Watchdog Calls on Prosecutorial Council Not to Nominate Irakli Shotadze as Chief Prosecutor
Kelly Degnan Sworn-in as New U.S. Ambassador to Georgia
Reconciliation Minister: Tbilisi Ready to Expand Dialogue with “the Abkhaz, Ossetian Societies”
Ruling Party, Opposition Assess NDI-Commissioned Survey
OSCE/ODIHR Welcomes Announced Halting of Top Bench Judicial Appointments
Public Attitudes, Political Ratings in NDI-commissioned Survey
NATO Military Committee Holds Session on Georgia
Ombudsperson: Khazaradze-Japaridze Case Materials ‘Do not Contain’ Money Laundering Elements
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Analysis
Friendly Brother is Watching You? Georgia’s New, State-sponsored Media Critic
Not so long ago, Georgia’s Facebooking masses were served a short promotional video in which familiar faces took turns enunciating basic tenets of ethical journalism: accuracy, impartiality, accountability, editorial independence… Kakhi Bekauri, who chairs Georgian National Communications Commission (GNCC), wraps up saying: “these are the fundamental principles based on which we launch this platform”. On December 23 GNCC unveiled an online platform – “Media Critic”…
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Editorial
Illiberal Oligarchy Lurks Behind Georgia’s Democratic Façade
Georgia’s façade democracy is having an emotionally charged fall. Spooked by spontaneous protests that erupted in the Georgian capital in June, the ruling Georgian Dream party made a major concession to the public, by pledging fully proportional elections in 2020. But at the decisive moment,…
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Op-eds
Opposition: To win, frame election as a domestic referendum
To win the next elections, the opposition should drop the narrative of Bidzina Ivnishvili being a Russian stooge – something that I like to call “Bidzina-as-Boris” narrative. This is a controversial view, but let me explain the logic: While the discontent in Georgia is palpable, it is by no means sure that the opposition will prevail. The ruling Georgian Dream party has learned how to…
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Interviews
IRI’s Twining: Our Agenda Is a Strong and Healthy Democracy in Georgia
Ia Meurmishvili: Mr. Twining, thank you very much for being here with us today. IRI has gotten some fairly negative publicity and a series of criticism in Georgia in the past week. In general, how do you respond to some of the accusations of a…
