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▪ The Daily Beat: 3 April
▪ 124th Ergneti IPRM Meeting
▪ Georgia Reduces Visa-Free Stay for Ukrainians from Three Years to One
▪ Trump Applies 10 Percent Baseline Tariffs to Georgia
▪ Public Broadcaster Re-elects Vasil Maghlaperidze as Board Chairman Amid Protests
▪ New Ambassadors Appointed to Spain, Slovenia and the Holy See
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 3.5% in March 2025
▪ Kazakhstan makes bombshell announcement in advance of Central Asia-European Union summit
▪ Political power comes at high price for Ivanishvili
▪ Irakli Beraia Appointed as Head of Finance Ministry’s Investigative Service
▪ The Daily Beat: 2 April
▪ World Organisation Against Torture: GD Coordinated State Policy of Repression Against Protesters
▪ OSCE/ODIHR: FARA Raises Concerns Over Negative Impact on Civil Society
▪ U.S. State Department to GD: You Cannot Win a Democratic Mandate by Censoring or Putting in Jail Your Opponents
▪ U.S. Helsinki Commission Reprimand Georgian Dream for “Surrendering”Anaklia Port to Chinese Control
▪ Armenia: Pressure increasing on Pashinyan
▪ UK Sanctions Senior Georgian Judges Over “Serious Corruption”
▪ EU: Adopted Laws Erode Foundations of Democracy in Georgia
▪ Interview | Baiba Braže: Georgian Authorities Disrupt Georgia’s European Future
▪ GD Cabinet Reshuffled
▪ President Zurabishvili Addressed the UK Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee
▪ Public Defender’s 2024 Human Rights Report
▪ Opposition Politician Mamuka Khazaradze Ordered to Pay GEL 50,000 Bail
▪ The Daily Beat: 1 April
▪ Poverty rate at risk of rising in Kyrgyzstan, despite economic growth – UN agency
▪ Uzbekistan: Fresh abuse allegations aired by jailed Karakalpak activist
▪ GD Rubber Stamps FARA, Broadcasting Law Changes, Revives Treason, Removes Gender, Excludes CSOs
▪ Photo Story | People’s Spring Arrived
▪ History will not absolve Putin, prominent Russian dissident asserts
▪ Hard-Pressed, GD Brings the War Back into Focus
▪ The Daily Beat: 31 March
▪ Tens of Thousands Rally in Tbilisi as President Zurabishvili Calls for “Platform of Resistance”
▪ Kazakhstan still has a taste for Russian vodka
▪ EU-Central Asia: Preparing for first-of-its-kind summit meeting aimed at bolstering trade
▪ French Photojournalist Denied Entry to Georgia
▪ Dispatch – March 31: Last Days of Tea
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 March
▪ Georgian Citizen Imprisoned by Russian Occupation Forces in Abkhazia in 2020, Released
▪ Georgian Photojournalists Slam World Press Photo for Awarding Russian TASS Reporter for Tbilisi Protest Coverage
▪ Fear and safety in Armenia
▪ GD Proposal to Ban Opposition Kills Discussion on Local Elections
▪ President Zurabishvili Concludes Baltic Tour with Visit to Estonia
▪ Public Defender Levan Ioseliani Meets Council of Europe’s Secretary General
▪ Foreign Trade Up 15.6% in January-February 2025
▪ UN Resident Coordinator, Agencies Meet With Georgian Dream Leadership
▪ U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes MEGOBARI Act
▪ GD to Ban Opposition Groups Under “Successor Parties” Law, Declare Them Unconstitutional
▪ New Ambassadors Appointed to Turkey, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Cuba
▪ Commentary: Addressing China’s growing electric vehicle footprint in Azerbaijan
▪ Tbilisi Court Orders Review of Belarusian Asylum Seeker’s Case
▪ GD Foreign Minister Visits Austria
▪ Kremlin wants Kazakhstan to ease up on banking due diligence concerning trade deals
▪ HRW Warns GD’s Proposed FARA Could Severely Harm Civil Society
▪ President Zurabishvili Visits Latvia
▪ CoE Congress Expresses Concern over Local Elections in Georgia
▪ Study Speaks of Unprecedented Media Repression in 2024 Amid Foreign Agents Law
▪ Central Asian start-ups attracting growing interest from venture capitalists
▪ CoE Commissioner Calls for Stronger Human Rights Protection in Georgia
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Occupied Abkhazia Calls on Tbilisi to Abandon “Confrontational Rhetoric”
▪ Prosecutor Probes Mamuka Khazaradze’s Refusal to Appear Before GD Parliament’s UNM Investigation Commission
▪ Central Asian states drained rivers at lower-than-expected levels in 2024
▪ Armenia rushes to reengage Russia, aiming to outflank Azerbaijan
▪ “Existential Challenge” Looms over Georgia, President Zurabishvili Tells Lithuanian Seimas
▪ GD’s UNM Investigative Commission to Request Prosecution of Mamuka Khazaradze
▪ Public Broadcaster Dismisses Criticism, Accuses Critics of False Accusations
▪ Germany Introduces Further Entry Bans on GD Officials
▪ Chiatura Miners Protest in Tbilisi
▪ Kazakhs and Uzbeks are happiest peoples in Eurasia – survey
▪ WHO deems Central Asia and Caucasus states as “high priority countries” for TB infections
▪ GD FM Botchorishvili Visits Hungary
▪ CSOs on FARA: This is “Russian Law” Repackaged
▪ Mikheil Kavelashvili Withdraws Constitutional Lawsuit Against Foreign Agents’ Law
▪ Will Peace Break out Between Armenia and Azerbaijan?
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 March
▪ Dispatch – March 24: Magic Words
▪ Georgian Citizen Polad Omarov Convicted in U.S. Over Alleged Iran-Linked Assassination Plot
▪ German Court Refuses to Recognize Georgia as Safe Country
▪ GD Government Allocates GEL 43 Million to Educational Institutions of Patriarchate
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 8.3% in Q4’24
▪ WrestleMania Central Asian-style: great powers battle for region’s critical minerals
▪ Azerbaijan’s renewables potential: progress or empty promises?
▪ New Ambassadors Appointed to Austria, Belarus, UAE, UN Office in Geneva and Uzbekistan
▪ 17 Journalists Fined for Blocking Roads Amid Protests – CMIS
▪ CoE’s 2024 Report on Implementation of ECtHR Judgments by Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 March
▪ Kyrgyzstan: Seeking Elon Musk-like figures to lead the government
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 March
▪ SJC: Georgian Courts’ Decision to Keep Sadigov in Detention “Illegal” and “Unfounded”
▪ Op-ed | EU Should Not Get Squeezed Out of Georgia with a Whimper
▪ It may be 2025, but it is increasingly feeling like 1984 in Tbilisi
▪ Salome Zurabishvili Urges EU Leaders to Discuss Georgia at European Council Meeting
▪ New Studies Reveal Generational Divide in Gender Attitudes in Georgia
▪ Lithuanian Rights Defender Denied Entry to Georgia
▪ Watchdog Submits Amicus Curiae Brief in Temur Katamadze Case to Tbilisi City Court
▪ Ex-PM Gilauri Responds as GD Targets Him Over His Company’s U.S. Lobbying Contract
▪ GYLA Decries Dismissals at the Ministry of Defense
▪ Rights watchdog documents forced mobilization of Central Asian labor migrants in Russian military
▪ Irakli Rukhadze Loses Legal Battle at UK Supreme Court
▪ Venice Commission Calls for Repeal of Changes Regarding Local Elections Adopted by GD Parliament
▪ GYLA: Fines Imposed on Protesters – Severe Violation of Freedom of Assembly
▪ Kavelashvili Appoints New Member of High Council of Justice in Place of Zurabishvili’s Appointee
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 March
▪ Former UNM Official Nabbed in Kazakhstan – Allegedly on Russian Indictment
▪ Interview | Gabrielius Landsbergis: Spirit of Freedom is a Total Nightmare for Dictators
▪ US and EU drumbeat for Central Asia’s critical minerals grows louder
▪ A peace treaty is finalized, but Azerbaijan is accusing Armenia of preparing for war
▪ Kazakhstan makes Top 40 list of arms importers – survey
▪ Clooney Foundation to Monitor Mzia Amaghlobeli’s Trial
▪ Chiatura Miners Protest Industry Shutdown, Demand Nationalization
▪ GD to Introduce Mandatory Treatment for Drug-Related Crimes
▪ Georgian Dream’s Conspirationist Brainwashing Works – Research
▪ Georgian Dream FM Visits India for Raisina Dialogue
▪ The Daily Beat: 17 March
▪ Commentary: Armenia at constitutional crossroads
▪ Loss of US assistance hampering Tajikistan’s efforts to contain HIV – UN agency
▪ Tajikistan gets high marks for accommodating refugees, IDPs – UNHCR
▪ Azerbaijan and Georgia seek to accelerate construction of a Black Sea power line
▪ Social networks in Uzbekistan buzzing with criticism of Chinese economic practices
▪ Kyrgyzstan sends American citizen back to United States
▪ Georgia ranked highest in Eurasia in economic freedom survey
▪ Armenia and Azerbaijan declare peace is at hand
▪ The US and EU drumbeat for Central Asia’s critical minerals grows louder
▪ Environmental groups caution against overdevelopment of river resources in Central Asia
▪ Air quality in Tajikistan ranked among world’s worst – survey
▪ Op-ed | Georgia Must not Fade as Ukraine Peace Talks Advance
▪ Three Funds Supporting Protesters Frozen
▪ Social Justice Center Submits Amicus Curiae Brief on Amaghlobeli Case to Batumi City Court
▪ GD Moves to Cover Online Media by Restrictive Amendments to the Broadcasting Law
▪ Legislative Proposal Seeks to Restrict Media Access to Court Hearings
▪ Ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili Convicted of Illegal Border Crossing
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 March
▪ Dispatch – March 16: Dog Days
▪ Media Advocacy Coalition Condemns Attack on Journalist Gela Mtivlishvili
