Irakli Gharibashvili

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Irakli Gharibashvili during his farewell briefing. Screengrab from official video.

Georgia

Georgian Dream chair and ex-Prime Minister Gharibashvili announces exit from politics

by Mikheil Gvadzabia

•4 min read

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

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze (left) and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (right). Official photo.

Armenia–Georgia Relations

Kobakhidze and Pashinyan meet ahead of National League play-off

by OC Media

•3 min read

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

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

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

Irakli Gharibashvili. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Georgia

Irakli Gharibashvili resigns as Georgian Prime Minister

by OC Media

•2 min read

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

From right to left: Georgian Dream chair Irakli Kobakhidze, Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili, Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, and MP Mamuka Mdinaradze. Photo: Government of Georgia.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgian Government heaps praise on new Ivanishvili-linked hotel

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

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

China

Georgian Dream scrambles to apologise to China over president’s comments

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•1 min read

Leading members of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party have scrambled to apologise to China, after President Salome Zurabishvili appeared to suggest the Chinese Premier, Xi Jinping, should face prosecution. The president’s office released a translation of Saturday’s interview with French TV station CLI, which was conducted in French. Zurabishvili was reportedly asked if she hoped the Chinese and Russian leaders would face prosecution — Putin, for crimes against humanity, and Xi Jinping, for

Protesters in a tent outside parliament. 5 October 2023. Image: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Georgian Dream pass new anti-protest amendments

by Shota Kincha

•4 min read

Georgia’s ruling party has passed controversial amendments to the country’s law on protest, which critics warn will severely restrict freedom of assembly. The amendments were proposed following claims by the country’s security service that international groups aimed to incite violent civil unrest in the country later this year. On Thursday, the parliamentary majority passed the bill in its third reading. The bill was approved with 74 votes in favour and 20 votes against. Hours before the fi