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News
Georgian, Portuguese FMs Pledge to Deepen Ties
Georgian Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani, who visited Lisbon on April 21-22, met with his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva, and pledge to deepen ties. On April 22, the two FMs discussed the ways for enhancing cooperation on circular migration. Georgian Foreign Ministry said, the two ministers also discussed ways to support…
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Analysis
Backgrounder: Georgia, Russia and Politics of Ecclesial Occupation
The Georgian Orthodox Patriarchate announced late last December that it would not rush with recognizing the autocephaly (ecclesiastical autonomy) of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Since this went contrary to the state policy of supporting Ukraine, as well as widespread public sentiment to that effect, many Georgians have reacted with dismay. Formally, the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) decided to defer the question to later Synodal gatherings.…
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Op-eds
Zurabishvili: Europe of tomorrow would need us all – from UK to Georgia
This op-ed by Salome Zurabishvili, the President of Georgia has been originally published in Le Monde. Europe is in crisis. And yet, Georgia has never been as determined and enthusiastic about its European future as it is now. While the citizens of the European Union…
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News
Parliament Weekly: April 8-12
Parliament’s extraordinary plenary session By decree of the President of Georgia, an extraordinary plenary session of the Parliament was held on April 8 where MPs continued hearing of President of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG), Koba Gvenetadze. At the session, lawmakers also voted in favor of the amendments to the Law on General Education, envisaging the abolition of school graduation exams. Committee hearings Legal…
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Interviews
Dimitar Bechev on NATO Enlargement to the Balkans, Russian Policy in the Region
Ani Chkhikvadze from VoA’s Georgian broadcasting service talked to Dimitar Bechev, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Center and a research fellow at the University of North Carolina, on NATO enlargement to the Balkans and Russia’s foreign policy in the region, as…
By Irakli Khvadagiani, a research fellow at Soviet Past Research Laboratory (SovLab) The emergence of modern archival institutions and networks in Georgia is linked to the Russian imperial administration in the 19th century. The Georgian Democratic Republic received this heritage in 1918 and undertook fundamental reforms to preserve the nation’s memory. This is the story of many an unsung hero. Building Imperial Memory In the…
On 12 March 1919 the freely elected Constituent Assembly of Georgia has gathered for its first session. The eldest member of the Assembly, Social Democrat Silibistro Jibladze has delivered this inaugural address at 12:19. His speech is a great example of the political rhetoric of the time, now sadly lost, as well as the reflection on complexity and confusion of the times. “So I have…