▪ ODIHR Urgent Opinion on GD’s Controversial Legislative Changes
▪ Watchdog Says GD Uses Administrative Offenses Code to Suppress Protest, Calls for Reform
▪ Arrested Russian Citizens and Activists Allege Political Persecution
▪ GD’s Foreign Minister Meets with US Ambassador Dunnigan
▪ Prosecutor Freezes Scammers’ Assets Following Journalistic Investigation
▪ Theater and Film University Rector Reverses Decision to Suspend Protesting Students
▪ Georgian Dream Strongmen Double Down on Deep State Conspiracy Narrative
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 March
▪ V-Dem’s 2025 Report: Georgia Marked Largest One-Year Democratic Decline Since Independence
▪ French National Assembly Condemns Russian Interference in Georgian Elections
▪ Arrested Businessman Accuses Ivanishvili and GD of Connection with Russian Special Services
▪ Czech Committee Resolution: Georgia Must Hold New Elections to Resolve “Constitutional Crisis”
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 March
▪ Ilia State University Granted Six Year Accreditation Following Months-Long Dispute
▪ Initiated Amendments to Law on Broadcasting Threaten Freedom of Media and Expression, SJC Warns
▪ British Scholar Declines Georgia’s Writers’ House Award Over Political Concerns
▪ NBG Keeps Key Refinancing Rate Unchanged at 8%
▪ ISFED Says Public Registry Purges “Unjustified” and “Discriminatory”
▪ Azerbaijani Speaker Sahiba Gafarova Visits Georgia, Signs Memorandum of Understanding
▪ Mikheil Saakashvili Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison
▪ GYLA: MIA’s Use of Facial Recognition Cameras Against Protesters Raises Serious Privacy and Legal Concerns
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 March
▪ Lukashenka: “We Support Georgia’s Steps to Defend its Statehood and Sovereignty”
▪ Three Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces, One Released
▪ Kezerashvili Hands Over Remaining Shares in Formula TV
▪ CSOs: Case Against Eight Charged with Group Violence is “Politically Motivated”
▪ GD Announces Tougher Drug Policy
▪ GD Amends Rules to Let Commission Investigating UNM Request Probe at Any Stage
▪ Senators Risch, Shaheen Introduce MEGOBARI Act
▪ Two TSU Lecturers Dismissed for Alleged Political Reasons
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 March
▪ Former MoD Employee Accuses MIA Officials of Pressuring Him to Incriminate Opposition
▪ Ivanishvili’s Former Investment Fund Head Sentenced to 11 Years in Absentia in Cryptocurrency Case
▪ Interview | Margus Tsahkna: Dignity, Values and Future of Democracy Are at Stake
▪ As Democracy Falters Globally, Georgian Protest Mood Turns Somber
▪ Mdinaradze: “Global Forces Waged Proxy War Against Russia”, “Puppet Governments” Assumed Deep State Function
▪ University Revokes Student Status of Protesters, Watchdog Speaks Out About GD’s Suppression of Student Protest
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 March
▪ Verbatim | “Slap the Patriarchy, Slap the Police, Slap the Authoritarianism!” Women’s 8 March Manifesto
▪ “Freedom Square” Movement Becomes Political Party
▪ Dispatch – March 8: Broken Seatbelt
▪ Photo Story | Georgians Mark 100th Day Protests
▪ MFA: More than 1.5 Million Georgians Live Abroad
▪ GD Parliament Speaker Papuashvili Accuses Foreign Partners of Political Meddling
▪ Non-Resident Ambassadors Present Credentials to GD President Kavelashvili Amid Contested Legitimacy
▪ MEGOBARI Act Reportedly to Gain Momentum in U.S. Senate Next Week
▪ CoE Committee of Ministers Calls for Repeal of Anti-LGBT Law
▪ GD PM Kobakhidze Visits Turkmenistan
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 March
▪ 63rd Round of Geneva International Discussions
▪ TV Imedi Report Normalizes Firing of Civil Servant for Protest
▪ Journalists Expose Global Scam Operating out of Tbilisi
▪ Irakli Kobakhidze: ISFED Works on Behalf of Forces that Don’t Have Good Intentions Toward Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 March
▪ Abkhaz Leader Gunba Meets Putin, Who Pledges Continued Support
▪ Poland Deports Georgian Nationals in Crackdown on Alleged Criminal Activity
▪ Protester Temur Katamadze Ends 48-Day Hunger Strike As He Awaits Refugee Status Decision
▪ Europe Press Freedom Report: Rapid Decline of Press Freedom in 2024 in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 March
▪ Deeper Look | Foreign Agents Registration Act
▪ Mzia Amaghlobeli Remanded in Custody
▪ Liveblog: Resistance 2025 Vol. 2 | EaP CSF Calls on GD to Repeal Restrictive Laws, Urges EU to Sanction Georgian Authorities
▪ GD PM Kobakhidze Visits Uzbekistan
▪ Georgian Parliament Approves a Series of Repressive Legislative Amendments in First Reading
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 2.4% in February 2025
▪ Former Ivanishvili Aide Bachiashvili Says He Left Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 3 March
▪ GD Parliament Moves Forward with Several Repressive Bills, Approving Them in First Reading
▪ Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania Expand Sanctions on Georgian Officials
▪ Venice Commission Urgent Opinion on Code of Administrative Offenses and Law on Assemblies and Demonstrations
▪ The Daily Beat: 2 March
▪ Badra Gunba Claims Victory in Second Round of “Presidential Elections” in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ Dispatch – March 1: White Snow, Red Coat
▪ Kobakhidze Detracts Global Party of War and Deep State as Opposing “President Trump’s Peace Efforts”
▪ ECtHR Blocks Georgia From Extraditing Afgan Sadygov
▪ Occupied Tskhinvali Region and Nicaragua Agree on “Diplomatic Visa Exemption”
▪ GD Parliament Moves to Abolish Competition for Appointment of HCoJ Members
▪ Ireland Deports 32 Georgian Nationals
▪ Dismissals in Ministry of Defense Raise Concerns of Political Purge
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 11.1% in January 2025
▪ EU Confirms Continuation of Educational Programs for Georgian Youth
▪ GD Parliament to Consider Legislation Removing CSOs from Public Decision-Making
▪ Russia to Start Regular Flights to Sokhumi from May 1, 2025
▪ Public Registry Blocks Registration of Civil Servants’ Trade Union
▪ Interview | Rasa Juknevičienė: It’s Important Not to Give Up
▪ GD PM Kobakhidze Slams German Ambassador, Defends Ivanishvili Amid Possible UK Sanctions
▪ MIA Seeks to Purchase Advanced Forensic Extraction Tools
▪ Zurabishvili Presents “Path to New Elections” Plan
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 February
▪ GD Parliament Set to Overhaul Theater Management System to Get More Control Over Director Appointments
▪ GD FM Botchorishvili Visits Turkey
▪ TI Georgia: New Restrictive Legislation Aims to Destroy Critical TV Channels
▪ Georgia Dream Introduces Criminal Liability for Non-Compliance with Foreign Agents Registration Act
▪ Prosecutors Launch New Case Against Ivanishvili’s Former Aide Bachiashvili
▪ German Education Ministry Halts Expansion of Scientific Cooperation with Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 25 February
▪ Photo story | Rally to Mark Russian Occupation Anniversary
▪ Salome Zurabishvili: “We Should not Allow Another 1921 to Happen”
▪ GD Moves to Lower Threshold for Voting in the Election Commission Members
▪ Georgia Marks 104 Years Since Russian Red Army’s Seizure of Tbilisi
▪ Kobakhidze Slams EU Ambassador as “Complicit in Violence”
▪ GD FM Botchorishvili Meets UN Secretary-General, Addresses Human Rights Council
▪ Snowstorm Hits Western Georgia, Authorities Blamed for Botched Emergency Response
▪ Georgian Dream Pushes Amendments to Remove ‘Gender’ from the Legislation
▪ GD to Ban Foreign Funding of Broadcasters, Set Coverage Rules
▪ The Daily Beat: 25 February
▪ Photo Story | Ukraine Solidarity March and Rally
▪ Reactions to Third Anniversary of Russia’s Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine
▪ U.K. Ambassador Refutes GD Talks of “Second Front”
▪ GD Registers “Exact Copy” of FARA in Parliament
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 February
▪ Georgia Discussed During OSCE PA Joint Session
▪ At UN, Georgia Breaks with EU, Ukraine, Backs Toned Down U.S. Resolution on War
▪ Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics Calls on MIA to Stop Imposing Financial Fines on Journalists
▪ Opposition “Strong Georgia” Slams GD’s Stance on 3+3 Platform
▪ 22 Arrested for Drug Crimes, Including 12 Dealers
▪ IPI Calls for Immediate Release of Mzia Amaghlobeli
▪ OCCRP: OSCE PA Official Traveled to Event Organized by Top GD Figure Ahead of October Elections
▪ Free Business Platform Introduces “Free Donation” Feature
▪ Alasania Blames GD, Ivanishvili, for Scrapped Air Defense Deal with France
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 February
▪ GD Parliament Votes to Abolish Civil Service Bureau
▪ Money Transfers from Russia Down by 62% in January
▪ SSSG Detains Two Georgian Citizens in Counterterrorism Sweep
▪ ILGA-Europe Report Highlights Worsening Conditions for Georgia’s LGBTI Community
▪ GD Parliament Adopts Changes in Law on Grants
▪ Dispatch – February 20: Mzia and News
▪ Zurabishvili: GD Might Have to Call New Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 February
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 39.3% in January 2025
▪ Op-ed | How can the protesters win?
