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▪ Interview | What Happens in Washington is the Key
▪ Remains of 12 Abkhazia War Victims Transferred to Tbilisi
▪ Another Dismissed Employee Wins Legal Dispute with Culture Heritage Preservation Agency
▪ EU Ambassador: Vetting Remains Open Issue
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 March
▪ Commissioner Mijatović Urges Georgia to Respect Human Rights Amid Initiated Anti-LGBT Laws
▪ FM Darchiashvili Visits Argentina
▪ Ruling Party Clings to Majoritarian System Elements Ahead of Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 March
▪ New Head of EUMM Appointed
▪ COSAC Calls for Working towards EU Accession Talks with Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 25 March
▪ Russian Court Sentences Georgian Citizen in Absentia in Connection with Crimean Bridge Explosion
▪ Dispatch – March 25: Marie Antoinette
▪ CoE Report Analyzes NGO Stigmatization in Georgia
▪ PM Kobakhidze Visits Armenia
▪ GD Pushes for Anti-LGBT Constitutional Law
▪ Judicial Conference Condemns “Vetting”, Elects Two to HCoJ
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ FM Darchiashvili Speaks Emigrant Participation in Elections during Parliament Interpellation
▪ EC Tells Georgia Judge Vetting Part of EU Negotiation “Fundamentals”
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 March
▪ The Daily Beat: 21 March
▪ Parliament Approves Imeda Nikuradze’s MP Credentials
▪ European Council Encourages Georgia to Advance on Priority Reforms
▪ EU Ambassador on Nine Conditions: Time is Running, Progress Needs to be Made
▪ EU Delegation Answers Questions from the Public
▪ Controversy Ensues as EuroNest Falls Short on Georgia Support
▪ ALDE Manifesto: Our Ambition is that Candidate Countries Meet Accession Criteria by 2029
▪ Personal Data of Local Telecom Users Leaked
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 7.5% in 2023
▪ CoE Committee of Ministers Urges Prompt Investigation into Pending Tsintsabadze Group Cases
▪ Dozens of CSOs React to PM, Speaker Statements on Ruling Out “Vetting” of Judges
▪ Speaker Papuashvili Denounces Criticism for Discrediting Journalists
▪ 118th Ergneti IPRM Meeting
▪ More than 90% from Georgia’s Occupied Territories Voted for Putin
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 March
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 March
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 4.8% in January-February 2024
▪ Government Increases Funding For Patriarchate
▪ International Tender for Anaklia Port Marine Infrastructure Announced
▪ IMF Calls for Bolstering Judicial System, Anti-corruption Authority in Staff Concluding Statement
▪ IMF Resident Representative: Two Scenarios for Stand-by Arrangement Revival
▪ Parliament Overrides President’s Veto on Amendments to CEC Staffing Rules
▪ Citing labor shortages, Georgian businesses eye employing migrant workers
▪ New Chair of Parliamentary Human Rights Committee Elected
▪ Kremlin Reacts to NATO Chief’s Tour in South Caucasus
▪ Russians in Tbilisi Rally against Putin Amid Presidential Elections
▪ PM Irakli Kobakhidze Visits Azerbaijan
▪ Mexican Drug Cartel Holds Georgians Hostage at Mexican Border
▪ Gelati Wall Painting Conservation Works Begin
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 March
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Released by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Adigeni Muslims Urged to Limit Friday Prayer Gatherings Amidst Tensions
▪ Money Transfers from Russia Down by 66.8% in February
▪ Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Trilateral Foreign Ministerial Held in Baku
▪ Defense Minister Advised for Four Years by Russia-Linked Businessman, Central Figure in ‘Cartographers’ Case’
▪ Two Supreme Court Judges Disagree with Court’s Denunciation of Proposed ‘Vetting’
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 March
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 March
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 March
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 5.0% in January-February 2024
▪ Georgia-Azerbaijan Land Border to Remain Closed until July 2024
▪ Azerbaijan Security Council Secretary Visits Georgia
▪ NBG Reduces Key Refinancing Rate from 9% to 8.25%
▪ FM Darchiashvili Visits Finland
▪ Watchdogs: Government’s Refusal of Vetting in Judiciary Hinders EU Integration
▪ Georgian Parliament’s Delegation Visits Switzerland and Liechtenstein
▪ Two Sentenced in Sgt. Roin Shavadze’s 2008 Homicide Case
▪ Mamuka Merkviladze: Furtive New Head of the Georgian Interests Section in Russia
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 March
▪ New Health Minister Appointed
▪ PM Kobakhidze Announces Government Administration Appointments
▪ Government Statements Denounce Wanted Ex-Georgian Official Visits to Berlin, Brussels
▪ 2023 FDI in Georgia at USD 1.595 Bln
▪ Nika Gvaramia, Nika Melia Present “Ahali” Political Alliance
▪ Supreme Court Denounces Proposed ‘Vetting’ as Threat to Judicial Independence
▪ Two More Georgian Fighters Killed in Ukraine
▪ Op-ed | How did we defeat the “Russian Law”?
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 March
▪ Op-ed | March Protests: Why Did It Work?
