Civil Georgia – News from Tbilisi, Georgia
WEBIn October 2023, Poland’s opposition parties unseated an entrenched government against steep odds. Their strategy was built on cooperation, message discipline, and broad voter mobilization. These insights from Poland, recently presented to audiences in Tbilisi, can offer inspiration as opposition parties and civil society activists….
Timeline: Saakashvili Imprisonment & Hunger Strike – Civil Georgia
WEBCivil.ge 30/11/2021 - 00:20. 12 minutes read. Georgian authorities arrested former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on October 1, after he secretly arrived in the country following years in exile. He has been on a hunger strike since and was transferred to a prison hospital in Gldani, Tbilisi, against his will on November 8.
Tapes Suggest Business Dealings Between Ivanishvili, Sanctioned …
WEBApr 26, 2022 · An anonymous Youtube channel Cyber Kmara published two recordings on April 25 purporting to show a phone call between sanctioned Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov and Georgian billionaire and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili about possible business dealings amid the war in Ukraine.. In the first recording, the Russian tycoon, former chair and majority ...
BREAKING: GD Reintroduces the Draft law on Foreign Agents
WEBOn April 3, the parliamentary majority leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, announced the reintroduction of the draft law on foreign agents, which was dropped last year after the massive rallies on March 7-9.According to Mdinaradze, the content of the bill remains the same, the only change is in the title: the word “agent” in it has been removed and the title has ...
Georgia to Maintain Maximum Number of Troops at 37,000 in 2021
WEBCivil.ge 30/12/2020 - 14:29. 1 minute read. The Parliament of Georgia adopted a resolution determining the number of military servicemen in the Georgian Defense Forces as no more than 37,000 for 2021. The decree presented at the Parliament’s plenary session by Deputy Defense Minister Rati Bregadze on December 25 passed with 82 votes ...
The Dispatch - Civil Georgia
WEBFeb 9, 2024 · Dispatch – October 28: Autumn Leaves (Les Feuilles Mortes) 21/10/2023 - 20:25.
CEC Chair, Membership Candidates Selected – Civil Georgia
WEBJan 24, 2022 · President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has presented to the Parliament two candidates for the role of the Central Election Commission Chair, as well as further four nominees for the CEC membership. Kristine Kajaia, Levan Isakadze, Maia Zaridze and Gia Tsatsashvili -- the latter two serving as incumbents -- were nominated for the two vacant ...
The Daily Beat: 28 July – Civil Georgia
WEBJul 29, 2024 · In a briefing devoted entirely to refuting the opponents’ criticism of the ruling party’s Russia policy, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili slammed the “radical” opposition, civil society organizations, and Georgia’s Western partners. He accused those who criticized the government for its refusal to impose sanctions and for rapprochement with Russia of trying to drag Georgia into ...
Police Face Fierce Resistance as They Evict a Family in Tbilisi
WEBJan 23, 2024 · A dramatic eviction on Kekelidze Street in Tbilisi has turned into a tense standoff between authorities, the family being evicted and a group of protesters. Officers from the National Bureau of Enforcement arrived to carry out the eviction in the morning of January 23 but were met with fierce resistance from the …
At New Year Reception, Zurabishvili Talks ‘National Accord’
WEBDec 16, 2021 · President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili is hosting both Georgian Dream and opposition politicians for the New Year ceremony today, seizing an opportunity to stress the need for political de-polarization and "national reconciliation." At the reception, uncharacteristic for enmity-dominated Georgian political elites, President Zurabishvili spoke of the need "to change the atmosphere a bit and ...