▪ Georgia and Serbia – Two Protests, Different Contexts
▪ GD Parliament Elects CEC Members
▪ Police in Plain Clothes, Without Insignia Abduct TV Pirveli Cameraman
▪ Worrying Signs of Lack of Fair Trial for Protest Detainees, Watchdogs Say
▪ Photo Story | Protest Marks Ivanishvili’s Birthday with Carnivalesque Protest
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 February
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Movement for Social Democracy Established
▪ President Zurabishvili Takes Legal Action Over Tbilisi Airport Attack, Speaks of Wider Implications
▪ GD to Criminalize Treason
▪ President Zurabishvili Pelted with Eggs on Arrival from Munich
▪ Mzia Amaghlobeli Ends Hunger Strike
▪ The Daily Beat: 17 February
▪ Gakharia and Party Member Attacked Upon Arrival from Munich Security Conference
▪ Occupied Abkhazia’s “Presidential Elections” Enter Second Round
▪ People’s Power’s Viktor Japaridze Appointed Deputy Chair of GD’s Defense and Security Committee
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 February
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ Authorities Accused of Negligence After Two Children Die in Batumi
▪ Georgian Foreign Ministry Condemns Occupied Abkhazia’s “Presidential Polls”
▪ Mtavari TV Goes Off Air, Blames Co-Founder Okuashvili
▪ Salome Zurabishvili Attends Munich Security Conference 2025
▪ 123rd Ergneti IPRM Meeting
▪ Domestic Reactions to European Parliament Resolution
▪ Batumi Court Rejects Petition to Change Amaghlobeli’s Pre-Trial Detention
▪ High-priced Art Imports Suggest Ivanishvili Allegedly Benefits From Offshore Law
▪ Tea Tsulukiani to Chair Parliamentary Commission Investigating UNM Government
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 39.2% in January 2025
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 February
▪ GD Denigrates European Parliament after Critical Resolution
▪ GD Defense Minister Attends Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting
▪ ECtHR Rules Against Georgia in “Cable Case”, Citing Fair Trial Violations
▪ EP Adopts Resolution on Georgia, Calls to Sanction Ivanishvili and his “Network of Enablers”
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 February
▪ GYLA: Legal Team to File Petition to Lift Pre-Trial Detention of Mzia Amaghlobeli
▪ Senator Roger Wicker Appointed Chair of U.S. Helsinki Commission
▪ Dispatch – February 12: Aquarius Season
▪ Ethnic Minority Groups Leave the Council, Allege Pressure
▪ GD Terminates Mandates of Six Opposition Deputies in Adjara Supreme Council
▪ Sweden Condemns GD Government’s Actions, Broaches Sanctions, Affirms Democratic Support
▪ German Embassy: Equality Before the Law Must be Upheld
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 February
▪ Georgian Dream Prime Minister Attends World Government Summit in Dubai
▪ Russian Passenger Jet Lands at Sokhumi Airport as Official Tbilisi Remains Silent
▪ Geneva Talks Co-Chairs Meet GD Representatives
▪ Galuzin: Development of Relations with Georgia Will Lead to Restoration of Diplomatic Relations
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 February
▪ CoE’s Bureau of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Calls for Free and Fair Elections in Georgia
▪ Kezerashvili to Give up Remaining 26% of his Formula TV Shares
▪ CSOs Warn of Fabricated Drug Charges Against Protesters by Georgian Authorities
▪ Poll: Majority of Georgians Support Demands of Ongoing Protests, Blame Ruling Party for Political Crisis
▪ Prosecutor Opens Investigation into Alleged Sabotage, “Assistance to Foreign-Controlled Organizations” Against Georgia
▪ GYLA Calls for Probe Into MIA’s Expanding Use of Facial Recognition
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 February
▪ Georgian Public Assembly Established to Facilitate Resolution of Political Crisis
▪ Opposition Leader Mamuka Khazaradze Calls for Gakharia’s Party to Renounce Parliamentary Mandates
▪ CoE Secretary “Regrets” GD’s Reversal on Foreign Influence Law
▪ Kallas, Kos Call to GD: “Release All Journalists, Activists and Political Detainees”
▪ Six Labor Unions Initiate Collective Action Against State Repression
▪ RFE/RL’s Investigation Explores Concerns Over Georgia’s Expanding Surveillance System
▪ Georgian Parliament Approves Amendments to Rules of Procedure
▪ GD Parliament Staffs Commission to Investigate UNM, Threatens Criminal Liability for Refusal to Cooperate
▪ Women Allegedly Forced to Strip Naked During Detentions, Searches
▪ Two More Georgian Fighters Killed in Ukraine
▪ SJC Says Journalist Afgan Sadygov’s Health at Critical Risk Amid 142-Day Hunger Strike
▪ The Daily Beat: 6 February
▪ GD Parliament Votes to Appoint Four New Members to NBG Board
▪ GD Parliament Adopts Repressive Amendments in Third Reading
▪ Watchdogs: Repressive Legislative Changes Announced by GD Threaten Fundamental Rights
▪ US Department of State: Transnational Drug Organizations Use New Drag Trafficking Routes Through Georgia
▪ GD Accuses US Embassy, USAID, NED, EED, Foreign-Funded CSOs of “Coordinated Work Against Georgia”
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 February
▪ President Zurabishvili: “Political Life in Georgia Has Ended,” Urges International Pressure on GD to Call Elections
▪ GD Terminates Mandates of 49 Opposition MPs, Stages New Parliamentary Group Formation
▪ 100 Thai Women Allegedly Forced into Human Egg Harvesting in Georgia
▪ Dispatch – February 5: Law-Abiding Citizens
▪ GD Goes Full-Steam Ahead with Repressive Legislative Initiatives Targeting Civil Society and Media
▪ GD PM Irakli Kobakhidze Visits Kazakhstan
▪ Public Broadcaster Takes Critical News Anchor Off Air
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 February
▪ Ombudsman Calls on GD Parliament not to Fast-Track Repressive Legislative Changes
▪ ‘Friends of Georgia’ Hold Georgian Authorities Fully Responsible for Jailed Journalist’s Health, Demand Amaghlobeli’s Release
▪ Kosachev: GD’s Recall of PACE Delegation “Deserves Respect”
▪ Norway to Follow EU in Suspending Visa Free Regime for Georgia’s Diplomatic Passport Holders
▪ GD Parliament Opens Spring Session Amid Protests, Kavelashvili Addresses MPs
▪ The Daily Beat: 3 February
▪ More than 40 Media Outlets Condemn GD Shalva Papuashvili’s Threat Against “Publika”
▪ GD Government to Abolish Civil Service Bureau
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 2% in January 2025
▪ SJC Warns of ‘Normalized’ Police Brutality, Calls for Investigation and Accountability
▪ GD Announces More Repressive Legislative Changes
▪ The Daily Beat: 2 February
▪ iFact Investigation Suggests Russian Oil Reaches Europe Through Georgia
▪ Ombudsman on February 2 Protest: Facts of Excessive Use of Force by Police Disturbing
▪ Watchdogs: Papuashvili Attempts to Intimidate and Threaten Media
▪ Alleged Future Russian Curator of Abkhazia Visits Sokhumi Ahead of “Presidential Polls”
▪ Ahead of Scheduled Major Protest, GD Makes Closing Highways a Crime, Police Detains Activists
▪ Kobakhidze Welcomes Trump Administration’s Suspension of Foreign Funding
▪ TI-Georgia Report Alleges Fabricated Charges and Political Persecution of Activist
▪ GYLA Slams GD’s New Diplomatic Service Regulations
▪ Georgian Opposition to Syria’s New Leader: Revoke Recognition of Russian-Occupied Regions
▪ Joe Wilson and British MP Call for UK to Impose Sanctions on Ivanishvili “Without Delay”
▪ PACE President: Georgia’s Participation in Assembly Obligatory, Not Optional
▪ The Daily Beat: 30 January
▪ GPB Management Under Fire at Board Meeting Amid Ongoing Protests
▪ GD President Awards Sanctioned MIA Officials with Order of Honor
▪ Georgian Dream PM Irakli Kobakhidze Visits Armenia
▪ GYLA Turns on Ombudsman With Regard to Mzia Amaglobeli’s Health Amid International Outcry
▪ Photo Story | Protesters Demand to Free the Public Broadcaster
▪ HRC Annual Report Details Multiple Violations of Human Rights in Georgia
▪ GD Tries to Assuage Supporters After PACE Fail, Says Suspends Work in Assembly
▪ Czechia Sanctions Three MIA Officials
▪ The Daily Beat: 29 January
▪ PACE Sets New Elections, Release of Prisoners as Conditions to Ratify Georgian MP Credentials
▪ NBG Keeps Key Refinancing Rate Unchanged at 8%
▪ TI-Georgia: Ivanishvili Transfers Assets from Offshore Companies to Georgia Following U.S. Sanctions
▪ Will PACE Take an Unprecedented Decision on Georgia?