▪ Between Two Russian Laws: A Year Since March Protests
▪ Germany, EU React to GD Criticism Over Wanted Ex-Georgian Official Visit to Berlin, Brussels
▪ President Zurabishvili Talks Elections, China, Patriarch, Saakashvili with Local Media
▪ RFE/RL Report on Georgia Re-Exporting “Dual-Use” Products for Russia Stirs Controversy
▪ MDF Report on Anti-Western Propaganda in 2022
▪ Parliament Greenlights Salary Hikes for Top Officials
▪ Georgia in Safety of Journalists Platform Report 2024
▪ The Daily Beat: 7 March
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 March
▪ Opposition MP Physically Assaulted
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 March
▪ PM Appoints New Deputy Finance Minister
▪ ICC Issues Arrest Warrant for Russian Commander in Ukraine, Georgia Wars
▪ Ruling Majority Tests Homophobia as Campaign Pillar
▪ President Zurabishvili Meets US, EU Member Ambassadors
▪ President’s Vetoes Amendments to CEC Staffing Rules
▪ Interview | War is a Great Verifier of all Things
▪ CSOs Call on EU’s Várhelyi to Prepare Interim Report on Georgia’s Reform Progress
▪ Georgia Hosts U.S.-led Trojan Footprint 2024 Drills
▪ Iceland’s President Visits Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 March
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.3% in February 2024
▪ Pullman Hotel in Tbilisi Refuses to Host OpenTalks.AI Conference
▪ ECtHR Rules Against Georgia in 2016 Police Chase Death Case
▪ Dispatch – March 4: Georgian Disco(-urses)
▪ Interview | Black Sea will Remain a Contested Area for Years to Come
▪ Government Administration Head Dismissed, Deputy Acting
▪ Officials Tight-Lipped About Allegations of Abduction from Former Russian Asylum-Seeker
▪ The Daily Beat: 29 February
▪ President Zurabishvili in BBC’s HARDtalk
▪ Health Minister Resigns
▪ EECMD Urges Speedy Discussion of Draft Law to Streamline Emigrants’ Voting
▪ Georgia in Freedom House’s Internet Freedom 2023 Report
▪ U.S. Ambassador Talks EU integration, Elections with Formula TV
▪ The Daily Beat: 1 March
▪ Revenue Service Demands U.S. Clarification on Sanctions Evasion Allegation
▪ Watchdog: MPs’ Work Trips Cost GEL 1.9 Million in 2023, with GD’s Share at 80%
▪ President Zurabishvili Says No Ambitions to Lead Opposition
▪ Local Chief Says Population is Leaving Gali
▪ Report | Atlantic Council: Russia Doubled Down on its Worldwide Efforts to Undermine Ukraine
▪ Speaker: EU Should Distance Itself from MEPs Slanderous Allegations
▪ Georgian Police Arrest Suspect in Connection with Murder in Occupied Gali
▪ Ardzinba Issues Ultimatum to UNDP, Threatens “Adequate” Response
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 February
▪ Zurabishvili Worried about Russian Election Interference
▪ Confirming the Trend, Georgia Denies Entry to Another Putin Critic
▪ Parliament Foreign Relations Committee Hears U.S. Ambassador Dunnigan
▪ EU Asylum Applications from Georgia Drop by 12% in 2023
▪ Mtavari TV’s Gvaramia Quits Management, Transfers Shares
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Government Spends Most on Social, Political Ads on Meta
▪ The Daily Beat: 28 February
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 5.8% in January 2024
▪ EU Ambassador Statement on World NGO Day
▪ Abkhaz de-facto Authorities: Russia Wants to Relocate GID
▪ SJC: Gelati Church Damage Indicates Alleged Malfeasance in Office
▪ TI-Georgia: Anti-Corruption Draft Amendments Ignore Venice Commission Recommendations
▪ Russian Institute Lists Georgian Communication Regime as ‘Relatively Friendly’
▪ CSOs Present Vision to Implement EC’s Nine Steps
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 February
▪ CEC Chairman Echoes GD Narrative, Talks Risks for His Life
▪ China Grants Visa Free Regime to Georgia
▪ NDI Concludes First Pre-Election Assessment Mission
▪ Dispatch – February 26: Broken Embrace
▪ Meetings Continue in the Framework of President’s ‘Unity Platform for Europe’
▪ FM Darchiashvili Addresses 55th Session of UN Human Rights Council
▪ EU’s Herczyński: Georgia’s CFSP Alignment Low
▪ Georgia Marks 103 Years Since Soviet Occupation by Russia
▪ Georgian Leaders Commemorate the Memorial Day of Cadets
▪ Loan Rates to be Reduced for 150,000 Pensioners
▪ Prime Minister Kobakhidze Press Briefing
▪ PM Kobakhidze Meets U.S. Ambassador Dunnigan
▪ Georgia Commemorates Fighters Fallen for its Independence 103 years ago
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 February
▪ Ukraine Asks Georgian Government to Send Engineering Equipment
▪ Reactions to Second Anniversary of Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
▪ PM Kobakhidze Halts Central Republican Hospital Demolition Plans Amid Doctor Protests
▪ Parliament Approves Giorgi Barvenishvili’s MP Credentials
▪ Joint Press Statement Following 8th EU-Georgia Association Council Meeting
▪ Bzhania: Georgian Leaders Have Shown Pragmatic Approach to Everything
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 February
▪ Parliamentary Majority Leadership Reshuffled
▪ Trade Delegation From North Korea in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ PM Irakli Kobakhidze Visits Brussels
▪ NDI Launches Pre-election Assessment Mission in Georgia
▪ Parliament Passes Amendments to CEC Staffing Rules
▪ HR/VP Borrell: Georgia has to Accelerate Implementation of Reforms
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 February
▪ Russia Sentences Georgian Azovstal Defender to Life in Occupied Donetsk
▪ Russian MFA Warns Citizens of “Increased Security Risks” of Visiting Abkhazia
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 14.8% in January 2024
▪ Dispatch – February 18: Rorschach Test
▪ FM Darchiashvili’s Meetings at Munich Security Conference
▪ President Zurabishvili Emphasizes “Existential” Importance of EU Enlargement at MSC Panel
▪ President Zurabishvili’s Meetings at Munich Security Conference
