Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Georgia’s fractured opposition tries again with a new “alliance”

TBILISI, March 4 – A group of Georgian opposition parties announced a new political alliance on Monday, saying they have signed a joint document to coordinate their next steps in the country’s bitter political standoff. One of the alliance’s public faces, Nika Gvaramia, a leader of the Coalition for Change, told reporters after a meeting … Read more

Constitutional Court to decide fate of three Georgian opposition parties

TBILISI, November 4 – Georgia’s Constitutional Court has begun reviewing a petition filed by 88 members of parliament that seeks to outlaw three major opposition political parties, accusing them of acting against the country’s constitutional order. The case, announced Monday and published on the court’s official website, will be handled by the court’s First Collegium. … Read more

Bokeria slams ‘double standards’ after arrest of Droa leader

TBILISI, September 15 – Giga Bokeria, leader of the small opposition party Federalists, blasted the detention of Elena Khoshtaria, the head of the opposition group Droa. Bokeria described the move as “another shameless example of double standards” by what he called the “unconstitutional regime of Bidzina Ivanishvili,” the billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream … Read more

Three opposition parties unite to oust Georgian Dream, get EU candidate status

Three opposition political parties in Georgia – Strategy Agmashenebeli, Girchi – More Freedom and Droa – establish “a pro-European coalition”, the goal of which is to oust Georgian Dream and solicit getting the EU candidate status by the country. “There is no other way, and our western partners are waiting for it, but first of … Read more