▪ Georgian Dream Proposes Legislative Amendments on Firearms, Electoral Process, and CEC Compensation
▪ The Daily Beat: 28 January
▪ UN Experts Call on GD Government to Investigate Use of Force by Police During Demonstrations
▪ Tbilisi City Court Remands Russian Citizen and Activist in Custody
▪ Amb. Herczyński to GD Authorities: Start Talking to People
▪ PACE Monitoring Committee Proposes Conditional Ratification of Georgian Delegation Credentials
▪ Magticom Provides Details on January 27 Internet Outage
▪ Critical Scientist Flees Georgia, Alleges Political Persecution
▪ Mtavari TV: Co-founder Okuashvili follows Russian path, gradually shuts down channel
▪ Statement by Journalists, Editors, and Media Managers on Arrest of Amaghlobeli and Deteriorating Media Environment
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 January
▪ PACE Debates Georgia, Discusses Critical Report on October 26 Elections
▪ Dispatch – January 27: Ship of Theseus
▪ GD Parliament Speaker Papuashvili Visits Hungary
▪ Georgian Dream PM Kobakhidze Visits UAE
▪ Georgian Delegation Credentials Challenged at PACE Opening
▪ EU FAC Suspends Visa Liberalization for Georgian Diplomatic Passport Holders
▪ GYLA: Amaghlobeli’s Life in Danger, Urgent Action Needed
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 January
▪ Photo Story | Theater Protest
▪ CoE HR Commissioner Visits Georgia, Concerned About Police Brutality, Lack of Accountability, Repressive Laws
▪ Georgian Population Allegedly Exposed in a Massive Personal Data Leak
▪ Kobakhidze Blames “Deep State” and GWP for War in Ukraine
▪ Press Freedom, Journalists, and Rights Organizations Demand Immediate Release of Amaghlobeli
▪ Gakharia: Attack On Me Is Ivanishvili’s Political Revenge
▪ Women Politicians Appeal to the International Community to Advocate for Mzia Amaghlobeli’s Release
▪ Tbilisi Public Transport Allegedly Hacked, Pro-European Messages Played on Payment Machines
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 January
▪ CSOs Condemn Repressive Use of Fines Against Protesters in Georgia
▪ Former Investment Fund Head of Ivanishvili Claims Political Persecution in Court
▪ Interview with Imedi TV Owner Irakli Rukhadze
▪ Op-ed | What can the Western Partners Do to Break Georgia’s Authoritarian Descent?
▪ Estonian Parliament Adopts Statement in Support of Georgian People
▪ Zurabishvili: Former U.S. Administration’s “Lack of Engagement” with Georgia May Have Encouraged Russia
▪ UK Ambassador on Sanctions, Democracy, and Georgia’s Economic Future
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 January
▪ European Parliament Debate on Further Deterioration of Political Situation in Georgia
▪ Zurabishvili: The America Trump Describes Is the One Georgia Needs
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Opposition Member Says Sheraton Hotel Batumi May Be Involved in Cover-Up of Attack on Gakharia
▪ Public Defender: Once Compromise Candidate Becomes a Contentious Figure
▪ The Daily Beat: 21 January
▪ Photo Story | Mask Protest Mocks Ban
▪ Tbilisi Court Remands Two Protesters in Custody
▪ Political Retaliation Prompts Closure of Parliamentary Research Center, Say Staffers
▪ GD Member Tite Aroshidze Elected Rector of Batumi University Despite Students’ Protest
▪ Court Rejects Mzia Amaghlobeli’s Appeal, Keeps Journalist in Jail
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 January
▪ GYLA: Amaghlobeli Criminal Prosecution a Political Repression
▪ Ivanishvili To Sue Swiss Bank Julius Baer
▪ Kobakhidze Announces State Commission to Reform Universities
▪ City Court Gives Prison Sentences to Three Protesters Against Agents’ Law
▪ GD President’s Pardon of 613 Prisoners at Once Raises Questions
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 8% in 2024
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 January
▪ Dispatch – January 19: Home(sick)
▪ President Zurabishvili: “Georgia Can be Big Success for America or It Can be Big Problem”
▪ Watchdogs: Amaghlobeli Case Tells a Story of Persecution of Independent Press
▪ President Zurabishvili Visits Washington to Attend President Trump’s Inauguration
▪ SIS: 52 People from Protests Granted Victim Status
▪ Government’s Actions in 2024 Led to Human Rights Crisis in Georgia, HRW Reports
▪ Georgian Dream PM Kobakhidze Visits Azerbaijan
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 January
▪ Survey: Economists Predict Sharp Slowdown in 2025 Growth Amid Political Instability
▪ PACE Rapporteurs Visit Georgia
▪ GD Slams UK’s Potential Sanctions on Ivanishvili, Decries “Deep State” Influence
▪ MEPs Condemn Attack on Giorgi Gakharia, Back President Zurabishvili, Call for New Elections
▪ Photo Story | Georgia Goes on Strike
▪ EU Statement in CoE Condemns Georgia’s Controversial Laws, Crackdowns on Dissent, Urges Reforms
▪ Interview | Michael Roth: Brussels Should Do More
▪ Public Defender Tells Court Amaghlobeli’s Detention Unjustified
▪ ECtHR Rules an Interim Measure Preventing Extradition of Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan
▪ Motion in UK Parliament Calls for Sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili Over Democratic Backsliding in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 January
▪ Media Strike in Solidarity with Jailed Journalist
▪ Hundreds of Georgian Companies Shut Down in Nationwide Strike
▪ Paper Warns of Problems with Chinese Company’s Involvement in Infrastructure Projects
▪ Opposition Leader, TI-Georgia Executive Assaulted in Batumi
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 January
▪ EPP Emergency Resolution Calls For No Recognition of GD Government, Continuation of Sanctions
▪ Op-Ed | Names, Not Passports! EU Should Close the Loophole
▪ Chairman of German Bundestag Foreign Affairs Committee Visits Georgia
▪ Batumi Court Sentences “Batumelebi” Founder Mzia Amaghlobeli to Pretrial Detention
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 January
▪ GD Parliament Members Implicated in Scandalous Brawl in Abu-Dhabi
▪ CSOs Raise Alarm Over Violations of Rights in Court and Civil Servants’ Dismissals
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 8% in 2024
▪ Politically Driven Purge Guts Civil Service
▪ Cameraman’s Arrest Reveals Targeted Police Aggression Against Media Worker, Publication
▪ Natalie Sabanadze: Georgian Dream is Precipitating its Own Downfall
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 January
▪ Judges’ Corporate Event Met With Public Backlash, Several Protesters Arrested
▪ Newspaper Director Investigated on Criminal Charges
▪ Dispatch – January 12: Like a Prayer
▪ Judge Remands Eight Protesters in Custody, Sparking Outcry
▪ Georgia’s Ongoing Crisis: What to Expect?
▪ Georgian President Calls for Election Preparedness, Urges Formation of New Political Parties
▪ ISFED to File Lawsuit Over Mass Dismissals of Civil Servants, Citing Political Persecution
▪ Court Remands in Custody 11 Protesters as Supporters Rally Outside
▪ “United Neutral Georgia” Accuses Opposition of Espionage, Supports GD Investigative Commission Initiative
▪ “Georgia on Your Mind” Event Discusses Stakes in Georgia and Importance of Western Action
▪ RFE/RL: Letter from Congress Urges U.S. Secretary of State Nominee Marco Rubio to Sanction Ivanishvili’s “Enablers”
▪ Bundestag Parliamentary Groups: “We Stand Firmly by the Democrats in Georgia”
▪ Three Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 January
▪ “Georgian Nightmare Non-Recognition Act” Introduced in U.S. Congress
▪ GD Announces Creation of Parliamentary Commission to Investigate UNM’s Alleged “Systemic Crimes”
▪ Georgian Defense Minister Attends Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting
▪ Zurabishvili Says Will Attend Inauguration of President-Elect Donald Trump
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 January
▪ “Friends of Georgia” Call for Rejection of Ivanishvili Regime
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 1.9% in December 2024
▪ Blinken: Democratic Backsliding in Georgia Deeply Concerning
▪ GD Rails Against ‘Deep State’, ‘Global War Party’, Doubles Down on Conspirationism
▪ GD Rejoices at News of Meta Rolling Back Factchecking
▪ Interview | Pia Kauma: “We Want to Remain Neutral, Not Take Sides”
▪ Georgian Patriarch Illia II Calls for Return to Eternal Values and Rejection of Egotism in Christmas Epistle
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Charged and Remanded in Custody by Tskinvali Occupying Regime
▪ OSCE PA President Cancels her Visit to Georgia Amid Criticism
▪ Opposition to PACE: Do Not Verify Georgian Dream Delegation
▪ Opposition Demands OSCE PA President to Condition Georgia Visit
▪ Helsinki Commission Leaders Reintroduce MEGOBARI Act in Congress
▪ MIA: Georgia Expelled 91 Foreign Nationals in November and December 2024, Including Rallies’ Participants
▪ Liveblog: Resistance 2025 | Protesters Plan to Celebrate ‘Bedoba’ on Rustaveli Avenue
▪ GD Leaders New Year Addresses Focus on “Many Victories” and Importance of Unity
▪ Joe Wilson Urges Sanctions Against Ivanishvili’s Immediate Family and Cronies, “Dismantling of Sanction Evasion Schemes”
▪ President Zurabishvili’s New Year Address Stresses Importance of Unity
▪ Dispatch: 2024, Georgia’s Year of Fireworks
▪ Germany Imposes Ban on Nine Georgian Nationals
▪ Joint statement by Weimar Triangle on Georgia
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 7.5% in November 2024
▪ Special Forces Deployed After Suspected Drunk Driver Kills Two Teenagers, Sparking Locals’ Protests
▪ Georgia’s Interior Minister Appoints Sanctioned Supreme Court Judge as his Deputy
▪ International Reactions to Inauguration of Mikheil Kavelashvili as GD’s President-Elect
▪ 2024 Ambassadorial- GD Leaders Claim Georgia is Progressing Towards EU
▪ TI Georgia Reports Alarming Increase in Violence Against Media in 2024
▪ Lavrov: GD Authorities Want to Avoid Being a Pawn of the West
▪ GD Elected President Kavelashvili Signs Into Law Repressive Legislation
▪ The Daily Beat: 29 December
▪ Photo Story | ‘Chain of Unity’ All Around Georgia
▪ Joint Statement by Baltic-Nordic Foreign Ministers on Situation in Georgia
▪ GD Inaugurates Mikheil Kavelashvili as New President of Georgia
▪ President Zurabishvili: I Am Taking Legitimacy With Me
▪ Interview With Former Senior Official Reveals Systemic Violations in Ministry of Interior
▪ 2024 Ambassadorial Papers Over Crisis
▪ BREAKING: U.S. Sanctions Bidzina Ivanishvili
▪ Domestic and International Reactions to U.S. Sanctions Against Ivanishvili
▪ “I Remain President,” Says Zurabishvili Urging Firmer Western Stance
▪ Germany Baerbock Broaches “Targeted Sanctions,” Warns Georgia’s EU Future at Risk
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 December
▪ Did the Georgian Police Get a Hand from Belarus?
