Georgia
UNM criticises Zourabichvili for saying political unity is ‘unattainable’
Georgia’s fifth president had said that political unity between opposition groups was ‘externally imposed’ and ‘unattainable’.
Mikheil Saakashvili
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Mikheil Saakashvili
Saakashvili sentenced for illegally crossing into Georgia, prison term extended until 2032
The former Georgian president was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for illegally crossing into the country in 2021.
Mikheil Saakashvili
Explainer | The five cases against former President Mikheil Saakashvili
Georgia’s imprisoned former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, has returned to the headlines — this time due to new verdicts announced against him.
Georgia
Tbilisi Court sentences Saakashvili to 9 years in prison
Two other cases against Saakashvili are still under trial.
Bidzina Ivanishvili
EU Parliament calls for sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili
The EU Parliament has adopted a scathing condemnation of Georgian Dream’s foreign agent draft law, calling for the sanctioning of the party’s founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili, and hinging Georgia’s accession talks with the abortion of the draft law. The European Parliament approved the resolution with 425 MEPs voting in favour of it, 25 against, and 30 abstaining. The resolution strongly condemned Georgian Dream’s reintroduction of the controversial foreign agent bill, underlining that the draft
Georgia
Internal strife overshadows the UNM’s ‘manifesto of unity’
Georgia’s largest opposition party, the United National Movement (UNM), has adopted a new ‘manifesto for unity’ without the approval of several senior members, potentially deepening internal strife within the party. The manifesto was signed during the party’s commemoration of the Rose Revolution’s 20th anniversary. The revolution catapulted the party, then-led by Mikheil Saakashvili, the imprisoned former president of Georgia, into power until they were unseated by Georgian Dream in 2012.
Analysis
Datablog | Georgia’s changing priorities at the UN General Assembly
A quantitative analysis of the speeches made by Georgia’s leaders at the annual UN General Assembly found that their themes and priorities changed after the change of government in 2012, with Georgian Dream leaders more positive and discussing Russia less negatively than their predecessors. The UN General Assembly (UNGA), currently in its 78th session, meets annually in September and offers an opportunity for the heads of state or government of every country to raise the issues that they cons