▪ Russian Citizens in Georgia Commemorate Alexei Navalny
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 February
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ The Georgia Governance Index: the Country’s Record “Suboptimal”
▪ Papuashvili Speaks to Media Ahead of Second Working Meeting on Nine Conditions
▪ TI Report on Georgia’s Economic Dependence on Russia in 2023
▪ NBG Eases Liquidity Requirements for Deposits of Russian Citizens
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 February
▪ Foreign Minister Darchiashvili Meets Hungarian Counterpart
▪ President Zurabishvili’s Interview to Bloomberg
▪ Alleged Overdose Death (Temporarily) Revives Concerns over State Drug Policy
▪ Abkhazia Feels Russian Chokehold Tighten
▪ UPDATE: EUSR Toivo Klaar Visits Tbilisi
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 February
▪ Deacon Giorgi Mamaladze Convicted in ‘Cyanide Case’ Released
▪ Minister of Defense Joins the 19th Meeting of Ukraine Defense Contact Group
▪ TI Georgia: Amendments to Electoral Code Contradict European Commission Conditions
▪ GD Chair Garibashvili Announces Visits in Regions, Slams Opposition
▪ Foreign Minister Visits Turkey
▪ EU Ambassador Urges Government to Maximize CSO Involvement in Legislative Process
▪ Attempt to Conclude Agreement with Russian Guard Allegedly Dropped in Abkhazia
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Down 14.9% in January 2024
▪ USAID’s Assistant to the Administrator Visits Georgia
▪ At Least 100 Georgian Citizens on Russia’s Wanted List
▪ Munich Security Report: pro-Russian Oligarch Ivanishvili Responsible for Georgia’s Tilt Away from EU
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 February
▪ Kobakhidze Appoints Vice PMs, Vows Inclusive Governance, Anti-Corruption Efforts in First Cabinet Meeting
▪ Two People Allegedly Detained in Connection with Murder in Occupied Gali
▪ Dispatch – February 11: Self-induced com(m)a
▪ DRI: Government’s Security Oversight Action Plan Falls Short of EU Requirements
▪ Russia to Pursue “Normalization with Georgia” Despite Absence of Diplomatic Relations
▪ Op-ed | Speaker’s Constructive Tone Masks Poisoned Lies on NGOs
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 February
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 February
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Russian MFA on the Alleged Transfer of Bombs from Ukraine to Russia via Georgia
▪ Interview | EU Foreign Agent Law: Time is of the Essence
▪ Meetings Continue in the Framework of President’s ‘Unity Platform for Europe’
▪ Op-ed | EU’s Defense of Democracy Package May Backfire in Georgia
▪ Speaker Accuses CSOs of “Lack of Transparency” and “Political Bias”
▪ EU Military Committee Chair Visits Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 7 February
▪ Parliamentary Opposition Joint Hearing of PM Candidate Kobakhidze
▪ Bzhania Meets Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov in Moscow
▪ Privacy and Security Risks of CCTV Surveillance in Georgia
▪ ComCom: Pro-government Media Advertising Revenues Up
▪ Parliament Confirms PM Kobakhidze and his Cabinet of Ministers
▪ Managing Upwards: Fall and Rise of Irakli Kobakhidze
▪ UPDATE: Natural Disasters Hit Western Georgia, Killing at Least Eight
▪ Joint Committees’ Hearing of Candidate for Minister of Foreign Affairs
▪ President’s “Unity Platform for Europe” Kicks off with First Talks with Opposition
▪ ECHR Received 156 Applications Against Georgia in 2023
▪ Georgia-Western Balkans Inter-Parliamentary Conference on EU Integration Held in Tbilisi
▪ SSSG Says it Intercepted Bomb Shipment from Ukraine to Russia via Georgia
▪ Parliamentary Committees Hold Joint Hearings of Candidates for Ministers
▪ FSB Guards Tightening Control on Abkhaz Section of Georgia-Russia Border
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 February
▪ President Grills Ivanishvili and GD in Final Address to Parliament, Offers to Mediate United Opposition Platform
▪ Reactions to President Zurabishvili’s Annual Address to Parliament
▪ Parliamentary Committees Hold Another Joint Hearing of Candidates for Ministers
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 February
▪ EU Ambassador Talks Election Monitoring Importance at ISFED’s Election Support Project Launch
▪ Irakli Kobakhidze Officially Nominated as New Prime Minister
▪ Garibashvili’s Three-year Premiership: the Guardian of Self-Serving “Stability”
▪ The European Court of Human Rights Rules in Ugulava vs Georgia Case
▪ EaP Responds to “Defamation Campaign” Against CSO Experts
▪ The Daily Beat: 31 January
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 8.3% in December 2023
▪ NBG Reduces Key Refinancing Rate from 9.5% to 9%
▪ TV Formula Axes Staff, Entertainment, Shifts to Political Content Only
▪ Journalist Detained During Kekelidze Eviction Standoff Fined
▪ Conservative Movement/Alf-info Ordered to Pay GEL 232,705 by National Enforcement Bureau
▪ Security Raids Homophobic Blogger’s Residence, Suspected of False Bomb Threat Emails
▪ The Daily Beat: 30 January
▪ Russians Dominate as Largest Group of International Visitors to Georgia in 2023
▪ Georgia Slides on 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index
▪ New Head of MIA Human Rights Department Appointed
▪ Imedi TV: PM Garibashvii, GD Chair Kobakhidze to Switch Places
▪ Speaker Papuashvili, Pro-government POSTV Slam EaP Index Authors
▪ EU, Georgia Hold Sixth Strategic Security Dialogue
▪ Working Meeting on Government’s EU Action Plan Held in Parliament
▪ Public Defender Appoints New Deputy
▪ BREAKING: PM Irakli Garibashvili Resigns
▪ GYLA: Parliament is obliged to expand the format of cooperation with civil society
▪ Domestic Reaction to PM Garibashvili’s Resignation
▪ The Daily Beat: 29 January
▪ CSOs Call for Inclusive Dialogue on Implementation of EU’s Nine Conditions for Georgia
▪ Central Republican Hospital Staff Protest Against Government’s Demolishment Decision