▪ Watchdog Says Criminal Code is Used Punitively Against Protesters
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Russia Demands Concessions from Sokhumi in Exchange for Electricity as Crisis Deepens
▪ Photo Story | Day 28 of Protests in Georgia
▪ Imedi TV Owner Skewers GD, Kobakhidze
▪ MIA Responds to PACE Report on Election Incident Involving Vandalized Vehicle
▪ The Daily Beat: 24 December
▪ President Discusses with Opposition, CSOs Joint Vision for New Elections
▪ Dispatch – December 24: When Georgia Marched
▪ Tear Gas, Violence, and Medals: HRW Slams GD Government Response to Protests
▪ CEC Rejects President’s Allegations of Vote-Rigging Amid Growing International Scrutiny of October 26 Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 December
▪ President Calls on Ivanishvili to Negotiate New Elections, Announces Creation of Council to Prepare for Elections
▪ Domestic and International Reactions to OSCE/ODIHR Final Report on Georgia
▪ Public Broadcaster Rejects Employees’ Calls for Daytime News Coverage, Cites Technical Issues
▪ CSOs Decry Abuses in Georgia’s Criminal Justice System, Call for Accountability
▪ IRI’s Final Report Says October 26 Elections ‘Fundamentally Flawed’, Calls for New Elections
▪ Irakli Kobakhidze Meets Business Leaders Amid Political Crisis in Georgia
▪ OSCE Members Invoke Vienna Mechanism on Situation in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 December
▪ Addressing Crowds, President Zurabishvili Summons Ivanishvili to Negotiate New Elections
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ GD’s Kobakhidze Threatens President Zurabishvili with Imprisonment
▪ President Says New Elections Should be Called Immediately, Says Ready to Meet Ivanishvili
▪ Businesses Back Georgian Protests as Crisis Disrupts Economy
▪ Latvia Sanctions Another 13 Georgian Citizens
▪ ODIHR Final Report Reiterates Multiple Concerns over October 26 Elections, Calls for Concrete Action
▪ President Zurabishvili Addresses Italian Senate on Georgia’s Political Crisis and EU Aspirations
▪ Opposition Forces Request Action from CoE Over Alain Berset’s Controversial Visit to Tbilisi
▪ Irakli Kobakhidze Snubs US Sanctions by Decorating, Compensating Sanctioned MIA Officials
▪ ISFED on Changes to Election Code: GD Uses Legislative Process to Maintain Power at All Costs
▪ Criticism Flares After CoE Secretary General’s Announcement to Work with GD to Amend Agents’ Law
▪ MFA Summons UK Ambassador Over Sanctions Imposed on Georgian Officials
▪ Media Freedom Coalition to GD’s Government: End Excessive Use of Force against Journalists
▪ European Commission Proposes to Suspend Visa-Free Travel for Georgian Officials
▪ Sanctioned Interior Minister Appointed as Vice-PM, as MIA Blames Protesters for Violence
▪ CoE’s Secretary General: GD Promised to Amend Foreign Agents’ Law
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 December
▪ EU Leaders Address Developments in Georgia
▪ U.S. State Department Statement on Sanctioning Georgian MIA Officials for Serious Human Rights Abuses against Protesters
▪ UK Sanctions Senior Georgian Authorities, Including Minister of Interior
▪ OSCE Members’ Joint Statement on Human Rights Situation in Georgia
▪ RSF: Shocking Impunity for Violence Against Reporters in Georgia
▪ EU Ambassador Meets Media, Says EU-Georgia Relations at Lowest Point Ever
▪ U.S. Department of Treasury Sanctions Georgian MIA Officials for Brutality Against Protesters, Journalists, and Politicians
▪ Opposition Calls on OSCE/ODIHR to Activate “Moscow Mechanism”
▪ President Zurabishvili: Russia’s Has Been Using Electoral Warfare Strategy
▪ One Dead, One Injured After De-Facto MPs Confrontation in Occupied Abkhazia
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 6.6% in January-November 2024
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 11% in Q3’24
▪ Former MIA Official Reveals MIA and Special Tasks Department Methods of Protests Handling
▪ Helsinki Commission: If GD Prevails in Seizing Power, Georgia Will Turn into Power Projection Venue for Autocrats
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 December
▪ President Aliev Denounces French President Macron’s Engagement in Georgia
▪ CSOs: MIA Pre-planned Brutal Methods for Crackdown on Protesters
▪ President’s Administration: GPB Does Not Provide Complete and Objective Information on President
▪ Romania, Italy, Spain Accuse GD PM Kobakhidze of Spreading Disinformation
▪ Secretary General of CoE Visit to Georgia
▪ Interview | Dr. Giselle Bosse: EU is strongest when it speaks with one voice
▪ President Zurabishvili’s Address at the European Parliament
▪ The Daily Beat: 17 December
▪ Georgia in EU General Affairs Council Conclusions on Enlargement
▪ MEPs Call for Immediate Actions Over Georgia’s Electoral Fraud and Repression of Protests
▪ ECHR: Russia Failed to Ensure Displaced Homeowners Rights in Abkhazia, Georgia
▪ Explainer | Facing Resistance, Georgian Dream Rushes in Repressive Laws
▪ Kobakhidze: EU Foreign Affairs Council Decision an Anti-Georgian Step
▪ Senator Cardin Calls for U.S. Magnitsky Sanctions on GD Over Brutal Crackdown on Protesters
▪ The Daily Beat: 16 December
▪ Metsola: President Zurabishvili Invited to Speak at European Parliament
▪ OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Leaders Condemn Violence Against Protesters in Georgia
▪ HR/VP Kallas: Suspension of Visa-Free Travel for Diplomats “Symbolic” First Step
▪ UK Minister Warns FM Botchorishvili About Police Violence, Arbitrary Arrests in Georgia
▪ Jozwiak: EU to Suspend Visa Liberalization for Georgian Diplomats and Other Officials
▪ International Reactions to Kavelashvili’s Election
▪ Amnesty International Condemns Georgian Authorities’ Violence, Urges Int’I Community to Act
▪ The Daily Beat: 15 December
▪ Photo Story | Day 17 of Protests in Georgia
▪ Estonia Sanctions Kobakhidze, 13 Other Officials Over Crackdown
▪ Lithuania Sanctions Kobakhidze, 16 Other Officials Over Crackdown
▪ Interview | Bernard Guetta: We should make it more profitable for Ivanishvili to compromise than not to
▪ Georgian Opposition Addresses EU, Urging Action
▪ Kobakhidze: “We Have National Mission to End Liberal Fascism, Opposition Parties”
▪ Watchdog: President Kavelashvili Election “Illegitimate”
▪ Domestic Reactions to Kavelashvili’s Election as President
▪ Mikheil Kavelashvili Elected as President by College of GD MPs and Local Councilors
▪ Shamba: Abkhaz Students in Russia Are Required to Enlist in Military Commissions
▪ President Macron Reassures Georgians, Tells to Take the Reins of their European Future
▪ Photo Story | Day 16 of Protests in Georgia
▪ OSCE Troika Condemns Violent Crackdown on Protests in Georgia, Calls for Accountability
▪ GD Parliament Removes President Zurabishvili’s Protection Detail
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 6.6% in January-November 2024
▪ “People’s Power” Stages Move into “Opposition”
▪ IPI Condemns Violent Attacks on Journalists in Georgia
▪ Public Defender Says Rump GD Parliament Legislates without Consultation, Limits Human Rights
▪ President Zurabishvili Ridicules Kavelashvili’s Planned Election, Asks Mayor to Move Christmas Event
▪ Georgian Think-Tanks’ Joint Letter to HR/VP Kallas and EU Foreign Ministers Ahead of EU Ministerial
▪ CoE Congress Statement on Proposed Amendments to Georgia’s Electoral Code
▪ SJC Slams Draft Amendments to Public Service Law
▪ Senator Shaheen Calls for Immediate U.S. Action in Response to Georgia’s Political Crisis
▪ Patriarch’s Statement Calls to Unite in Prayer, Protect Peace in the Country
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 December
▪ U.S. Imposes Additional Visa Restrictions on Those Responsible for Undermining Democracy in Georgia
▪ Int’l Watchdogs Urge EU Leaders to Act on Critical Press Freedom Situation in Georgia
▪ Dispatch – December 11/12: Crisis Tree
▪ Over 35 CoE Countries Say the Authorities are Failing on their Commitments
▪ UK Ambassador: We are Shocked by Law Enforcement Violence
▪ GYLA Criticize New Legislative Amendments, Warns of Democratic Backslide
▪ MEPs in Tbilisi Meet President, Opposition, CSOs
▪ President Zelenskyy: West Has Not Reacted Strongly Enough to Situation in Georgia
▪ CoE MONEYVAL Releases Third Follow-Up Report
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 December
▪ Mtavari TV Faces Owner Pressure to Close – Director General
▪ Enguri Hydroelectric Plant Shuts Down, Critics Blame De-Facto Authorities
▪ Macron Scolds Ivanishvili, Calls for Inclusive Dialogue
▪ HRW Representatives Urge EU to Sanction Georgian Officials, Calls for Independent Investigation
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 December
▪ CSOs Joint Statement Condemning Arrests, Torture, and Repression in Georgia
▪ GD Parliament Approves 2025 State Budget
▪ PACE Rapporteurs Codemn Politically Motivated Arrests, Police Violence
▪ Hungary Says It’ll Veto Sanctions Against Georgian Gov’t as Georgian FM Visits Budapest
