Georgia
Georgian Dream denies senior figures worked for NGOs, despite CVs and video showing otherwise
It comes less than a week after the government unveiled amendments that would bar former employees of non-governmental organisations from politics.
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Georgia
European embassies hit back at Georgian government attacks on diplomats
German Ambassador to Georgia Peter Fischer has been a specific target of Georgian Dream officials.
Georgia
Germany condemns the ‘baseless attack’ on Ambassador Fischer by Georgian Dream’s Papuashvili
Parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili has repeatedly accused German Ambassador Peter Fischer of supporting violence against the government.
Georgia
Georgia’s Papuashvili blames election HQ violence on ‘activists supported by the German Ambassador’
On Monday night, Georgian Dream supporters violently attacked protesters while police stood by.
Georgia–EU Relations
Georgia to be excluded from EU meeting in September
Georgia was not invited to a similar informal gathering of EU foreign ministers held in Poland in May.
2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections
Georgian Dream to keep Kobakhidze as PM
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
Georgia
Georgian speaker criticises foreign-funded organisations for ‘meddling in politics’
The speaker of the Georgian Parliament has accused foreign-funded organisations of ‘meddling in politics’, continuing the ruling party’s rhetoric attacking civil society. In a lengthy Facebook post on Friday, Georgian parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili suggested such groups were ‘proxies for radical parties’ and were helping ‘undermine Georgia’s drive towards the EU’. His comments come less than a year after the government was forced to drop controversial ‘foreign agents’ legislation f