▪ Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan Visits Georgia Signs Strategic Partnership Declaration
▪ Students Occupy TSU Chancellery, Call for Release of Chikobava, Khasaia
▪ EU Ambassador Herczynski on Georgia’s 2024 Elections, Nine Steps, Reforms, EaP Index
▪ Georgia in EaP 2023 Index in Detail
▪ Eight Defendants Fined in Kekelidze Street Eviction Standoff Case
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 January
▪ President Laments “not Given an Opportunity” to Meet with Armenian PM
▪ EU Special Representative Denied Entry into Occupied Abkhazia
▪ The Daily Beat: 24 January
▪ New Contract for Company with which Tbilisi City Hall Cancelled Tsereteli Ave Reconstruction Contract
▪ Despite reforms, debts and evictions plague Georgians
▪ Court Sentences Two to Pre-trial Detention in Eviction Standoff Case
▪ Police Physically Assault Journalists During Eviction Standoff, Detain One
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 January
▪ Watchdog: Government Conceals Information on Decrees, Including on Transfer of State Property
▪ National Bureau of Enforcement Postpones a Family Eviction
▪ New Ambassadors to China, Israel, Jordan and Kuwait Appointed
▪ Discontent in Occupied Abkhazia over Fuel Crisis
▪ Georgia and Saudi Arabia Establish Intergovernmental Coordination Council
▪ Georgia Increased Natural Gas Imports from Russia by 16.5% in 2023
▪ Information Integrity Coalition Calls on Authorities to “Stop Attacks on CSOs”
▪ Georgia Ranks 3rd in EaP Index, “Has Lost Considerable Ground”, Says Report
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 January
▪ PM Meets UAE Deputy Minister of Cabinet Affairs for Competitiveness and Knowledge Exchange
▪ Fire Destroys Major Art Gallery in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ HRC Report on Assemblies and Manifestations in Georgia in 2023
▪ Council of Religions Reacts to Speaker’s Remarks against Tolerance Center and its Head
▪ Anti-Corruption Bureau to Monitor Asset Declarations of 300 Public Officials
▪ Tbilisi Mayor Faces Backlash over Reconstruction of Tsereteli Avenue
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 12.5% in 2023
▪ Chinese Companies in Georgia: A Chronicle of Sanctions, Delays, and Quality Concerns
▪ SSSG Investigates Bomb Threat Hoax, Traces Origin Abroad
▪ Speaker Lashes out at Tolerance Center, SovLab, CSOs, USAID Over Stalin’s Image in Church
▪ Dispatch – Jan. 20: Why don’t you like me
▪ PM Garibashvili Talks Middle Corridor, Relations with China and Infrastructure Projects on Davos Panel
▪ Parliament Speaker: “Zelenskyy, Sandu, and MEPs Lied about Saakashvili’s Torture”
▪ Ministry of Justice Responds to Criticism in CPT’s Report on Visit to VivaMedi Clinic
▪ Bloomberg: Prosecutor to Close Ivanishvili vs. UBS Case Citing Lack of Evidence of Money Laundering
▪ Forbes: Georgia Leads among Countries where Russians Opened Businesses in 2023
▪ Parliament Speaker Meets CoE Deputy Secretary General
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 January
▪ Watchdog Slams Government for Limiting Access to Public Information
▪ SovLab Says Government Hinders Access to Soviet Archives
▪ Georgia Ranks 50th in Passport Index
▪ The Daily Beat: 17 January
▪ EP: Russian Aggression against Georgia, Ukraine Highlights Need for Stronger EU Action
▪ US State Department Global Anti-Corruption Coordinator Visits Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 January
▪ PM Garibashvili Attends World Economic Forum in Davos
▪ CEC 2024 Action Plan Criticized for Ignoring Emigrant Vote
▪ Agreement on European Patents Validation Enters into Force
▪ Government Communication Strategy to “Effectively Combat” Disinformation
▪ Lazare Grigoriadis Case Adjourned as Defense Accuses Court of Deliberate Delay
▪ Georgian Dream Delegation Meets with Officials in China
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 January
▪ SJC Urges Government to Strengthen Preventive Measures Against Femicide
▪ PM Meets Chinese Ambassador, Affirms Support for One-China Principle
▪ OECD Report Reveals Internet Unaffordability and Inaccessibility Challenges in Georgia
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 12.5% in 2023
▪ Georgian MOD to Buy Anti Aircraft System from Polish Company
▪ Polish Ambassador Says Scolded by MFA over Calls to Close Stalin Museum in Gori
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 January
▪ Anti-Liberal “Conservative Movement” Rallies in Support of Controversial Icon Depicting Stalin
▪ Dispatch – January 12: The Mummy Returns
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 January
▪ Georgia in HRW World Report
▪ Speaker Dismisses National Library Director
▪ Media, Locals Raise Concerns About Extensive Fishing in occupied Abkhazia
▪ Danish Ambassador Summoned by MFA for Calling Ivanishvili ‘Oligarch’
▪ Russia Abolishes Oil and Gas Export Duties to Occupied Tskhinvali
▪ Stalin’s Depiction in Cathedral Stokes Passions
▪ Activist’s Home Surrounded by Angry Protesters Led by “Alt Info” After Stalin Icon is Defaced
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 January
▪ Brutal Killing of a Dog Sparks Concerns Over Animal Rights in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 January
▪ More than 9000 Georgians Sought Asylum in Germany in 2023
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 January
▪ Individual Wanted on Interpol Red Notice Extradited from Georgia to USA
▪ “Honorary Chairman” to Formally Wield Power According to GD Updated Statute
▪ CSOs Critical about the Content of Government’s Action Plan on EU Conditions
▪ Russian Occupation Forces Dig Military Trenches Near Gremiskhevi Village
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.4% in December 2023
▪ Patriarch’s Christmas Epistle Addresses Wars, Lack of Faith, AI
▪ Government’s EU Action Plan: the Intention that Counts?