▪ Former GD Cabinet Member Slams Ivanishvili for “Treason”
▪ President Urges International Action Amidst State-Sponsored Violence, Honors Journalists
▪ GYLA Releases Results of Monitoring Criminal Cases Against Demonstrators
▪ Security Service Says Foreign-Guided Criminals Plan to “Sacrifice 2-3 People,” Blame it on Government
▪ EU Spokesperson Demands De-escalation, Warns of Consequences
▪ U.S. Think Tank Distorts Crisis in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 9 December
▪ GD Ostensibly Moves to Simplify Firing Civil Servants
▪ U.S. Embassy: All Responsible for Violence Must be Held Accountable
▪ EU Ambassador Condemns Violence Against Demonstrators, Journalists
▪ Geostat: FDI USD 197.7 Million in Q3’24, Down by 55.2%
▪ UK Halts Aid and Cooperation with Georgian Government, Condemns GD’s Brutal Suppression of Protests
▪ Kezerashvili Wins Legal Battle with BBC
▪ The Daily Beat: 8 December
▪ Brutal Attack on Opposition Members and TV Pirveli Crew as Repression Intensifies
▪ President Zurabishvili Visits France
▪ EC Report: Urgent Steps Needed to Avoid Activation of Visa Liberalizaiton Suspension Mechanism
▪ Defending the Future: Understanding Georgia’s Fall Protests
▪ GYLA Speaks of “Systematic and Violent Repression” Against Citizens
▪ Detained Activist Says He’s Been Coerced to Incriminate Opposition Leaders, Declares Hunger Strike
▪ FM Botchorishvili Attends OSCE Ministerial in Malta
▪ Georgian Opposition Unites to Launch Registry of Illegal Detentions and Police Brutality
▪ Irakli Kobakhidze Vows to ‘ Completely Neutralize’ Opposition
▪ 22 Local CSOs Appeal to International Human Rights Organizations for HR Violations in Georgia
▪ Opposition Leader Aleko Elisashvili Sentenced to Two Months Pre-Trial Detention
▪ Suspension from EQAR and ENQA Threatens Georgia’s Higher Education Reputation, Experts Warn
▪ Georgia Discussed at US Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on Implementation of Magnitsky Act
▪ Judge Sentences Nika Gvaramia to 12 Days in Prison
▪ Lithuanian Seimas Condemns Violence by GD Government Against Protesters, Calls for EU Sanctions
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 December
▪ Kobakhidze, Kaladze Praise “Foregin Agents Law,” CSOs Brace for Impact
▪ ECHR Finds “Lack of Objective Impartiality” in Kezerashvili Case
▪ Leading MEPs Condemn Repressions in Georgia, Call for EU Sanctions
▪ CoE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Declaration on Situation in Georgia
▪ Watchdogs: Georgian Civil Sector Condemns Crackdown on Activists and Politicians
▪ U.S. Secretary of State Condemns Georgian Dream’s Violence, Promises Additional Sanctions
▪ Ukraine Sanctions Ivanishvili and His Associates
▪ Opposition Parties Launch Joint Information Center
▪ Special Investigation Service Probes Alleged Police Violence During Pro-EU Protests
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 December
▪ Ukrainian President Announces Plans to Sanction GD Government
▪ U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson Calls for Sanctions on Georgian Authorities Responsible for Crackdown on Activists, Opposition
▪ Testimonies of Police Brutality During Ongoing Rallies
▪ International Press Groups Demand Immediate Action Amid Journalist Assaults in Tbilisi
▪ Police Raids, Arrests Opposition, Activists
▪ After Raids, Police Reports Seven Detentions on Violence Charges
▪ GYLA: State Institutions Are Involved in Crimes Against Humanity
▪ In Georgia, a Resistance Movement
▪ CoE Human Rights Chief Condemns Police Violence, Urges Investigations
▪ Zakharova: Russia Will Be Ready to Go as Far as Tbilisi is Ready To
▪ Helsinki Commission: Georgian Authorities Must Face Accountability for Human Rights Abuses
▪ Germany Suspends Development Cooperation with Georgia over Democracy Concerns and U-Turn on EU Path
▪ Former U.S. Officials Call for Urgent Action Against Democratic Backslide in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 3 December
▪ Prosecutor Charges Three for Assaulting Policemen, Damaging Property
▪ U.S. Condemns Excessive Use of Force Against Demonstrators, Journalists
▪ OSCE PA Special Representative on Georgia Protests: Reports of Violence ‘Alarming’
▪ Georgian MFA Summons Ambassadors of Baltic States Over Sanctions Against Ivanishvili, MIA Officials
▪ Questions as GD Proffers Letter to Say OSCE Validates October 26 Elections
▪ GPB Employees Distance Themselves from GD Decision, Say Channel is Biased
▪ UN Human Rights Chief Türk Calls on Georgian Authorities to Protect Rights to Freedom of Assembly and Expression
▪ Civil Society Foundation Calls for Immediate Stop to Police Violence
▪ Breaking: Constitutional Court Rejects Appeals by President and Opposition MPs
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 1.3% in November 2024
▪ Kobakhidze on Protests, “Failed Maidan” and Hopes for “Complete Reset” with US
▪ The Daily Beat: 2 December
▪ Watchdog Details “Inhuman and Degrading Treatment” Against Protesters by Police
▪ Senators Shaheen, Risch Express Concern Over Violence in Georgia, Call on U.S. Sanctions Against GD Gov’t
▪ U.S. State Department: We are on the Georgian People’s Side
▪ Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia Sanction Ivanishvili, MIA Officials
▪ Kobakhidze Alludes to Purges, Says Civil Service is “Self-Cleansing”
▪ Public Defender: “Alarming” 80% of Detainees Report Mistreatment, Violence by Police
▪ Georgian Dream’s Oppressive Anti-LGBT Law Comes into Effect
▪ MIA: 224 Arrested, 113 Police Officers Injured During Recent Protests
▪ GYLA: Instead of Maintaining Law and Order, MIA Commits Crimes
▪ Protesters Demand Access, Leadership Reshuffle at Public Broadcaster
▪ President on Protests, Role of Opposition and CSOs, and Constitutional Court Case
▪ Landsbergis: Baltic States Agreed to Impose Sanctions on Those Who Undermine Democracy in Georgia
▪ Photo Story | Winter is Coming: Georgian Protests Continue
▪ EU Leadership “Regrets” GD’s EU Turn
▪ Georgian Civil Servants’ Statement
▪ Georgian Ambassador to U.S. Resigns
▪ Kobakhidze Tries to Minimize EU, U.S. Fallout, Threatens Protesters
▪ Defiant, President Zurabishvili Announces Coordinating Political Council
▪ BREAKING: U.S. Suspends Strategic Partnership with Georgia
▪ Georgian Ambassador to Lithuania Resigns
▪ NBG Employees Distance Themselves From GD U-Turn
▪ Photo Story | November 30 Protests Over GD’s Foreign Policy U-Turn
▪ OSCE/ODIHR Condemns Use of Excessive Force by Police During Protests in Georgia
▪ As Protest Mounts, GD Leadership Grapples to Manage Fallout
▪ U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson: We Must Sanction Ivanishvili and His Cronies
▪ MIA: 107 Protesters Detained, 10 Officers Injured Overnight on November 30
▪ Georgian Ambassador to the Netherlands Resigns
▪ President Zurabishvili: Resistance Movement has Started
▪ MEPs Urge HR Kallas to Propose Sanctions Against Georgian Officials
▪ Georgian Patriarchate Urges Authorities, Protesters to Refrain from Violence
▪ U.S. Reps. Wilson and Cohen: Georgia’s Government ‘Illegitimate’
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 11% in October 2024
▪ Photo Story | Protest Against GD’s Decision to Abort EU Accession
▪ PACE Expresses Concern Over GD’s Decision to Abort EU Accession
▪ PACE Election Observation Report Highlights Serious Flaws in October 26 Elections
▪ Kobakhidze Threatens EU Ambassador with “Consequences”
▪ Defense Ministry Staff Distance Themselves from GD EU-Turn
▪ Education Ministry Staff Distance Themselves from GD EU-Turn
▪ MIA: 43 Protesters Detained, 32 Officers Injured Overnight
▪ Amb. Herczyński: A Completely New, “Heartbreaking” Reality
▪ Georgia’s Ambassador to Bulgaria Quits over GD’s EU-turn
▪ Watchdog: Police Target Journalists, Many Injured
▪ Changes in National Exams Spark Criticism, But Experts Say it is Superficial
▪ GYLA: Dispersal Unlawful, Inhumane and Involves Disproportionate Force
▪ The Daily Beat: 28 November
▪ Diplomats’ Joint Statement: Stopping EU Accession Negotiations Contradicts Country’s Strategic Interests
▪ Live Blog: Aborted EU Accession | Coalition for Change Members Injured
▪ Politicians React to European Parliament’s Resolution
▪ Court Rules to Extradite Journalist Afghan Sadigov to Azerbaijan
▪ President Calls for Resistance Against “Constitutional Coup”
▪ As Reserves Faded, National Bank Seeks to Refill Them from Market
▪ Government Program “Only with Peace, Dignity, Prosperity to Europe” Endorsed by GD Parliament
▪ EP Passes Resolution on Georgia’s Worsening Democratic Crisis, Calls for New Elections
▪ BREAKING: GD Breaks Off EU Accession
▪ Sitting Alone, GD Unanimously Votes in Kobakhidze Cabinet
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 November
▪ German Ambassador: Georgia Might Have Missed Its Opportunity of EU Accession
▪ Analyst: Gender Deviation Analysis Points to 300 000 Fraudulent Votes in Elections
▪ GD Picks Former Football Player Mikheil Kavelashvili as Presidential Candidate
