TBILISI, July 8 – Georgia’s parliament speaker has warned the European Union not to create second-class members if it changes voting rules for future entrants. Shalva Papuashvili made the comment on Tuesday after a meeting in Serbia with parliament speakers from EU candidate countries, where they discussed a new initiative that would restrict veto rights ... Read more
TBILISI, July 10 – Georgia’s United National Movement (UNM) is trying to open its reform process to people who do not want to formally join the party, journalist Nana Zhorzholiani said on Thursday. Zhorzholiani spoke to TV Pirveli about changes planned inside the UNM and a new “reformers’ council” announced by jailed former president Mikheil ... Read more
TBILISI, July 10 – A high-profile “sabotage” trial against eight Georgian opposition figures is moving quickly through Tbilisi City Court, with prosecutors citing witness testimony and an audio recording, while the defendants call the case political persecution. The prosecution’s claim is that opposition leaders tried to urge protesters to break through police barriers and into ... Read more
TBILISI, July 8 – Former Georgian prime minister Giorgi Gakharia has accused the ruling Georgian Dream party of failing to defend Georgia’s national interests abroad, saying his own team is trying to do that work at the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly session in The Hague. Gakharia, who now leads the opposition party Gakharia for Georgia, wrote ... Read more
