Georgia–EU Relations
Mdinaradze calls EU visa-free travel ‘the last bullet in the blackmail arsenal’
This is the latest in a series of statements by Georgian Dream regarding visa-free travel with the EU.
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Georgia
Georgian Dream says opposition won’t be banned before October municipal elections, but soon after
In March, Mdinaradze said that the opposition parties ‘will not be able to participate in the elections to local government bodies’.
Georgia
TV Formula says Mdinaradze will replace Gomelauri as Georgia’s Interior Minister
According to Formula, the information was confirmed by a source from the Interior Ministry.
Georgia
UK imposes new sanctions on Georgia, which Georgian Dream compares to the 1989 Soviet massacre
This is not the first time the UK has imposed sanctions on members of the Georgian government.
Freedom of the Press
US State Department says to ‘stay tuned’ for possible Georgia sanctions
US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller has told reporters to ‘stay tuned’ regarding possible sanctions on Georgian officials responsible for reintroducing the foreign agent bill. Answering journalists’ questions on Monday, Miller stated that adopting the foreign agent law ‘would derail Georgia from its European path’. ‘We are concerned that the legislation would impede independent media organisations working to provide access for Georgian citizens to high-quality information’, he sa
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream announces draft law against ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’
The ruling Georgian Dream party has announced that it will prepare a draft law to ‘protect’ society from ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’, which appears to be aimed at countering queer rights advocacy. The chair of the party’s parliamentary faction, Mamuka Mdinaradze, stated at a briefing on Thursday that the ruling team would take two weeks to work on the bill before presenting it to parliament. Mdinaradze stated that while human rights in Georgia were ‘protected at a high level, regardless of
Feature Stories
Georgian Dream ramps up homophobic rhetoric as Pride Week approaches
In recent months, senior figures in the ruling Georgian Dream party have increased and intensified their homophobic rhetoric, accusing a fast food restaurant of distributing ‘LGBT propaganda’, and suggesting that students need to enter heterosexual relationships and ‘reproduce’. Georgia’s Prime Minister, ruling party chair, and parliamentary faction chair have all made pointed homophobic statements in recent months, warning against queer ‘propaganda’ and accusing young people of having ‘messed
