Politics

May 02, 2025

Georgia Falls 11 Places to 114th in RSF Press Freedom Index

Georgia's press freedom ranking has dropped sharply - from 103rd to 114th - in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based press freedom watchdog, on May 2

Politics

May 01, 2025

Opposition Claims MFA Reorganization Targets Pro-EU Diplomats

Grigol Gegelia of the opposition coalition Strong Georgia said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) plans to abolish the Directorate General for European Integration and dismiss around 250 employees under the guise of reorganization

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April 30, 2025

Man Nabbed in Tskhinvali, Accused of Spying for Tbilisi

The so-called state security committee of Russian-occupied South Ossetia, in coordination with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) and the region’s so-called foreign intelligence service, has detained a local man suspected of passing classified information to Georgian intelligence, according to a South Ossetian news outlet

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April 25, 2025

GD Chairman Garibashvili Quits Politics, Stresses Loyalty to Ivanishvili

Irakli Garibashvili, chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party and former prime minister, announced that he is leaving the Georgian Dream party, stepping down from both his party role and politics entirely, declaring that he has “accomplished” his goals and intends to transition into the private sector to “test” his abilities in other fields

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April 23, 2025

GD Government Creates State Grant Agency Amid Controversial Legal Changes

The Georgian Dream government has established a new agency, the State Grant Management Agency, according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on April 15

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April 17, 2025

Poland Sanctions Georgian Officials Responsible for Violence Against Protesters

Poland has banned eight representatives of Georgian [law] enforcement authorities from entering its territory “in response to the increasing repressions of the opposition in Georgia,” the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on April 17, adding that “Poland supports the pro-European aspirations of Georgian society

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April 17, 2025

Kobakhidze Talks Local Elections, Slams “Agents,” Revisits Past, Defends Arrests

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze appeared on the pro-government Rustavi 2 channel on April 16, addressing a wide range of issues, including the upcoming local elections in October and the ruling party's plan to ban the opposition; former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia; the GD parliament’s temporary investigative commission probing alleged crimes by the United National Movement, with a focus on the August 2008 war; his controversial April 9 statement; recent amendments to the country’s Law on Grants; and the prisoners arrested during recent pro-EU protests

Politics

April 15, 2025

Transparency International: Grant Law Amendments a Threat to Civil Society

On April 15, Transparency International strongly condemned recent legislative amendments to Georgia's Law on Grants, warning that such changes “pose a direct threat to Georgian civil society’s ability to operate independently and play its vital role in safeguarding democracy and the rule of law

Politics

April 08, 2025

GD to Prohibit Political Parties from Receiving Foreign Support for Events

The Georgian Dream moves to prohibit political parties from receiving in-kind foreign support for holding lectures, seminars, and other public events

Politics

April 08, 2025

Foreign Grants to Require Prior Executive Permission

Foreign donors would need prior approval from the executive to disburse grants

Politics

April 05, 2025

Badri Japaridze Ordered to Pay GEL 50,000 Bail for Defying GD Parliament Probe

On April 5, Tbilisi City Court judge Eka Barbakadze ordered Badri Japaridze, a leader of the opposition Lelo party, to pay 50,000 GEL [about USD 18,200] in bail after he refused to appear before the Georgian Dream parliamentary investigative commission, which is investigating alleged crimes committed during the rule of the United National Movement (UNM)

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April 04, 2025

Kobakhidze Meets Judges, Blasts Foreign Sanctions

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met today, April 4, with members of the Supreme Court and the High Council of Justice of Georgia

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April 03, 2025

Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 3.5% in March 2025

Georgia’s annual inflation rate in March was 3

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April 03, 2025

Trump Applies 10 Percent Baseline Tariffs to Georgia

Politics

April 03, 2025

Georgia Reduces Visa-Free Stay for Ukrainians from Three Years to One

The Georgian Dream government has amended its visa policy for Ukrainian citizens, reducing the visa-free stay duration from three years to one, according to a decree signed by GD Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze published on April 2

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April 02, 2025

Public Defender’s 2024 Human Rights Report

The Public Defender of Georgia released the 2024 Report on the State of Human Rights and Freedoms in the Country, which outlines a wide range of systemic violations, particularly during the May and November-December 2024 protests, and highlights major shortcomings and challenges, including institutional ones, in the protection of human rights in the country

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April 01, 2025

GD Rubber Stamps FARA, Broadcasting Law Changes, Revives Treason, Removes Gender, Excludes CSOs

On April 1, without a single dissenting vote, the Georgian Dream parliament rubber-stamped restrictive laws and amendments on the third and final reading, including the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) and amendments to the Broadcasting Law

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March 31, 2025

Georgian Citizen Imprisoned by Russian Occupation Forces in Abkhazia in 2020, Released

On March 30, the State Security Service of Georgia reported that Georgian citizen Irakli Bebua has been released and is now safe on the territory controlled by the central government

Politics

March 27, 2025

GD to Ban Opposition Groups Under “Successor Parties” Law, Declare Them Unconstitutional

Georgian Dream parliamentary majority leader Mamuka Mdinaradze announced the introduction of a bill, he referred to as "successor parties law", which targets opposition groups deemed "hostile" to the state by the ruling party

Politics

March 24, 2025

Chiatura Miners Protest in Tbilisi

Hundreds of Chiatura miners brought their protest to the capital and rallied in front of the Government Administration building in Tbilisi on March 24