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PM Kvirikashvili Announces United States Visit
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will visit the United States on May 8-10, at the invitation of Vice President Mike Pence,…
Read More »Draft U.S. Budget Bans Aid to Governments Recognizing Abkhazia, S.Ossetia Independence
The United States House of Representatives draft of the Consolidated Appropriations Act for 2017 prohibits American aid to the governments…
Read More »Conflict in Georgia discussed at CoE Committee of Ministers
On May 3, during its 1285th meeting, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe meeting at the level…
Read More »Central Bank Increases Key Rate to 7%
The National Bank of Georgia increased its key rate by 25 basis points to 7% “to control the inflation expectations.”…
Read More »Georgian MFA: ?Small Progress? on Non-Use of Force
Responding to Civil.ge query, Georgian MFA confirmed “small progress” has been made on non-use of force document at Geneva International…
Read More »Russia Speaks against Medical Research Center in Georgia
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern over the U.S.-funded medical research facility in Tbilisi in its April 29 statement criticizing…
Read More »President, Parliamentary Chairman Clash over Constitution Reform
President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Parliamentary Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze traded accusations over the ongoing constitutional reform process. Speaking to reporters on…
Read More »Foreign Ministers Open German-Georgian Year
On 26 April, Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze met his German counterpart Sigmar Gabriel at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin.…
Read More »Georgia, Romania to Boost Trade, Political Ties
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili paid an official visit to Romania on April 26, where he held talks with Prime Minister Sorin…
Read More »Two Persons Sent to Pretrial Detention over Batumi Unrest
On April 25, the Batumi City Court upheld the prosecution’s motion and sentenced two persons to pretrial detention over the…
Read More »South Ossetia Government Resigns
Local government in South Ossetia resigned on April 24, two weeks after the presidential polls granting victory to Anatoly Bibilov,…
Read More »Georgian MoD Adopts Strategic Defense Review for 2017-2020
On April 24 Georgia’s Ministry of Defense published its new Strategic Defense Review (SDR) document for 2017-2020. The document describes…
Read More »Georgian, Estonian FMs Discuss Upcoming Brussels EaP Summit
Estonian Foreign Minister Sven Mikser was on his official visit to Tbilisi on April 24 to meet with the country’s…
Read More »Georgia, Iran Mull Railway Connection
Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili paid a two-day official visit to the Islamic Republic of Iran on April 22-23, where he…
Read More »Trade Unions, Socialist Groups Call for Lifting Tax Increase Restrictions
25 organizations including trade unions, academic groups, youth organizations and a political party issued an appeal to the State Constitutional…
Read More »Georgia in CoE Annual Report on Democracy
Thorbjorn Jagland, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, released his fourth annual report on the state of democracy, human…
Read More »NGOs Criticize Constitution Draft, Propose Further Debate
On April 21, seven non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that were participating in the Constitutional Reform Commission released a joint statement ahead…
Read More »Opposition Parties Reject Constitution Changes, Boycott Commission
Ahead of the final meeting of the Constitutional Reform Commission on April 22, seven opposition parties have officially left the…
Read More »CoE Issues Report on Conflict in Georgia
During the 1284th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Thorbjorn Jagland presented his…
Read More »President Slams Draft Constitution Amendments
President Giorgi Margvelashvili, who has been at odds with the ruling party over the ongoing constitutional reform process, heavily criticized…
Read More »Foreign Minister on Reintegration, Abkhazia Railway Opening
Speaking to Imedi TV on April 19, Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze outlined Tbilisi’s strategy towards the occupied regions of Abkhazia…
Read More »Sergey Lavrov Reassures Sokhumi on Security
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, on the second day of his visit to Abkhazia, proceeded to meet with representatives of…
Read More »68 Candidates File for Vacant ECHR Judge Position
The Ministry of Justice closed the call for applications for a vacant position of the Georgia-nominated judge to the European…
Read More »New South Ossetian Leader Outlines Priorities
New South Ossetian leader Anatoly Bibilov held a press-conference on April 12, for the first time since his victory in…
Read More »Ministry of Regional Development Unveils Action Plan
Zurab Alavidze, Minister for Regional Development and Infrastructure, unveiled the action plan for the Government’s four-point plan in 2017-2020 envisaging…
Read More »Georgia, India Sign Agreement on Air Traffic