▪ News in Brief
▪ Kazakh investors look to import Georgian produce
▪ Border guards search for missing Latvian climbers
▪ South Ossetia on edge of war
▪ President’s New Year’s Eve Address to the Nation Stresses Importance of Unity
▪ Gagloev Announces Plans to Produce UAVs in Occupied Tskhinvali
▪ SJC Calls on Government to Review Policy on Abkhazia Following Bichvinta Land Transfer
▪ BREAKING: Ivanishvili Elected GD Honorary Chair
▪ Bidzina Ivanishvili Returns to “Protect the Government from Human Temptation”
▪ Dispatch: 2023 – Year in Review
▪ Reactions to Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Formal Return to Politics
▪ Tbilisi, Sokhumi Discuss Enguri HPP
▪ Occupied Abkhazia Transfers Bichvinta Dacha to Russia
▪ Reactions to Transfer of Occupied Abkhazia’s Bichvinta Dacha to Russia
▪ Abkhaz Concern Over “Loss of Territory” in Bichvinta Residence Transfer
▪ Interior Ministry Ordered to Pay Damages and Monthly Allowance to June 20 Protesters
▪ International Reactions to Transfer of Occupied Abkhazia’s Bichvinta Dacha to Russia
▪ Tbilisi City Court Approves Plea Bargain for Drug Arrest
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 5.9% in November 2023
▪ Annual Georgian Ambassadors’ Conference Kicks Off in Tbilisi
▪ Interview | Alexander Vinnikov: Any progress Georgia makes towards EU is also progress towards eventual NATO membership
▪ Georgia’s OGP Council Endorses Fifth Open Governance Partnership Action Plan
▪ NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative: NATO-Georgia Relations in ‘Very Good Health’
▪ Prosecutor’s Office Initiates Criminal Proceedings Against Organizers of Transnational Crime Linked to Call Centers
▪ TI Georgia: 45 Cases of Attacks on Georgian Media in 2023
▪ Government’s Plan of Measures to Implement European Commission’s Nine Steps
▪ Conservative Movement Leaders Charged for Burning EU Flags
▪ Tbilisi City Court Rules in Racha Forest Rally Detainees’ Case
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 December
▪ Russian-Ukrainian War Impacts Georgian General Education System: Report Highlights Challenges and Opportunities
▪ Tagesschau: Georgian Government Uninterested in Germany’s Offer to Easy Labor Market Access
▪ Venice Commission Opinion on Electoral Reform Provokes Mixed Reactions
▪ Laws that Bind: Making Policy Reflect Commitments
▪ The Daily Beat: 21 December
▪ Media Coalition Slams Public Broadcaster for Failing to Uphold Independence
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 December
▪ CEC Reacts to “Ballot box in your city” Campaign by Opposition Parties
▪ Venice Commission: Swift Adoption of Amendments to Laws on State Inspector and Protection of Personal Data Violates International Standards
▪ ECHR Holds Russia Responsible for Giga Otkhozoria Murder
▪ Interview | Koert Debeuf: The whole European thinking is changing dramatically
▪ ECHR: Russia Responsible for Unlawful Detention of Two Georgian Men in Abkhazia
▪ Venice Commission: further electoral changes needed, long-standing recommendations must be addressed
▪ NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative: We want democracy to work
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 December
▪ More than Roads and Bridges
▪ NBG Reduces Key Refinancing Rate from 10% to 9.5%
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 December
▪ NATO Special Representative for South Caucasus and Central Asia Visits Georgia
▪ Venice Commission: Anti-Corruption Bureau’s Independence Insufficient in Current Design
▪ German Minister of Interior Visits Tbilisi
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 14.7% in January-November 2023
▪ Public Broadcaster Cancels TV Shows Citing Changes to Funding Rules
▪ Constitutional Court Declares 5-Day Notice Requirement for Spontaneous Assemblies Unconstitutional
▪ Prime Minister Presents Government’s Annual Report
▪ Defense Minister: Within two years Tbilisi sky will be “completely protected”
▪ Dispatch – December 15: Ode to Joy
▪ Parliament Bans Political Donations from Legal Entities
▪ Parliament Approves 2024 State Budget
▪ Interview | Elections of Hope in Poland, or How to defeat illiberal populism?
