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A protester waves the EU flag at riot police during a standoff near the Georgian Parliament. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

War of words between Georgian Dream and EU Ambassador to Georgia

by OC Media

•5 min read

After a tense night of confrontation between protesters and riot police in the central streets of Tbilisi, Georgian Dream’s communications department, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, and other lawmakers from the parliamentary majority have claimed that Georgia hasn’t halted the country’s EU membership bid until the end of 2028. On Friday, a Georgian Facebook account named Sinamdvileshi (‘in fact’), which local media have said is Georgian Dream’s communications department, blamed EU Ambass

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Georgian Dream approves new government

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

On 28 November, the ruling Georgian Dream party approved a slightly reshuffled government cabinet, led by incumbent Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, along with its programme titled ‘Towards Europe with Peace, Dignity, and Prosperity’. The vote passed with 84 in favour and none against, and without questions asked to Kobakhidze. The government was endorsed without a single opposition member present, as the new parliament has been boycotted by all four opposition groups that, according to the d

Irakli Kobakhidze. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream to keep Kobakhidze as PM

by OC Media

•2 min read

Georgian Dream’s political council has approved party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili’s recommendation to keep Irakli Kobakhidze as prime minister. The political council convened on Thursday to nominate Georgian Dream members for the several posts. The official results of 26 October’s elections gave the ruling Georgian Dream party a large majority, with 54% of the vote. However, local media and observer groups have documented widespread vote rigging by the ruling party. The party’s executiv

Irakli Kobakhidze presenting Georgian Dream’s election programme. Photo: Georgian Dream/Facebook.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Dream promises ‘pragmatic policy’ with Russia in election programme

by OC Media

•3 min read

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has presented Georgian Dream’s election programme, vowing to adopt a ‘pragmatic policy’ towards Russia and to create 200,000 jobs and increase average salaries by 2028. Kobakhidze presented his party’s four-year plan on Monday evening, less than three weeks ahead of 26 October’s parliamentary elections. In an hour-long speech, he said the programme included ‘about 20% of the activities that will be implemented in the next four years’ and ‘due to the lack o

US President Joe Biden and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Illustration by OC Media.

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Biden snubs Georgian PM Kobakhidze by revoking UN reception invite

by OC Media

•2 min read

The White House has disinvited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Georgia’s delegation from a reception for world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly. On Wednesday, the US Embassy in Georgia told local media that Kobakhidze’s invitation to the reception was revoked due to his government’s anti-democratic actions, misinformation, and negative rhetoric about the US and the West. Voice of America reported the snub on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources including a se

US Ambassador Robin Dunnigan and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. Official image.

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Kobakhidze says Washington was ‘influenced’ to sanction Georgian nationals

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has said that he believed US President Joe Biden’s administration was ‘influenced’ by ‘certain forces’ to impose sanctions on Georgian nationals, suggesting that American institutions needed ‘de-oligharchisation’. In a press briefing on Tuesday, Kobakhidze said that the decision to impose financial sanctions on four Georgian nationals, in addition to travel restrictions on over 60 others, was ‘frivolous and very sad’. He further suggested that the

Irakli Kobakhidze at the second round of Georgia's municipal election on 30 October 2021. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Georgian Prime Minister warns that opposition might be ‘at risk of attack’ by themselves

by OC Media

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has claimed that leaders of the ‘radical opposition’ might be ‘at risk’ of attacks orchestrated by ‘the Collective National Movement’ in a bid to discredit the ruling Georgian Dream party. In a press briefing on Wednesday, Kobakhidze stated that the ‘collective National Movement’ were planning on staging attacks on leaders of the ‘radical opposition’ to discredit the government and October’s parliamentary elections. Georgian Dream refers to most pro-