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"Do not break up the trio" – Former leaders of Georgia ask the EU to grant candidate status

Georgia’s two former presidents and four ex-speakers of parliament appeal the EU not to oust Georgia from the “trio” and to grant it candidate status, as it did with Ukraine and Moldova. “The content of the letter is as follows – we agree with the demands of European Commission, the expediency of their fulfillment, but … Read more

Georgian President: West Awakening to Russian Security Threat in Historic ‘Now Moment’

Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili speaks to media after a ceremony at the memorial cemetery of the Georgian soldiers killed during the war with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia in 2008 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Aug. 8, 2017. (VOA)

Washington, VOA – Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is calling for American and European leaders to capitalize on what he calls a palpable, growing international consensus about the scope, magnitude and immediacy of national security threats posed by Russian election interference and suspected assassination attempts on foreign soil.

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President Margvelashvili questions the benefits of total GD victory

President Giorgi MargvelashviliTBILISI, DFWatch–The will of the Georgian people was expressed in the local elections, but it is questionable whether a total win by one political party will be beneficial for the country, President Giorgi Margvelashvili said in his first comments on the local elections, which were held on Saturday.

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Georgia's president refuses to convene parliament to pass revamped Constitution

President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili
President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–President Giorgi Margvelashvili has turned down a request by the ruling party to call an unscheduled session of parliament in order to adopt the new Constitution, citing the threat of one-party rule.

“The president will not convene an extraordinary session,”

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Georgia's local elections slated for end of October

President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced that Georgia's local elections will be held in the end of October.
President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgians will go to the polls to elect new mayors and local governments in the end of October, President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced on Tuesday.

The local elections will be held in the ‘end the third week of October’, the president said,

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Georgian parliament overturns president's veto of judicial bill

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TBILISI, DFWatch–Opposition parties in the former Soviet republic of Georgia warn that the independence of the courts will be weakened after the ruling party overturned the president’s veto against a judicial reform bill.

The so-called third wave of judicial reform was vetoed

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