TBILISI, June 21 – A new European Parliament resolution on Georgia has triggered another round of political fighting in Tbilisi, with the opposition calling it support for the Georgian people and the ruling party rejecting it as a hostile move. The resolution passed by the European Parliament concerns Georgia’s European future and calls for tougher … Read more
TBILISI, June 17 – The lawyer of jailed Georgian opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria warned Wednesday that her condition has sharply worsened. But prison authorities denied that she was being denied proper care. Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the opposition party Droa and the Coalition for Change, has been held in prison for about 10 … Read more
TBILISI, June 16 – Former Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili has called for a new “united front” against the ruling Georgian Dream party, but the idea was met with irritation and skepticism from parts of the opposition. Zourabichvili wrote on Facebook on June 14 that trust in the “regime” was being lost even among its most … Read more
TBILISI, June 16 – What would happen if Brussels extended the visa-free entry ban to all Georgian citizens? The EU suspended visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic, service and official passports from March 6 for an initial 12-month period. The European Commission said the step was a response to what it described as violent … Read more
TBILISI, June 15 — If you live or work near Tsereteli Avenue, the air around you has been among the dirtiest measured in Tbilisi this year. We know this because of data produced by a monitoring station on Tsereteli Avenue, which recorded the highest number of daily PM10 pollution exceedances in the capital during the … Read more
TBILISI, June 15 – One person was killed and another wounded in an incident in Tbilisi overnight, Interpressnews reported Monday. The incident happened on Kurdiani Street, in the home of the man who died, according to information reported by TV Pirveli and cited by Interpressnews. TV Pirveli reported that the dead person was a young … Read more
TBILISI, June 11 – Fourteen more defendants in Georgia’s “October 4” case were released from court on Wednesday after accepting plea agreements with prosecutors. The case concerns events near the Atoneli Palace, the presidential residence in central Tbilisi, on October 4. The release of detainees has been one of the main demands raised by Georgia’s … Read more
This is the second issue of Georgia Week, DFWatch’s weekly briefing with news, background, opinion and archive content. This week’s stories show a new development in Georgia’s political crisis. Several October 4 protest defendants are now being released or are expected to be released under plea agreements, partly meeting one of the opposition movement’s central … Read more
TBILISI, June 9 – The US House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring the Trump administration to assess Russian and Chinese intelligence activity in Georgia. The bill, H.R. 7668, is called the Countering China’s Control of the Caucasus Act, according to Interpressnews and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. It was introduced in Congress on February … Read more
TBILISI, June 9 – Seven people detained in Georgia’s “October 4” case were released from the courtroom on Tuesday after a judge approved plea agreements with prosecutors. The case concerns events near the Atoneli Palace, the presidential residence in central Tbilisi, on October 4. The release of detainees has been one of the main demands … Read more