▪ European Commission Calls on Georgia to Fight Kremlin Propaganda
▪ EU Leaders on Georgia Receiving the EU Candidate Status
▪ European Council President: Enlargement Decision a Signal of Hope and Confidence
▪ International Reactions to Georgia’s EU Candidate Status
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 December
▪ President Zurabishvili Concludes Pro-EU Campaign, Shunned by GD
▪ Op-ed | Europe must tie the knot with Georgia
▪ EU Summit Kicks off Amid Uncertainty over Enlargement Consensus
▪ European Commissioner for Transport Underlines the Increased Importance of Black Sea
▪ BREAKING: Georgia Granted EU Candidate Status
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 December
▪ 116th Ergneti IPRM Meeting
▪ Syria’s Assad Backs Occupied Abkhazia
▪ Georgian Dream’s Conservative Drift Now Targets Schools
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 December
▪ Georgian Citizen Released by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 14.7% in January-November 2023
▪ Inal Ardzinba in Syria, Condemns “Diktat of the West”
▪ PM Garibashvili Addresses EU Leaders
▪ “Georgian Dream” Re-Hires Klughaft, Controversial Election Strategist from 2018
▪ EP Resolution Urges European Council to Grant Georgia Candidate Status
▪ Speaker Picks on EC Decision to Lambast “Multimillionaire NGOs”
▪ CoE Discusses Implementation by Georgia of ECHR Judgments, Identifies Problems
▪ CSOs Assess the Human Rights Protection in Georgia in 2023
▪ GD Faction Leader Says Consensus Reached on Public Broadcaster Funding
▪ New Education Strategy Prioritizes National Identity, Values, Patriotism and Family
▪ The Largest Opposition Party Continues to Bleed Members
▪ Georgian Parliament Speaker Meets Azerbaijani President
▪ NDI Poll: Lack of Confidence in Political Parties Ahead 2024 Elections
▪ Op-ed | Europe Knows that Climate Action Is Vital to Global Security
▪ Jozwiak: Georgia’s EU Candidacy Could be “Collateral Damage” of Hungary’s Resistance to Ukraine Accession Talks
▪ FM Darchiashvili Visits Brussels
▪ Politicians React to International Human Rights Day
▪ President Salome Zurabishvili Visits Czech Republic
▪ Foreign Ministers on EU Enlargement and Georgia’s EU Candidacy
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 December
▪ Georgian Citizen Killed by Occupation Forces in Gali
▪ New Civil Society Project to Promote EU Integration, Participation
▪ Occupation Forces Arrest and Release Individuals Accused of Killing Temur Karbaia
▪ Georgia Urged to Further Fight Corruption on 20th Anniversary of UN Convention Against Corruption
▪ “Your Voice to EU” March Unfurls the Largest EU Flag Ever
▪ Dispatch – December 9: Self-Care Manifesto
▪ Nationalism and ideology in present-day Georgia: Interview with Prof. Stephen Jones
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 December
▪ Two Georgian Citizens to be Prosecuted in Occupied Tskhinvali
▪ Georgia in PISA 2022 Report
▪ President Aliyev: for Azerbaijan, the reliable transit route is through Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 7 December
▪ Former UNM Chair Quits Party, Reveals Plans to Launch his Own
▪ Occupied Abkhazia Restricts USAID Funded Projects, Declares USAID Regional Director Persona Non-Grata
▪ Geostat: FDI USD 316.0 Million in Q3’23
▪ Georgian Public Defender Visits Kyiv
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 December
▪ 59th Round of Geneva International Discussions
▪ Op-ed | Georgia Needs to Stop Treating Emigrants as ATMs that Give Cash and Ask no Questions
▪ Remains of 23 Abkhazia War Victims Transferred to Tbilisi
▪ CSOs Address Ministry of Education Amid Teachers’ Protest
▪ Chiatura Miners Reach Agreement with Georgian Manganese
▪ Tskhinvali Region Amends “Regulation” on Renaming Geographical Sites
▪ Parliament Speaker Papuashvili Meets NATO Deputy Secretary General
▪ Georgian Citizen Released by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 December
▪ TV Imedi Journalist Quits, Alleges Anti-US Propaganda
▪ Teachers on Hunger Strike Against Alleged Political Selection of Principals
▪ GD Chair Kobakhidze Visits Hungary
▪ President Zurabishvili’s EU Campaign Shunned by State Universities
▪ 14 Zugdidi Sakrebulo Members Depart UNM
▪ PM Garibashvili Meets US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 December
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.1% in November
▪ 2022: Georgia in the U.S. State Department Report on Terrorism
▪ “Russo-Georgian Business Council” Discusses Tourism Cooperation
▪ The Netherlands Cabinet “Cautious” About Granting Georgia Candidacy
