Georgia
Georgian opposition leader Nika Melia bail set at $18,000 for failing to appear before anti-UNM commission
Melia had been summoned by a parliamentary commission created to investigate crimes allegedly committed by his former party.
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Opposition leader Vashadze’s bail set at $18,000 for failing to appear before anti-UNM commission
Most of the opposition politicians who were called to attend the commission’s session refused to participate.
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Review | Smiling Georgia — a tragicomic documentary on the wounds left behind by electoral theatre
Luka Beradze’s first full-length film offers a deeply human and surprisingly funny portrait of broken promises and political manipulation in Georgia.
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
Georgian Dream’s questioning of military officials over August 2008 War sparks outrage
Georgian Dream repeatedly claimed that former President Mikheil Saakashvili’s government started the war.
Georgia
Georgian prosecutors launch investigation into former Defence Minister Okruashvili
Irakli Okruashvili was among the leaders of the 2003 Rose Revolution, in which Mikheil Saakashvili’s UNM came to power.
Georgia
Georgian Dream vows to ban opposition parties
Before the parliamentary elections, one of Georgian Dream’s campaign promises was to outlaw their political rivals and ban ‘pseudo-liberal ideology’.
