvili.
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Georgia
Former Prime Minister Gharibashvili admits to receiving illegal income, investigators say
The high-profile investigation has involved other former officials alongside former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili.
Georgia
Georgian Dream chair and ex-Prime Minister Gharibashvili announces exit from politics
Rely on OC Media? We rely on you too. Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a member The chair of Georgian Dream and former Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili has announced his departure from politics. Speaking at a briefing in the ruling party office on Friday, Gharibashvili said he had ‘honor
Armenia–Georgia Relations
Kobakhidze and Pashinyan meet ahead of National League play-off
The next match between the Armenian and Georgian national football teams will be held in Tbilisi on Sunday.
Georgia
Irakli Kobakhidze named next Prime Minister of Georgia
The chair of the ruling Georgian Dream Party, Irakli Kobakhidze, has been chosen by the party as the next Prime Minister of Georgia, after Irakli Gharibashvili abruptly stepped down on Monday. At a party conference on Thursday, after heaping praise on the billionaire founder and honorary chair of Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, for several minutes, Gharibashvili confirmed rumours that Kobakhidze had been chosen. [Read more: Who is Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s next Prime Minister?] The
Georgia
Irakli Gharibashvili resigns as Georgian Prime Minister
Irakli Gharibashvili has resigned as prime minister of Georgia. Gharibashvili announced his decision at a press conference on Monday. He did not clarify why he was stepping down or who would replace him. Shortly before Gharibashvili’s resignation, the pro-government TV channel Imedi cited sources within the party as saying that the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream Party and former speaker of parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, would soon replace him. They said an official announcement would be
Bidzina Ivanishvili
Georgian Government heaps praise on new Ivanishvili-linked hotel
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili along with the speaker of parliament, the leader of the ruling party, the Mayor of Tbilisi, and a host of ruling party MPs have flocked to the opening of a hotel in Tbilisi linked to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. On Wednesday, Gharibashvili gave a speech at the opening of Paragraph Tbilisi in which he celebrated ‘a new paragraph in Georgia’s hospitality industry’. The Georgian Prime Minister went on to list some of the facilities av
