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COVID-19: Ambassador Kelly Degnan Speaks of U.S. Aid to Georgia to Tackle Pandemic
In a video message released on April 13, Ambassador Kelly Degnan spoke of U.S. efforts to help Georgia address public…
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CSOs Slam Restricting Public Attendance at Remote Court Hearings
The Coalition for an Independent and Transparent Judiciary, uniting 40 local civil society organizations, has issued a statement criticizing the…
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Georgia’s Foreign Trade in January-March 2020
Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first three months of 2020 decreased by 2.7%, compared to the same period last…
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ISFED: ‘Resignation of Municipal Mayors Raises Questions’
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED), a local watchdog, said that a wave of recent resignations by elected…
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Amnesty Int’l: Tskhinvali Authorities Must Stop Persecuting Outspoken Journalists
Amnesty International, a London-based international human rights organization stated in its statement of April 8 that Moscow-backed authorities in Tskhinvali…
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Int’l Organizations Pledge Funds to Help Georgia Tackle Coronavirus Fallout
A group of international partners, including the EU, the IMF, the World Bank, and other prominent financial institutions, have published…
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EU Allocates EUR 183 Mln to Support Georgia’s Needs amid Pandemic
The European Commission will allocate over EUR 183 million of funds for Georgia as part of its global response to…
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Mayor of Kutaisi Resigns, Quits Politics
Giorgi Chigvaria, Mayor of Kutaisi, the country’s second largest city, has announced about his decision to resign and quit politics.…
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Five NATO Ships Make Port Call in Georgia
Five NATO ships, assigned to the Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2), are visiting the Georgian port of Poti on…
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COVID-19: Abkhazia Reports First Case of Coronavirus
On April 7 Moscow-backed Abkhazia has registered the first case of the novel coronavirus in the region. Abkhazia’s chief sanitation…
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President Zurabishvili Pardons Nine Inmates
On April 7, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has pardoned nine female inmates on the day of Annunciation. According to the…
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GYLA Calls for Timely Investigation into Curfew Incident in Batumi
Georgian Young Lawyers Association (GYLA), a local watchdog, has called for “timely, effective and impartial” investigation into the incident that…
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Public Defender of Georgia Releases Annual Human Rights Report
On April 2, the Public Defender’S Office (PDO) published an annual report on human rights and freedoms in 2019 in…
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Georgian Opposition Backs Government in Securing International Financing
22 opposition political parties and one independent lawmaker have sent a letter to foreign governments and international organizations, expressing full…
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Top Court Picks Khvicha Kikilashvili as Constitutional Court Justice
On March 3, the Plenum of the Supreme Court unanimously elected Khvicha Kikilashvili as a new justice of the nine-member…
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Geostat: Annual Inflation 6.1% in March
Georgia’s annual inflation stood at 6.1% in March 2020, while on a monthly basis prices increased by 0.7%, the National…
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CSOs Slam Appointment of Constitutional Court Justice amid State of Emergency
On April 3, sixteen civil society organizations, including Georgian Democracy Initiative, Transparency International Georgia, Open Society Georgia Foundation and Institute…
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NATO to Deepen Partnership with Georgia, Ukraine
On April 2, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a virtual press conference following the Foreign Ministerial that the…
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Mayor of Terjola Municipality to Resign
Bondo Sopromadze, Mayor of Terjola Municipality in western Georgia’s Imereti Region, has filed his resignation to the Terjola Municipality City…
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COVID-19: Tbilisi Warns of ‘Grave Situation’ in Abkhazia, Tskhinvali Due to Pandemic
The Georgian Government has raised the alarm on the “aggravating” COVID-19 situation in two occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South…
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Two Men Sent to Pretrial Custody over Incident Involving MP Enzel Mkoyan
The Prosecutor’s Office announced that the local court in Akhaltsikhe, southern Georgia’s Samtskhe-Javakheti Region, has sent two persons charged with…
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Georgia’s Central Election Commission to Enhance Cybersecurity with U.S. Help
The Central Election Commission (CEC), a supreme body charged with overseeing the election process in Georgia, has announced it will…
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COVID-19 in Georgia Live Blog – March 2020 / Archived
Tuesday, March 31 21:00 GMT+4 – Georgia Observes the First Night of COVID-19 Curfew More than 3,7 million Georgians started…
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Georgian Voter Data Reportedly Leaked Online
Voter records for around 4.9 million Georgian nationals (including deceased citizens) were exposed on a hacking forum on Saturday, March…
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Geneva Talks Co-Chairs Call for ‘Greater Cooperation across Dividing Lines’
The Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GDI), UN Representative Cihan Sultanoğlu, Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the…