▪ Russian Propaganda TV Chief Meets with Abkhaz Students, Slams USAID
▪ Gali District De-Facto Head Announces Preparation of New Space for Gali IPRM Talks
▪ Dispatch – December 3: Death of Philosopher
▪ Sergei Shamba: It is Necessary to Talk
▪ The Daily Beat: 30 November
▪ Parliament Approves Additional Amendments to Defense Code
▪ UNM: 20 New Members Join Political Council Amid Internal Turmoil
▪ FM Darchiashvili Attends OSCE Ministerial
▪ NBG Board Appoints Two New Vice Presidents
▪ Georgian PM Participates in 28th UN Climate Change Conference
▪ Chiatura Miners Go On Strike Over Unfulfilled Promises
▪ CSOs Launch Meetings with Embassies, Announce Public March as Georgia Awaits EU Candidacy
▪ The Daily Beat: 1 December
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 6.2% in October 2023
▪ SJC: Amendments to New Defense Code Exacerbate Discriminatory Approach
▪ Romanian Parliament Adopts Resolution Supporting Georgia’s EU Integration
▪ Russian Duma International Affairs Committee Praises Georgian Authorities
▪ The Daily Beat: 28 November
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Ivanishvili Among Disrupters in POLITICO’s 2024 Ranking of Europe’s Most Influential People
▪ Politicians Want to Bring More Georgians Abroad to Ballot Boxes in 2024
▪ National Environmental Agency Revokes Khidasheli’s 49-Year Hunting License
▪ Occupied Abkhazia to Tighten Security on Abkhaz Section of Georgia-Russia Border as Putin Expected Nearby
▪ Bzhania Lashes Out at Armenian PM Pashinyan for Backing Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
▪ Government Approves De-oligarchization Action Plan
▪ Fears of Electoral Fraud over Proposal to Extend Use of Old IDs
▪ World Bank Report: Middle Corridor Volumes Expected to Triple by 2030
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 November
▪ Azerbaijan-Georgia-Turkey Trilateral Defense Ministerial
▪ Three Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Dispatch – November 26: Sisyphus with the ball
▪ The Daily Beat: 24 November
▪ International Organizations: Violence against women and girls remains a critical problem in Georgia
▪ PM Garibashvili Visits Azerbaijan
▪ TI – Georgia Reveals Political and Procurement Links of Mining License Holders
▪ Central Asia to the South Caucasus: Newfound Connectivity Relevance of the Middle Corridor
▪ Reactions to the 20th Anniversary of Rose Revolution
▪ Russian Propaganda Outlets Air Footage of Georgian POWs Captured in Ukraine
▪ European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Killed Tamaz Ginturi
▪ Drug Arrest of Young Man Reignites Criticism of Georgia’s Drug Policy
▪ Twenty Years Since Rose Revolution of 2003: Gains, Losses and Lessons
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 November
▪ Georgian Defense Minister Attends SEDM
▪ Ruling Party Under Fire for “Breaking Promise” on Election Threshold
▪ Policy Paper Highlights Divergent Risk Perceptions in Georgia
▪ Schools “to Gain More Autonomy” with National Curriculum Updates
▪ Police Officers Urge President Zurabishvili Not to Pardon Lazare Grigoriadis
▪ The Daily Beat: 21 November
▪ Occupation Authorities in Sokhumi Tighten Rules for INGOs, IOs
▪ Dr. Laure Delcour: EU is placed in a situation where it has to develop a regional vision
▪ British Minister for Europe Visits Georgia
▪ Government Action Plan on De-oligarchization
▪ Ex-Prime Minister Questioned on Cartographer’s Case
▪ Legislation Changing Public Broadcaster Funding Rule Rushed through the Parliament
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 16.2% in January-October 2023
▪ German Political Spectrum Views on Georgia’s EU Candidacy
▪ Human Rights Watchdog Urges Swift Action on ECHR Ruling for Machalikashvili Case Investigation
▪ Bzhania: Abkhazia Should Accommodate Putin with Bichvinta Dacha Transfer
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 November
▪ One More Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ Police Detain 13 at a Forestry Rally
▪ The Daily Beat: 17 November
▪ Funeral of 20 People Repatriated from Occupied Abkhazia
▪ Co-Chairs of Geneva International Discussions Meet in Vienna
▪ EUMM, Tbilisi Mural Fest, and Religious Freedom Institute Director Honored with Tolerance Awards
▪ Dispatch – November 17: Dancing in the dark
▪ High Level Venice Commission Delegation Visits Georgia
▪ Salome Zurabishvili’s Interview to Le Monde: There is no oligarch in Georgia other than Ivanishvili
▪ Occupied Abkhazia to Shut Doors on International NGOs that Recognize Occupation
▪ FM Darchiashvili Visits Denmark
▪ Q A: What Next for Progress on Georgia’s EU Membership Path?