Georgian Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, Giorgi Gakharia, and India’s Minister of Civil Aviation, Ashok Gajapati Raju, signed the…
Read More »Georgia, India Launch Free Trade Feasibility Study
Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia and Minister of Commerce and Industry of India Nirmala Sitharaman…
Read More »Defense Minister on Defense Reform, NATO
The Minister of Defense of Georgia Levan Izoria spoke before the Georgian Parliament’s Defense and Security Committee on April 11,…
Read More »Campaign Group Files Lawsuit against Surveillance Bill in Constitutional Court
The This Affects You campaign, a group of civil society organizations campaigning against illegal surveillance, filed a lawsuit against the…
Read More »Parliamentary Chairman Speaks of Constitutional Changes
Speaking at the Constitutional Reform Commission meeting on April 11, Parliamentary Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze denied claims that the constitutional reform…
Read More »NATO Does Not Recognize S. Ossetia Polls, Referendum
“NATO does not recognize the so called presidential elections nor the so called referendum held in the South Ossetia region…
Read More »Four More Countries Reject S. Ossetia Polls, Referendum
Azerbaijan, Estonia, Finland and Lithuania joined in denouncing the April 9 presidential poll and referendum in Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. The…
Read More »Tbilisi Condemns Polls in Tskhinvali Region
In a statement issued on April 9, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said that “the so called presidential…
Read More »United States Condemns S. Ossetia Polls, Referendum
“The United States condemns the decision to hold a referendum on April 9 regarding the amendment of South Ossetia’s constitutional…
Read More »Senior MEP Condemns Abkhazia, S. Ossetia Polls
Polish MEP Anna Fotyga, member of the European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) in the European Parliament, issued a statement…
Read More »PM Kvirikashvili Mulls Free Trade Agreement with India
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced on April 6 that the Government intends to start negotiations with India on launching…
Read More »New Ambassador to Switzerland Appointed
President Giorgi Margvelashvili appointed Levan Bodzashvili, who served as the Deputy Secretary of the National Security Council since 2015, as…
Read More »Rustavi 2 Co-founders Reclaim TV Channel Domain
Co-founders of Rustavi 2 TV and the channel’s co-owners in 1994-2004, Davit Dvali and Jarji Akimidze, disabled the television’s web…
Read More »U.S. Senators Initiate Resolution on Georgia
Senator Roger Wicker (Rep.) and Senator Ben Cardin (Dem.) introduced a resolution in support of Georgia’s territorial integrity on March…
Read More »Court Delivers Guilty Verdict against Owners of Scandal-Ridden Construction Firm
The Tbilisi City Court found Maia Rcheulishvili and Rusudan Kervalishvili, co-owners of Center Point Group, Georgia’s once one of the…
Read More »Georgia Features at U.S. Senate Committee
Russian propaganda in Georgia and its implications was one of the discussion points at the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee hearing…
Read More »Tbilisi Reiterates EU Visa-free Travel Promise to Abkhazia, S. Ossetia
Residents of Abkhazia and South Ossetia can benefit from visa-free travel to Schengen group of countries, Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili…
Read More »Russia Incensed by UNSC Discussion on Georgia
Russia’s acting Permanent Representative to the United Nations Petr Iliichev fired back at Tbilisi over the United Nations Security Council’s…
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Kokoity vs. Tibilov: An irrelevant standoff
In December 2016, the South Ossetian political scene was rocked by the sudden announcement of ex-president Eduard Kokoity (2006–2011) that…
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EU must engage Abkhazia on its own terms
Foreign allies and international organization piled in support to Georgia’s sovereignty and said Abkhazia’s “so called parliamentary elections” do not…
Read More » UN Security Council Holds Discussion on Georgia
The United Nations Security Council, at the request of Ukraine, held a closed door meeting on March 28 on the…
Read More »Government Speaks on Safeguards against Visa-Waiver Abuse
Speaking at his special news briefing on March 27, Interior Minister Giorgi Mghebrishvili said that the Georgian border guards will…
Read More »Runoff Parliamentary Vote in Breakaway Abkhazia
At least 30 seats in breakaway Abkhazia’s 35-member Parliament will go to independent candidates – those nominated by “initiative groups”…
Read More »Owners Willing to Hand Controlling Stakes to Rustavi 2 Staff
On March 25, Nika Gvaramia, Director General of Rustavi2 announced that following the meeting with the staff, they decided to…
Read More »UN Human Rights Council Demands “Immediate Access” to Abkhazia, South Ossetia
The United Nations Human Right Council (UN/HRC), the key human rights body, adopted a resolution “On Cooperation with Georgia” during…
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