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PACE Observers: Pre-electoral Environment Generally Appropriate, Still Room for Improvement
A five-member delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Georgia on September 19-20 to assess the…
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Georgian PM, U.S. Secretary of State Meet in Washington DC
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, who is on an official visit to the United States on September 16-27, met with…
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Foreign Ministry Responds to Corruption Allegations
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the allegations of corruption voiced in the recent financial audit report of…
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Three Electoral Subjects Secure 94% of Donations
Twelve electoral subjects registered for the October 28 presidential elections fundraised GEL 837,307 (USD 336,267) in monetary and non-monetary donations in the period from August 1 through September 11, according…
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Orthodox Patriarch weighs in on Zurabishvili Controversy, Calls for Political Neutrality
Georgian Patriarch Ilia II calls on the Orthodox clergy to refrain from voicing political statements ahead of the upcoming presidential…
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Ban on Wheat Import by Road Postponed for a Year
Georgian Finance Minister Ivane Machavariani announced today that his decision to ban import of wheat by road, has been postponed till…
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Georgia in U.S. State Department Terrorism Report
On September 19, the U.S. Department of State released its annual Country Reports on Terrorism, assessing the 2017 global counterterrorism landscape…
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Tbilisi Says Russia is ‘Undermining’ the IPRMs Format
“We express concern over the destructive actions of the Russian Federation that seriously undermine not only the Incident Prevention and…
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One Person Arrested for Assaulting ‘Liberali’ Editor
One person was arrested on charges of attacking and beating the editor of Liberali magazine, Zura Vardiashvili, the Interior Ministry reported…
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Moscow Accuses Tbilisi of Politicizing IPRM Meetings
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed “deep concern” over the suspension of the 89th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism…
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Truck Drivers Protest Ban on Wheat Import by Road
On September 18, a group of truck drivers gathered for a second day of protests against the Georgian Finance Minister…
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Georgia’s Foreign Trade in January-August 2018
Georgia’s foreign trade turnover in the first eight months of 2018 increased by 22.6% year-on-year, reaching USD 8.1 billion, according…
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Interior Minister Unveils Criminal Police Reform Plan
Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia said today that functions of the criminal police will be divided into investigative, operative and community…
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Lawmaker Quits Alliance of Patriots Faction
MP Nato Chkheidze of the Alliance of Patriots said she will be quitting the political party’s six-member faction, leaving the…
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New Abkhaz Government Head Appointed
Raul Khajimba, the Moscow-backed leader of Abkhazia, appointed on September 18 Valery Bganba as the head of the region’s 12-member…
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Presidential Elections 2018: Weekly Digest No.1
On October 28, Georgian citizens will elect their fifth president for a six-year term. This will be the last time that…
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Q2’18 GDP Growth 5.5% – Preliminary Data
Georgia’s economy grew by 5.5% in the second quarter of 2018, higher than the 4.9% growth recorded year earlier, according…
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“Liberali” Editor Assaulted, Police Investigates
Zura Vardiashvili, Editor of Liberali magazine was attacked and beaten by a group of unknown assailants on the outsikirts of…
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Zurabishvili Clarifies Position on Russo-Georgian War
Salome Zurabishvili, whose presidential candidacy has been endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia, clarified her controversial Russo-Georgian war-related remarks,…
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GDDG Backtracks on Cannabis Cultivation Law after Church Outcry
Following a wave of church-led protests, the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party has decided to backtrack on the draft bill…
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ISFED Releases Interim Report on Election Campaign
International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy (ISFED) released on September 13 its first interim report on elections, highlighting a…
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IPRM Meeting Suspended as Tskhinvali Participants Leave in Protest
The 89th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) was suspended today in Ergneti village close to the occupation line adjacent…
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PM Bakhtadze Presents Education Reform Plan
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has unveiled a five-year plan for education reform, which aims at improving the quality of…
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New Chiefs of Tbilisi, Kvemo Kartli Police Appointed
Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia appointed two new police department chiefs on September 14. Gaga Kirkitadze was appointed as the new head of…
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Interpol Issues Arrest Warrant for Two S.Ossetian Security Officers Charged over Tatunashvili Case
Two South Ossetian security officers charged in absentia over the murder case of Archil Tatunashvili, a thirty-five-year-old Georgian citizen, who died…
