Monday, February 16, 2026

“We have not abandoned you”: German ambassador

TBILISI, February 11 – In a wide-ranging interview with Interpressnews, Germany’s ambassador in Tbilisi, Peter Fischer, touched on the OSCE’s “Moscow Mechanism” probe, EU sanctions, and what he called disinformation attacks. Fischer said the expert mission launched under the OSCE mechanism will look broadly at events in Georgia, including protests in November and December 2024 … Read more

New survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Georgia toward minorities, LGBT+ individuals

TBILISI, DFWatch – Georgians are increasingly positive about minorities, including LGBT+ people, according to the new survey commissioned by The Council of Europe Office in Georgia, which covers a period between 2018 and 2021. The CoE presented key findings of the study Monday, which demonstrates that knowledge and appreciation of diversity in Georgian society increased … Read more

Georgia second in Europe by incarceration rate: CoE

Georgia showed the most significant drop in incarceration rate among Council of Europe member countries between 2008 and 2019. However, it is the second among countries with particularly high incarceration rates just after Russia, according to new statistics released on Tuesday by the CoE on the situation in European prisons covering the period until end-January … Read more