TBILISI, August 3 – The planned deep-sea port at Anaklia has moved to its next stage of construction, as the first dredging vessel arrives in the project’s maritime zone. The planned new port at Anaklia, on Georgia’s Black Sea coast, is considered a major step toward enhancing the country’s role in transiting cargo between Europe ... Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – Georgia says it is ready to continue political dialogue with the United States and wants to rebuild the countries’ strategic partnership “from a clean sheet,” Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said. Her comments followed criticism from the US Embassy over Georgia’s creation of a unit to combat hate speech. According to Rezonansi, ... Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – The Facebook page of Georgian investigative outlet Studio Monitor has been removed after Meta reportedly accused it of copyright violations, the media organisation said on Monday. Studio Monitor editor Nino Zuriashvili described the deletion as the third recent attack on the outlet’s online presence. Its YouTube channel was also disabled on ... Read more
TBILISI, August 3 – A coalition of Georgian civil society groups has accused the authorities of using hate speech laws to punish political criticism that does not call for violence or target protected groups. The Georgian National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum said on Monday that citizens and journalists had in several ... Read more
