Tag: Levan Berdzenishvili

Far-right pro-Russian party disrupts lecture of popular Georgian liberal literary critic

January 16, 2023 by DFWatch staff

Georgian far-right pro-Russian political party Alt-Info, which is the organizer of July 5 pogroms in 2021, against LGBTQI activists and journalists assumes responsibility for disrupting public lecture of the liberal politician and popular literary critic. The incident took place in Kvareli town, Kakheti on Sunday, where former MP and ex-Soviet dissident Levan Berdzenishvili was supposed … Read more

Republicans’ 9 muses: More women in politics means more solidarity

August 26, 2016 by DFWatch staff

levan_berdzenishvili — Levan Berdzenishvili. (Interpressnews.)

nine_muses_republicans — The Republicans’ nine ‘muses’, i.e. nominees for parliament members.

TBILISI, DFWatch–Under the slogan ‘Let’s break free’, the Republican party has nominated nine women candidates for parliament under the single-seat majoritarian system for the October 8 election.

“We have to break free of a lot of things.

Who will be Georgia's next defense minister?

July 14, 2016 by DFWatch staff

tina_khidasheli_warsaw-2016 — Tina Khidasheli.

TBILISI, DFWatch–It is still unknown who will replace Tina Khidasheli as defense minister, but local media name three possible candidates: Irakli Sesiashvili, Koba Kobaladze and Kakhi Kakhishvili.

The decision will be made by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili,

National Movement accused of hindering visa liberalization

May 4, 2016 by DFWatch staff

bwerdznihvli — Levan Berdzenishvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–MPs from the parliamentary majority in Georgia accuse members of the National Movement of hindering the process of achieving visa-free travel with the Schengen area.

Georgian Dream members claim that two MPs from the former