Politics

February 03, 2025

GD Government to Abolish Civil Service Bureau

On February 3, the GD government's press service announced that the Civil Service Bureau (CSB) will be abolished as a legal entity, effective April 1, 2025

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February 03, 2025

More than 40 Media Outlets Condemn GD Shalva Papuashvili’s Threat Against “Publika”

More than 40 media outlets, including Civil

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February 03, 2025

Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 2% in January 2025

Georgia’s annual inflation rate remained low at 2% in January 2025, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported on February 3

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February 03, 2025

SJC Warns of ‘Normalized’ Police Brutality, Calls for Investigation and Accountability

The Social Justice Center (SJC), a local human rights watchdog said the "excessive use of force by police officers" and the "brutal retaliation" against demonstrators had become a "normalized practice" in recent protests

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February 03, 2025

The Daily Beat: 2 February

Dozens of protesters, including civic activists, opposition leaders, and journalists, were brutally attacked and arrested by police on Sunday afternoon when a large crowd gathered near the Tbilisi Mall and attempted to block the highway into Tbilisi

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February 02, 2025

Watchdogs: Papuashvili Attempts to Intimidate and Threaten Media

GD Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili accused the Georgian online media outlet Publika of promoting unlawful activity by sharing statement by the organizers of a planned protest on February 2, while at the same time attacking the EU, which is one of the online publication's funding sources

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January 29, 2025

NBG Keeps Key Refinancing Rate Unchanged at 8%

On January 29, the Monetary Policy Committee of the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) decided to keep the key refinancing rate unchanged at 8%

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January 28, 2025

UN Experts Call on GD Government to Investigate Use of Force by Police During Demonstrations

Experts on Human Rights appointed by the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged Georgian authorities to "investigate allegations of excessive use of force by law enforcement officials, torture and ill-treatment, and arbitrary detention of peaceful demonstrators and media workers" during protests in November and December 2024 and to "take concrete measures to prevent further violence

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January 27, 2025

EU FAC Suspends Visa Liberalization for Georgian Diplomatic Passport Holders

The Foreign Affairs Council meeting on January 27 discussed the developments in Georgia and decided to suspend visa liberalization for holders of Georgian diplomatic and service passports

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January 27, 2025

The Daily Beat: 26 January

A ghost database containing millions of records on Georgian citizens has emerged in the cloud and then mysteriously vanished, according to the cyber data leak checker Cybernews

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January 25, 2025

CoE HR Commissioner Visits Georgia, Concerned About Police Brutality, Lack of Accountability, Repressive Laws

During his visit to Georgia on January 21 to 23 Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty expressed concern about the "lack of accountability for allegations of unlawful arrests" and "excessive use of force" by police and unidentified masked individuals during protests

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January 24, 2025

Kobakhidze Blames “Deep State” and GWP for War in Ukraine

"Certain forces, the so-called “deep state”, the Global War Party did everything for the war in Ukraine to happen," Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze claimed

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January 24, 2025

The Daily Beat: 23 January

Artists organized a performance rally near the Vaso Abashidze New Theatre in central Tbilisi to demand the release of individuals illegally detained during protests, including their colleague Andro Chichinadze

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January 23, 2025

CSOs Condemn Repressive Use of Fines Against Protesters in Georgia

Representatives of civil society organizations (CSOs) have condemned what they describe as the "unjustified use of sanctions" in the form of excessive fines against protesters, describing them as a tool of repression

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January 23, 2025

The Daily Beat: 22 January

President Salome Zurabishvili, who attended Donald Trump’s inauguration as the 47th President of the United States, participated in an Atlantic Council event on January 21

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January 18, 2025

President Zurabishvili Visits Washington to Attend President Trump’s Inauguration

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili arrived in Washington, D

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January 16, 2025

Public Defender Tells Court Amaghlobeli’s Detention Unjustified

The Public Defender of Georgia submitted an Amicus Curiae opinion to the Kutaisi Court of Appeal on January 16 regarding the decision to remand in custody Mzia Amaghlobeli, Director of Batumelebi/Netgazeti publication