TBILISI, May 20 – Germany’s ambassador to Georgia has sharply pushed back at Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze after the mayor attacked Germany over a German city’s plan to freeze its 51-year partnership with Tbilisi. Peter Fischer, Germany’s ambassador in Georgia, said Kaladze’s statement was another sign that Georgia’s government is moving the country away from … Read more
TBILISI, May 19 – Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has accused Denmark of backsliding on human rights after Danish police used force against pro-Palestinian protesters in Copenhagen. According to Middle East Monitor, citing Anadolu and the Danish outlet Arbejderen, police used batons, dragged protesters away and detained around 20 activists during the May 13 blockade … Read more
TBILISI, May 9 – Georgia’s ruling team and the EU ambassador marked May 9 in sharply different ways on Saturday. The European Union has declared May 9 as Europe Day, but across former Soviet countries, the date is widely seen as Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, a war … Read more
TBILISI, April 27 – EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski walked into the foreign ministry building in Tbilisi on Monday, after having been summoned for comments made during a recent speech in Brussels. Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili received Herczynski at the Palace of Ceremonies in Tbilisi, where part of Georgia’s Foreign Ministry administration has recently moved. The … Read more
TBILISI, April 23 – Comments made by Paweł Herczynski at a photo exhibition in Brussels prompted a stern response from Georgian leaders after the EU Ambassador warned that the country could drift back toward “dark times”. The event in question was the opening of “Georgia in Focus” at the European External Action Service, the EU’s … Read more
TBILISI, April 23 – Threats of sanctions from Kaja Kallas on Monday triggered a sharp rebuke from Tbilisi, with one parliamentarian accusing the EU foreign policy chief of ‘trampling on the basic democratic principle that people choose their government.’ Commenting ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Luxembourg on Monday, Kallas stated that … Read more
TBILISI, April 9 – Moldova has moved into the final phase of leaving the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), after President Maia Sandu signed decrees denouncing the founding agreements of the bloc, according to local outlet Newsmaker. The decrees signed by Sandu took effect on April 8, marking the final stage of Moldova’s withdrawal from … Read more
TBILISI, March 13 – A fresh political fight broke out in Georgia after the OSCE published its long-awaited report under the so-called Moscow Mechanism, saying the country experienced a drop in democratic standards during the period under review. The report, which was made public Thursday evening, examines developments in Georgia since the spring of 2024. … Read more
TBILISI, March 10 – A delegation of parliamentarians from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) ended its visit with a blunt message: the country has a dialogue problem, democracy needs real competition, and the mission was denied access to detainees. On Tuesday morning, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili met OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President … Read more
TBILISI, March 9 – A delegation of parliamentarians from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is in Georgia this week for meetings with government officials, opposition figures and civil society groups. The visit offers an opportunity for the country’s rivaling camps to voice their international message about how to understand political events … Read more