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Georgian Dream plans new law to protect national identity
TBILISI, August 4 – Georgia’s ruling party is preparing possible new legislation to protect “national identity”, a move supporters say is needed to defend traditional values and critics warn could deepen social divisions. The Georgian Dream initiative follows the creation…
Latest news
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Georgian PM accuses opposition of fake anti-Russian politics
TBILISI, August 4 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused opposition politicians and activists of using “Russophobia” as a political tool, triggering a sharp backlash just days before the anniversary…
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Horse meat supplied to Georgian kindergartens
TBILISI, August 4 – Georgian security officials have arrested two company directors accused of supplying horse meat to public kindergartens while billing it as beef. The alleged fraud involved kindergartens in…
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Georgian Dream plans new law to protect national identity
TBILISI, August 4 – Georgia’s ruling party is preparing possible new legislation to protect “national identity”, a move supporters say is needed to defend traditional values and critics warn could deepen…
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Georgia seeks fresh start in strategic partnership with US
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…
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First dredging vessel arrives at Georgia’s Anaklia port
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…
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Facebook removes Georgian investigative outlet’s page
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…
NGO news
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Hate speech laws used to stifle critics, Georgian NGOs say
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…
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Georgia charges two with spying
TBILISI, June 1 – Georgian authorities have charged two citizens with spying for foreign intelligence services in separate cases that the defendants’ lawyers say are baseless. Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) announced the arrests on Saturday, while the Prosecutor’s Office charged the two the following day with espionage, under a clause of the criminal code…
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Europe rights commissioner meets Tbilisi NGOs
TBILISI, April 14 – The Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, met non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Tbilisi on Tuesday, discussing protests, detainees and recent legal changes. Interpressnews reported that the commissioner met representatives of civic society, including Transparency International Georgia, the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association and the Georgian Charter of Journalistic Ethics.…
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