▪ Watchdog Urges Investigation Into Alleged Police Violence Against Protester
▪ The Daily Beat: 26 November
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ Foreign Minister Nominee Hearing at Parliament
▪ GD Says New President to be Elected on December 14
▪ Supreme Council of Adjara Holds First Session, Opposition Does Not Enter
▪ Unity-UNM Appeals to CEC to Revoke its Party List
▪ Public Defender Rebuked By His Office for Claiming Parliament is Legitimate
▪ NBG Sold Record USD 591 Million of Forex Reserves in October
▪ Another Opposition Coalition, Strong Georgia, Requests CEC to Revoke Party List
▪ Lavrov: Collective West Trying to Unleash a Color Revolution in Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 25 November
▪ President Zurabishvili: “Georgian Parliament Doesn’t Exist Anymore”
▪ GD Majority Elects Parliament Speaker, Deputy Speakers, Committee Chairs
▪ Photo Story | Overnight Protest Amid the First Session of New Parliament
▪ Russia Ratifies Agreement on Development of Military-Technical Cooperation with Occupied Tskhinvali
▪ Coalition for Change Appeals to CEC to Revoke its Party List
▪ President: Parliament Meeting Unconstitutional
▪ Parliament Recognizes Credentials of All 150 MPs Despite Questions Over Their Legitimacy
▪ “Georgian Dream” Usurps Power
▪ The Daily Beat: 24 November
▪ Prime Minister Nominates Three New Cabinet Members
▪ Photo Story | Women’s March “Bidzina, You Leave! We Stay!”
▪ MIA Issues Stern Warning for Planned November 24-25 Protest, President Retorts
▪ Blitz-Interview: Four Main Opposition Political Forces’ Politicians on Current Developments and Future Plans
▪ Zurabishvili: Whoever Enters Parliament Today, Will Enter Russia
▪ Interview | Anton Hofreiter: Georgian Government Has Obviously Decided to Withdraw From EU Integration
▪ Dispatch – November 23: Great Expectations
▪ New Parliament’s First Session Set for November 25, Noon, GD Likely to Sit Alone
▪ The Daily Beat: 21 November
▪ Gakharia Urges Diplomatic Corps Not to Attend First Session of Parliament
▪ SJC: Protracted Trial of Activists Shows Political Instrumentalization of Judiciary
▪ Ivanishvili, GD to Keep Figureheads Unchanged
▪ Joint Assessment on Elections by ISFED, My Vote, and GYLA: Elections neither Free nor Fair
▪ 21-Year-Old Protester Faces Seven Years in Prison for Allegedly Attacking Police
▪ NGOs Submit Amicus Curiae Brief to Constitutional Court
▪ Tbilisi City Court Sentences Two Detained Activists to Eight-Day Imprisonment, Fines Another
▪ Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ Activist Summoned for Questioning on Alleged Obstruction of Pro-Government Imedi TV Crew
▪ The Daily Beat: 20 November
▪ President Zurabishvili Meets Chairman of the European Affairs Committee of German Bundestag
▪ Explainer | What Does President’s Constitutional Appeal Mean for the New Parliament
▪ Georgian Delegation Led by Deputy Foreign Minister Visits Hong Kong
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ U.S. State Department to Take Further Action “As Appropriate” Regarding Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 19 November
▪ 122 Ergneti IPRM Meeting
▪ TSU Allegedly Allowed Police to Use its Grounds for Crackdown, Sparking Outrage
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 5.5% in January-October 2024
▪ Mdinaradze on Recent Key Political Developments in Georgia
▪ Photo Story | Police Use Force to Disperse 48-Hour Protest Near TSU
▪ MIA Disperses and Detains Peaceful Demonstrators Near TSU
▪ President Zurabishvili Challenges the Constitutionality of Elections in Court
▪ The Daily Beat: 18 November
▪ De-Facto Abkhaz Leader Bzhania Resigns
▪ Jozwiak: EU to Send “Technical Mission” to Georgia
▪ President: “These Elections Failed”, Proposes Way Forward
▪ HR/VP Borrell: Mission to be Sent to Georgia, ODIHR Head to Present Election Assessment to Member States
▪ PM: Weakening Opposition Important for Country’s Development
▪ Final Results of Adjara Supreme Council Elections
▪ Russia Puts Davit Kezerashvili on its International Wanted List
▪ EC Assesses Implementation of Nine Steps as Bloc’s FMs to Discuss Georgia
▪ “Reclaim Your Vote” Rally in Tbilisi, Opposition Sets Up Tents Near Tbilisi State University
▪ Amid Brawls and Protests, CEC Announces Final Results, Stamps GD Victory
▪ Two People Jailed Over July 5, 2021 Pogroms on Journalists Released Early
▪ The Daily Beat: 14 November
▪ Protesters in Sokhumi Break Into So-called Parliament
▪ Live Blog: Georgia’s Disputed October 26 Elections | Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University Students Protest Rigged Election
▪ Strong Georgia Renounces MP Mandates
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 7.8% in 2023
▪ Protests Erupt in Sokhumi Over Fears of Russian Encroachment
▪ Coalition for Change Presents Evidence of Alleged Election Fraud Scheme
▪ MDF: Audio Recording Indicates Possible Russian Interference in Georgian Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 13 November
▪ European Parliament Debate on Disputed Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
▪ Watchdog Slams Government’s Do-Nothing Policy on Abkhazia
▪ Constitutional Court to Consider Lawsuit on Abortion Rights for Victims of Violence
▪ Dispatch – November 13: Boulevard of Broken Dreams
▪ Court Watch: Judges to Receive Over Half a Million GEL in Supplements This November
▪ Georgia’s Foreign Trade Up 5.5% in January-October 2024
▪ The Daily Beat: 12 November
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces
▪ Protest Near Azerbaijani Embassy to Release Afghan Sadigov
▪ Ruling Party Reacts with Disdain to Visit of Delegation of Senior European MPs
▪ HR/VP Borrell: “Georgia Needs Strong Changes to Still Be Considered EU Candidate”
▪ Coalition for Change, Unity-UNM Officially Renounce Their MP Mandates
▪ The Daily Beat: 11 November
▪ Tensions Flare in Sokhumi, Five Opposition Figures Detained
▪ PM Kobakhidze Meets President Aliyev at COP29
▪ Speaker Denounces Visit of Key European MPs, Refuses to Meet Them
▪ Former Georgian Officials, Civic Groups Urge Western Support in Joint Statement
▪ Chairs of Foreign Affairs Committees of Eight EU Countries Visit Georgia
▪ The Daily Beat: 10 November
▪ Forgotten Georgians of Gali and Georgian Elections
▪ Three More Sentenced in Sgt. Roin Shavadze 2008 Homicide Case
▪ German Embassy on Anniversary of Fall of Berlin Wall: “Peaceful Revolution is Possible”
▪ PM Kobakhidze Attends EPC Summit, Has Sparce Engagement with Counterparts
▪ Japaridze Says Protest Needs to Prevent Legitimization of Parliament
▪ ECHR Rules Against Georgia in Bakradze Case, Finds Violations of Article 14, 10 and 11
▪ Foreign Exchange Reserves Fall Sharply as NBG Sells Record Amount of Dollars in October
▪ The Daily Beat: 6-7 November
▪ Commissioner-Designate Marta Kos Discusses Georgia’s EU Integration at Confirmation Hearing
▪ Civic Movement Fined for Hanging Banner Denouncing “Stolen Election”
▪ U.K. Sanctions Occupied Tskhinvali Region’s Former De-Facto President Anatoly Bibilov
▪ 62nd Round of Geneva International Discussions
▪ Tbilisi Court of Appeals Rejects Alleged Breach of Ballot Secrecy, Upholding Official Results
▪ ISFED Raises Concerns Over Gender-Based Voter Disparities in CEC’s Election Data
▪ Macron, Scholz and Tusk: No EU Accession Talks Unless Georgia Reverses its Current Course
▪ Dispatch – November 6: Monster
▪ Friends of Georgia Call for International Investigation into Alleged Election Fraud
▪ Georgian Politicians React to Donald Trump’s Expected Win in Elections
▪ Georgia’s Elections: Death By Dozen Daggers
▪ GD-Affiliated Media, Pages, Individuals Discredit Independent Judge Who Confirmed Breach of Ballot Secrecy
▪ The Daily Beat: 5 November
▪ TV Pirveli Investigation Exposes Alleged Schemes of Voter Pressure, Vote Buying, Carousels
▪ Lavrov Denies Russian Interference in Georgian Elections, Expresses Readiness to Normalize Relations
▪ Two Georgian Citizens Illegally Detained by Russian Occupation Forces Released
▪ Matthew Miller: U.S. Will Not Hesitate to Use Additional Measures
▪ Opposition’s Action Plan Seeks to Reclaim Victory Through Resistance and Street Protests
▪ The Daily Beat: 4 November
▪ BREAKING: Judge Confirms Vote Secrecy Violation, Setting Important Precedent
▪ Photo Story | Thousands Protest Rigged Elections, March in the Streets of Tbilisi
▪ Prosecutor’s Office Summons My Vote’s Toloraia Over Vote Fraud Probe
▪ On Diplomacy Day, President Zurabishvili Slams Georgian Diplomats for Silence on Government’s Actions
▪ Public Defender Recuses Himself From Commenting on Elections
▪ Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.3% in October 2024
▪ My Vote Accuses CEC of Involvement in Fraud Schemes
▪ Speaker Talks “Disinformation” at Briefing Showing Georgian Map Without Occupied Regions
▪ The Daily Beat: 3 October
▪ CEC: Malkevich Was Granted Accreditation in Accordance with Electoral Legislation
▪ Elections 2024: How Much Fraud is Too Much Fraud?