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OSCE Secretary General Visits Georgia, Meets Georgian Leaders
OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger, who was on a two-day visit to Georgia on September 12-13, met yesterday with Georgian…
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Probe Opened into Former Zugdidi Mayor’s Corruption Charges
The Georgian State Security Service said in a brief statement on September 13 that it has opened an investigation under…
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Tbilisi City Court Finds Two More Terror Case Suspects Guilty
Tbilisi City Court has found two more persons, Zurab Gornakashvili and Badur Chopanashvili, who were arrested on charges of assisting the…
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Timeline of Salome Zurabishvili’s Remarks on August War
Salome Zurabishvili, whose presidential candidacy has been endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, has triggered public…
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Kersti Kaljulaid: Georgia’s New President Should be Able to Unite People
Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid said that Georgia’s new president should make “loud and open declaration” that s/he will be the…
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Israeli, Georgian Defense Ministers Pledge to Deepen Ties
Georgia and Israel will deepen bilateral defense cooperation, the countries’ defense ministers, Levan Izoria and Avigdor Lieberman, announced on September…
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Candidate Zurabishvili Vows to Stay “Principled, Independent” if elected
Salome Zurabishvili, whose presidential candidacy has been endorsed by the ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, said on September…
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New EU Ambassador to Georgia Takes Office
Ambassador Carl Hartzell met today with President Giorgi Margvelashvili to present his credentials as the Head of the EU Delegation to…
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Wess Mitchell: U.S.-Georgia Cooperation Stronger than Ever
“For Georgia to succeed on the path to reform, is the ultimate and most important way to beat Vladimir Putin,”…
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FM Linkevicius: Russia is a Super-Problem
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius, who participated in the international conference in Tbilisi on September 11-12, stated yesterday that if the Russian…
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Govt Mulls Medical Cannabis Cultivation for Export
Responding to Civil.ge query, the Georgian Interior Ministry has confirmed that the government is considering licensing of cultivation and production…
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Nick Rasmussen: We are witnessing the “democratization” of terrorism threat
On the seventeenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, Voice of…
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Georgian, Ukrainian Interior Ministers Discuss Countering Organized Crime
On September 10, Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia visited Ukraine and met with Ukrainian counterpart, Arsen Avakov. The two ministers discussed their…
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Saralidze, Machalikashvili Resume Protest, Demand Government Resignation
Zaza Saralidze, father of one of the teenagers murdered in Tbilisi in December 2017, and Malkhaz Machalikashvili, father of terror-related…
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Iberia TV Briefly Suspends Broadcast amid Claims of Pressure
A Tbilisi-based Iberia TV went off air for about three hours today amid its management’s claims that the authorities are trying…
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Two Deputy Education Ministers, Senior Officials Dismissed
Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Mikheil Batiashvili dismissed two of his deputies and some senior officials from the…
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Georgian, Armenian PMs Agree to Increase Trade Turnover to USD 1 billion
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze is on his first official visit to Yerevan on September 10. Today, he met his…
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Q2’18 FDI USD 389 mln: Geostat
Foreign direct investment in Georgia reached USD 389.2 million in the second quarter of 2018, which is 9.4% increase compared…
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GDDG to Back Salome Zurabishvili for Presidentials
The ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia will endorse the candidacy of Salome Zurabishvili for the October 28 presidential elections, Parliament Speaker…
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Abkhaz Government Head Dies in a Car Crash
Gennady Gagulia, the head the Moscow-backed government of Abkhazia, died following a car accident, while traveling from Sochi to Sokhumi.…
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46 Apply to Run for Presidential Polls
The deadline for parties and initiative groups to apply to Georgia’s Central Election Commission (CEC) for candidate registration has expired…
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New Chief of Eastern Command of Land Forces Appointed
Colonel Aleksandre Kiknadze has been appointed new Chief of Eastern Command of the Georgian Land Forces, replacing Brigadier General Shavlego…
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Government Proposes to End Life-Time Protection to Top Officials
The Government initiated amendments to the law on August 27, which would end the life-time security protection to Georgia’s top…
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Syria Signs Agreement on Tax-Free Trade with Sokhumi
The Syrian government signed on September 6 an agreement on trade and economic cooperation with representatives of the Russian-backed authorities…
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Tbilisi Slams Opening of Russian School in Akhalgori
Tbilisi has condemned the opening of a Russian-language school in Akhalgori, a predominantly ethnic Georgian-populated area in Tskhinvali region, as…
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