▪ European Commissioner for Energy Visits Georgia
▪ Land Grab Amnesty Approved by Parliament
▪ Two Members of the Georgian Legion Killed and Nine Injured in Ukraine
▪ Parliament Appoints Two New Vice Speakers
▪ U.S. Ambassador Robin Dunnigan Gives Her First Extensive Interview
▪ CCIIR Report Dives Deep into Georgia’s Language Education Landscape
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 November
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 November
▪ IRI Poll Shows Strong Support of Georgian Citizens for EU and NATO Membership
▪ GNERC Chairman: Abkhazia receives electricity from Russia, and they’re responsible for paying for it
▪ MPs Vote to Void Davit Sergeenko’s Mandate
▪ Austrian Parliament’s Federal Council President Visits Georgia
▪ Russia Wants Tbilisi to Formalize the Occupation Line to Prevent ‘New Aggravations’
▪ OSCE PA President Meets Parliament Speaker
▪ Parents Rejoice as Long-expected Achondroplasia Medication Reaches Georgia
▪ Armenia Receives French Armored Carriers Through Georgia
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Winemakers Dominate GD Donations, Get Credits, Subsidies – Watchdog
▪ CoE HR Commissioner Mijatovic Urges Georgian Authorities to Tackle Discrimination Against Minorities
▪ UNM British Advisor Denied Entry to Georgia
▪ NATO Secretary General Denounces Russia’s Naval Base Plan in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ Police Detain 18 Individuals Linked to Criminal Underworld Across Georgia
▪ President’s Administration Clarifies with Chinese Ambassador President’s Interview Remarks
▪ PM Garibashvili Meets EU and Member State Ambassadors Following EU Candidacy Recommendation
▪ EPP Calls on Authorities to Take Urgent Measures to Protect Health of Mikheil Saakashvili
▪ Russia Reportedly Captures Two Georgians Fighting in Ukraine
▪ EU Ambassador Herczynski: When Georgians are United, Great Things Happen
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 November
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 November
▪ Russians Dominate as Largest International Visitors to Georgia in Third Quarter
▪ Jozwiak: Tbilisi Likely to Get Candidate S Conditions Must Be Met for Accession Talks
▪ “Selective National Human Rights Action Plan” – Tbilisi Pride Statement
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ Georgia’s Progress toward EU Candidate Status: the European Commission’s Assessment
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 16.2% in January-October 2023
▪ TI-Georgia: Georgian Railway’s Tender Allegedly Biased in Favor of Russian Companies
▪ Information Integrity Coalition Calls on Government to Reject anti-Western Messages
▪ OSCE/ODIHR Urges Government to Reject Controversial ‘Tents Law’
▪ President Zurabishvili Speaks to French Media
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 November
▪ Dispatch – Nov. 11: Bittersweet November
▪ PM and President Attend Paris Peace Forum 2023
▪ Tamaz Ginturi Buried with Military Honors
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 November
▪ Russian Occupation Forces Release Illegally Detained Levan Dotiashvili
▪ Expectations for EC Recommendation on Georgia’s EU Candidate Status with Additional Conditions
▪ European Commission Recommends EU Candidacy for Georgia
▪ EU Ambassador: This is a big recognition from the EU, however Important Work Remains to be Done
▪ 2023 Communication on EU Enlargement Policy: Case of Georgia
▪ International Reactions on EC Recommendation to Grant Georgia Candidate Status
▪ Georgian Politicians React to Receiving EU Candidacy Recommendation
▪ Prime Minister’s Press Conference on EC Recommendation related to Georgia’s EU Candidacy
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 November
▪ Georgian Prosecutor’s Office and International Cooperation Expose Transnational Fraud
▪ Russian Lawyers: Banned Movement Participant Vanishes from Tbilisi, Suspected in Russian Custody
▪ UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders Praises “Strong” Civil Society in Georgia, Criticizes Government
▪ Survey: Only a Third of Georgians Anticipate EU Candidacy to be Granted to Georgia
▪ Estonia’s Foreign Minister: “If the priorities are fulfilled, Georgia should get the candidate status”
▪ International Community Reacts to Russian Occupiers Killing a Georgian Citizen
▪ Special Representatives of EU and Member States for EaP Visit Georgia
▪ President Holds Press Conference, Announces “Signatures’ Campaign” to Send Message to Europe
▪ Latvia’s Foreign Minister on Georgia’s EU Candidacy: “It is up to the Georgian government to do its utmost”
▪ Georgian Politicians React to Killing of Georgian Citizen by Occupation Forces
▪ SJC: Government’s efforts to ensure security near the occupation line are weak
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 November
▪ FM Darchiashvili Meets Latvian Counterpart
▪ HRC: Police violated international standards during 7-9 March rallies, creating risk of harm to people
▪ Policy Brief: Whatever the decision on EU candidacy, EU must get its communication right and retain leverage
▪ Dispatch – November 5: Policy of (Self-)Containment
▪ Two Sentenced to Prison in “Vake Park” Case
▪ Jozwiak: Georgia’s Candidate Status Likely to be Conditional
▪ Russian Occupation Forces Kill One Georgian Citizen, Abduct Another
▪ Technical Meeting in Ergneti Following the Killing of Georgian Citizen by Russian Occupying Forces
▪ The Daily Beat: 3 October
▪ Opposition MPs Address NATO and EU Over Russia’s Continued Occupation and Permanent Naval Base in Ochamchire
▪ The Daily Beat: 2 November
▪ FM Darchiashvili Participates in Conference on Europe in Berlin
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.8% in October
▪ TI-Georgia: Problem of High Level Corruption Remains Severe
▪ Talk of Joining the Union State of Russia and Belarus Spurs Debate in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ GD Members Say CSOs Appeal to the EU is Disingenuous
▪ CoE Committee of Ministers Decision on Conflict in Georgia
▪ Police Works with U.S. to Track, Detain American Fugitive
▪ Cabinet Sends Revised 2024 Budget to the Parliament
▪ Abkhazia’s De-Facto Legislature to Discuss Joining Union State of Russia and Belarus
▪ Another Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Leak: Karasin, Abashidze Discussed Direct Flights in March 2022
▪ Jokes, Grievances and Demonstrations: Russians in Georgia and Germany
▪ Politicians React to Karasin-Abashidze Leak
▪ Parliament Lowers Residency Threshold for Citizenship
▪ Foreign Affairs Committee Chair: No 3+3 Participation without De-occupation
▪ The Daily Beat: 1 October
▪ NGOs Appeal to European Commission to Give Positive Recommendation on Georgia’s EU Candidate Status
▪ Ruling Party Chair Lashes out at ‘Rich’ NGOs, Alleges Anti-US Agenda
▪ Georgian Citizen Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 5.1% in September 2023
▪ GYLA Report: Evaluating the March 7-9 Civil Protest – Legality, Proportionality and Human Rights Violations
▪ Verbal and Physical Attacks against Opposition in Parliament and Local Sakrebulo
▪ Explainer | What is the “Anti-Maidan Movement”?
▪ The Daily Beat: 31 October
▪ Pro-Palestine Rally Held in Marneuli
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