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16/04/2025 - 21:21

Interview | Kęstutis Budrys: Freedom and Independence Were Not a Given for Our Peoples

Civil.ge‘s series of interviews with foreign ministers of Georgia’s partner states continues with an interview with Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania –…
The Dispatch

15/04/2025 - 13:01

Dispatch – April 15 – To kill a swallow

Sometimes it feels like the only thing different about Georgian Dream supporters is that they just got tired of it all a lot sooner than…
Letters

12/04/2025 - 14:29

Dear Joe Wilson — Is America Still a Friend to Georgia?

“This award no longer effectuates agency priorities and is terminated…” With this single line in a letter from the U.S. Embassy last month, The Memory…

Photo Stories

20/04/2025 - 16:27

Protesters Celebrate Easter Together

Georgian protesters gathered on Tbilisi’s Rustaveli Avenue to celebrate Easter together. Activists and members of the Orthodox community lit candles,…

09/04/2025 - 19:28

Photo Story | Citizens Hold Vigil for April 9 Heroes

Protesters spent the night outside the Georgian parliament to honor the victims of the April 9, 1989, massacre by Soviet…

01/04/2025 - 16:40

Photo Story | People’s Spring Has Come?

Large crowds took to the streets in Tbilisi on March 31, Day 124 of non-stop Georgian protests, to mark the…

08/03/2025 - 14:22

Photo Story | Georgians Mark 100th Day Protests

On March 7, protesters took to the streets again to mark the 100th day of nonstop protests in Georgia. Tbilisi’s…

25/02/2025 - 23:26

Photo story | Rally Marks Russian Occupation Anniversary

Tens of thousands have marched to mark the 104th anniversary of Tbilisi’s occupation by the invading Soviet Russian army in…

25/02/2025 - 12:21

Photo Story | Ukraine Solidarity March and Rally

On 24 February, Georgian demonstrators in Tbilisi marked the third anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine by expressing solidarity…

19/02/2025 - 13:14

Photo Story | Ivanishvili’s Birthday Marked with Carnivalesque Protest

February 18 marked Bidzina Ivanishvili’s 69th birthday with a larger carnivalesque protest on Rustaveli Avenue, where demonstrators have been gathering…

30/01/2025 - 13:14

Photo Story | Protesters Demand to Free the Public Broadcaster

The road near the Georgian Public Broadcaster has been blocked as hundreds of protesters gathered to demand airtime and the release…

Opinion

16/04/2025 - 21:21

Interview | Kęstutis Budrys: Freedom and Independence Were Not a Given for Our Peoples

Civil.ge‘s series of interviews with foreign ministers of Georgia’s partner states continues with an interview with Kęstutis Budrys, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania – a country that has been a consistent supporter of Georgia throughout its difficult journey after regaining independence, and has not been afraid to show “tough love”. With two countries sharing a history of resistance to Soviet and Russian domination, Euro-Atlantic integration and people-to-people contacts, Lithuania has been one of the most active promoters of Georgian interests in the EU and…
15/04/2025 - 13:01

Dispatch – April 15 – To kill a swallow
12/04/2025 - 14:29

Dear Joe Wilson — Is America Still a Friend to Georgia?
07/04/2025 - 11:58

Dispatch – April 7: Moveable Feast
02/04/2025 - 15:03

Interview | Baiba Braže: We will Always Support Georgian People’s EU Aspirations
31/03/2025 - 14:00

Dispatch – March 31: Last Days of Tea
24/03/2025 - 11:16

Dispatch – March 24: Magic Words

Analysis

28/03/2025 - 22:26

GD Proposal to Ban Opposition Kills Discussion on Local Elections

After a long and tense winter of protests, Georgia finds itself facing a political crisis that continues to deepen as the weather warms. But despite the warming weather the country seems frozen in anticipation. The question on many minds has been whether the opposition would be able to present a coherent, unified strategy regarding the election or moving forward with the protest. But as soon as the upcoming local elections, scheduled for October 4 have emerged as a topic of political discussion, the ruling party…
24/03/2025 - 14:18

Will Peace Break out Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
18/03/2025 - 13:12

Georgian Dream’s Conspirationist Brainwashing Works – Research
10/03/2025 - 15:10

As Democracy Falters Globally, Georgian Protest Mood Turns Somber
19/02/2025 - 17:11

Georgia and Serbia – Two Protests, Different Contexts
13/01/2025 - 12:19

Natalie Sabanadze: Georgian Dream is Precipitating its Own Downfall
17/12/2024 - 11:24

Explainer | Facing Resistance, Georgian Dream Rushes in Repressive Laws

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