▪ Thousands of Workers in Uncertainty as Georgian Manganese Halts Production
▪ Majority Leader Claims Opposition Stole GD Votes
▪ Edison Research: 13-Percentage Point Difference Between Exit Polls and Official Election Results Suggests Vote Manipulation
▪ The Daily Beat: 31 October
▪ HarrisX Final Georgia 2024 Exit Poll Analysis Reveal Statistically Unexplainable Data Discrepancies
▪ Domestic Reactions to October 30 European Commission Enlargement Report
▪ International Media Watchdogs Call to Investigate Violence Against Journalists in Georgia
▪ Reports Locate Founder of Russian Propaganda Network in Tbilisi on Election Day
▪ Speaker Papuashvili: EC Report Shows that Georgia is Progressing on EU Path
▪ CoE Safety of Journalists Platform Calls to Investigate Election-Day Abuses Against Media
▪ UBS Wins $282 Million Cut in Damages Bill to Bidzina Ivanishvili
▪ Hungarian FM Expresses His Country’s Support Towards GD Government
▪ The Daily Beat: 30 October
▪ Georgia’s GDP Up by 8.3% in September 2024
▪ Congressmen Turner, Connolly: These Elections, Move Georgia Away from Joining NATO and EU
▪ PM Kobakhidze on Investigation into Elections: Everyone Can Check Everything
▪ Concerns Mount Over Mass Breach of Ballot Secrecy During 2024 Vote
▪ HR/VP Borrell: Election Consolidates the Trend of Moving Country Away from EU
▪ President Slams Prosecutor’s Office, Demands Immediate Investigation of Election Fraud
▪ EC Publishes Second Enlargement Report as EU Ambassador Highlights “Unprecedented Backsliding” in Judiciary and Fundamental Rights
▪ GYLA Requests Annulment of the Results of Electronically-Equipped Precincts
▪ Media Ombudsman: Election Day Was Marked by Violence, Intimidation Against Journalists
▪ My Vote Demands Annulment of Results in 246 Election Precincts Citing “Grave Violations”
▪ Two Atlantic Council Researchers Say Access to Bank Accounts Restricted
▪ Prosecutor Launches Investigation into Election Fraud Allegations, Summons President for Questioning
▪ The Daily Beat: 29 October
▪ U.S. President Joe Biden Statement on Democratic Backsliding in Georgia
▪ EaP CSF Steering Committee Calls for Non-Recognition of Elections in Georgia
▪ HR/VP Borrell Calls for Transparent Inquiry into Alleged Electoral Fraud in Georgia
▪ Russian Officials Accuse West of “Neocolonialism” and Meddling in Georgia
▪ Orbán: Georgians Shouldn’t Take Seriously the Debates in EU on October 26 Elections
▪ What Are Opposition Plans on Alleged Vote Fraud
▪ Int’l Watchdog Detects Signs of Alleged Wide-Scale Elections Rigging
▪ Sweden Suspends Cooperation with Georgia After Claims of Rigged Elections
▪ Matthew Miller: U.S. Wants Full Investigation into Georgian Elections
▪ Canada to Reassess Relations with Georgia After Claims of Rigged Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 28 October
▪ Joint Statement of EU Ministers on Elections in Georgia
▪ President Zurabishvili Gives Multiple Interviews to Discuss Alleged Election Fraud in Georgia
▪ Photo Story | Thousands Denounce Elections Results at Peaceful Rally
▪ Pro-Russian Alt-Info Channel Goes Off Air
▪ Observer Mission Talks of Main Scheme of Large-Scale Election Fraud, Seeks Annulment of Results from 189 Polling Stations
▪ Georgian Opposition, Observers Collect Evidence to Reveal Alleged Vote Fraud Scheme
▪ Salome Zurabishvili to Rally Participants: You Haven’t Lost Elections!
▪ Shaheen, Risch Issue Joint Statement in Response to Georgian Elections
▪ The Daily Beat: 27 October
▪ Speaker Papuashvili Claims Opposition, CSOs Spread “Election-Related Disinformation”
▪ Latvian, Lithuanian MFAs Question the ‘Free and Fair’ Nature of Georgian ELections
▪ Blinken: U.S. Condemns Breaches of Int. Norms During Oct.26 Elections, Calls for Investigation
▪ Official Results of 2024 Vote: What They Show
▪ BREAKING: President Zurabishvili Rejects Election Results
▪ Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine
▪ International Election Observation Mission Preliminary Findings and Conclusions
▪ NDI, IRI International Observer Mission Preliminary Assessment of Georgian Elections
▪ Helsinki Commission Chair Calls on State Department to Investigate Allegations of Fraud in Georgian Elections
▪ Senior European MPs: EU Cannot Recognize Results of 26 October Vote
▪ Election 2024 Results: Interactive Map
▪ International Reactions to Results of the Parliamentary Elections in Georgia
▪ My Vote Speaks of ‘Large Scale’ Rigging Scheme as Preliminary Results Give Lead to GD
▪ Exit Polls Show Conflicting Results as Polls Close
▪ GD, Opposition Both Celebrate Victory
▪ Polls Close with 58,94% Turnout
▪ Official Preliminary Results: Georgian Dream Leads with 52.99%
▪ CEC: Voter Turnout 50.6% at 17:00
▪ CEC: Voter Turnout 41.62% at 15:00
▪ CEC: Voter Turnout 22.22 % at 12:00
▪ Polls Open in Georgia’s Pivotal Parliamentary Vote
▪ CEC: Voter Turnout 9,27 % at 10:00
▪ Interview with Giorgi Bachiashvili, Former Head of Ivanishvili’s Co-Investment Fund
▪ Dispatch, October 25: Georgia vs Georgian Dream
▪ International Media Watchdogs Condemn Denial of Entry to Czech Journalist
▪ PM Kobakhidze: GD “Clearly Pro-European”
▪ Final Findings of CoE Press Freedom Mission to Georgia
▪ Georgia’s October 2024 Parliamentary Vote: Key Facts
▪ Former PM Nika Gilauri Presents Detailed Plan for Georgia’s Development
▪ Russia Sentences Georgian Fighters in Ukraine in Absentia
▪ The Daily Beat: 24 October
▪ Thousands Volunteer to Protect Votes in Georgia’s ‘Russia vs Europe’ Elections
▪ Speaker Papuashvili Wishes Ukraine “Just Peace”
▪ Financial Police Search Houses of Atlantic Council Employees
▪ Finance Ministry: “Searches Conducted in So-Called Call Centers”
▪ Sullivan: Future of Georgia Should be Decided by Georgians in Free and Fair Process
▪ The Daily Beat: 23 October
▪ GD’s Final Rally Before Elections As People Are Bussed to Capital From All Over Georgia
▪ Czech Journalist Denied Entry to Georgia
▪ TI Georgia: Companies Tied to GD Received GEL 1.130 Billion Worth Tenders in 2024
▪ NBG Keeps Key Refinancing Rate Unchanged at 8%
▪ 10 More Senators to Co-Sponsor Georgian People’s Act
▪ The Daily Beat: 22 October
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