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Watchdog Takes Cases of Acting, Dismissed Adjara TV Employees to Court
The Human Rights and Monitoring Center (EMC), a local watchdog, has applied to Batumi City Court to defend the interests…
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Geostat: GDP Growth 2.2% in February
Georgia’s real GDP grew by 2.2% year-on-year in February, according to preliminary data released by the National Statistics Office (Geostat)…
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First Abkhazia Resident Tests Positive for Coronavirus
On March 30, Georgian citizen, who resides in Gali District of occupied Abkhazia, tested positive for COVID-19. The patient was…
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GYLA Calls on Top Court to Suspend Selection of Constitutional Court Justice during State of Emergency
Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), a local watchdog, has called on the Supreme Court to suspend the selection process of…
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COVID-19: Georgia Announces Nationwide Lockdown, Partial Curfew
On March 30, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia announced more stringent lockdown measures to contain the spread of the novel…
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Justice Ministry, Penitentiary Service Fined for Violation of Personal Data Protection Law
The State Inspector’s Service of Georgia has fined the Ministry of Justice and the Special Penitentiary Service, a subordinate agency…
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COVID-19: Occupied Abkhazia Declares State of Emergency until April 20
On March 27, Valery Bganba, acting leader of Moscow-backed Abkhazia declared state of emergency effective until April 20 to prevent…
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Councils of National Minorities and Religions, Ombudsperson, Concerned over Xenophobia towards Ethnic Azeris in Quarantined Marneuli, Bolnisi
The Georgian Public Defender and the Councils of National Minorities and Religions released a statement on March 26 in support…
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Fourth Day of Quarantine in Marneuli – Interview with Kamila Mamedova
More than three days have passed since Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia placed Marneuli and Bolnisi Municipalities under lockdown to…
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Tskhinvali Leader Declares ‘Reunification’ with Russia Strategic Objective
On March 25, Moscow-backed Tskhinvali leader Anatoly Bibilov delivered a state-of-the-nation address proclaiming ‘reunification’ with the Russian Federation strategic goal…
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CSOs Concerned over Xenophobic Remarks against Ethnic Azerbaijanis in Quarantined Marneuli, Bolnisi
The No to Phobia platform, a coalition uniting eleven Georgian watchdog organizations, expressed concern over “the wave of xenophobia” that…
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Int’l Community Denounces Abkhaz Polls, Continued Occupation of Georgia
Georgia and its international partners denounce March 22 repeat “presidential polls” in Moscow-backed region of Abkhazia. Peter Stano, Lead Spokesperson…
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CSOs Say Adjara TV ‘Persecutes’ Critical Journalists
On March 24, the Media Advocacy Coalition, uniting over ten local watchdog and media organizations, released a statement calling attention…
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Court Rules Bail for June 20 Tbilisi Protest Activist
On March 23, Tbilisi City Court ruled that Besik Tamliani, an activist detained during June 20-21 protests, who had rejected…
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Aslan Bzhania Becomes New Abkhaz Leader
Aslan Bzhania is now set to become Moscow-backed Abkhazia’s fifth leader for a five-year term, winning March 22 repeat ‘presidential’…
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Georgian Orthodox Church Defies Some Emergency Rules amid Coronavirus Pandemic
Sunday Liturgy went on unhindered in thousands of churches belonging to the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) today in Georgia, despite…
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Georgian Parliament Authorizes State of Emergency over Coronavirus
The Georgian Parliament confirmed the presidential decree at an emergency sitting on March 21 with 115 MPs voting in favor,…
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TI Georgia Calls for Benefits for Media, Slams Sanctions against TV Pirveli, Mtavari Arkhi
Transparency International Georgia, a local human rights watchdog, stated on March 21 that the Finance Ministry’s decision to levy the…
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Georgia Declares State of Emergency to Halt Coronavirus Spread
On March 21, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili declared a nationwide state of emergency effective until April 21. According to Zurabishvili,…
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Georgia Nominates Deputy Justice Minister as ICC Judge Candidate
With 91 votes in favor, the Parliament of Georgia endorsed the nomination of incumbent Deputy Justice Minister Gocha Lortkipanidze as…
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Parliament Suspends MP Mandate to Otar Chrdileli
The Parliament of Georgia suspended MP mandate to Otar Chrdileli, former member of the ruling Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia party,…
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Geostat: GDP Growth 5.1% in 2019 – Preliminary Data
Georgia’s average growth of real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 equaled 5.1%, , according to preliminary data released by the…
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NATO’s Stoltenberg: ‘We will continue to work closely with Georgia’
On March 19, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference on the release of his Annual Report…
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Georgia’s Foreign Trade in January-February 2020
Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first two months of 2020 increased by 6%, compared to the same period last…
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