TBILISI, September 15 – Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party says it will ask the Constitutional Court to ban former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia’s party, For Georgia. Majority leader Irakli Kirtskhalia announced the move on Monday, saying the party would be added to a constitutional lawsuit already seeking to outlaw the United National Movement, Coalition for ... Read more
TBILISI, September 16 – Yet another short tenure at the top of Georgia’s powerful State Security Service ended on Wednesday, as parliament approved Tamaz Borashvili as replacement for Gela Geladze, who stepped down two days earlier. Borashvili was backed unanimously by 83 MPs. By law, the State Security Service chief is appointed for six years, ... Read more
TBILISI, September 16 – A Tbilisi court on Wednesday sentenced former State Security Service chief Grigol Liluashvili to 13 years in prison for corruption. The judge at Tbilisi City Court found Liluashvili guilty in four cases, involving the Tbilisi kindergarten management agency, fraudulent call centers and two bribery episodes involving former deputy economy minister Romeo ... Read more
TBILISI, September 11 – Former Georgian prosecutor general Otar Partskhaladze is facing a wave of criticism in Georgia after declaring the creation of a volunteer military unit to fight on Russia’s side in Ukraine. Partskhaladze, who now uses the name Otar Romanov-Partskhaladze, said the new unit is called Georgievsky, a reference to the 1783 Treaty ... Read more
