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November 12, 2024

The Daily Beat: 11 November

The senior lawmakers from eight European Union countries (Germany, France, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Sweden, and Finland) visited Georgia and met with President Salome Zurabishvili, opposition party representatives, and civil society organizations

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November 11, 2024

The Daily Beat: 10 November

Opposition-led protests against rigged parliamentary elections continue in various central parts of Tbilisi

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November 08, 2024

The Daily Beat: 6-7 November

Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz, and Donald Tusk issued a joint statement expressing their concern over the political situation in Georgia and saying they could not support the opening of Georgia’s European Union accession talks unless the country carried out necessary reforms

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November 06, 2024

Georgian Politicians React to Donald Trump’s Expected Win in Elections

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November 04, 2024

Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 0.3% in October 2024

Georgia’s annual inflation rate remained low at 0

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October 30, 2024

Concerns Mount Over Mass Breach of Ballot Secrecy During 2024 Vote

Voters, election watchdogs, and opposition parties have raised alarms about a mass breach of secrecy in the 2024 general election, arguing that the new way of casting a ballot in electronic voting precincts made voters' choices visible to other people

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October 27, 2024

Another Georgian Fighter Killed in Ukraine

Another Georgian citizen, Mamuka Kekelia, was killed in the fighting in Ukraine

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October 27, 2024

BREAKING: President Zurabishvili Rejects Election Results

After a day of intensive consultations with opposition parties following the 26 October parliamentary elections, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili held a briefing in which she said she would not recognize the official election results

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October 25, 2024

Russia Sentences Georgian Fighters in Ukraine in Absentia

On October 25, the court of the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Donetsk sentenced in absentia 28-year-old Georgian citizen Giorgi Kinoiani to seven years of imprisonment for his participation on the Ukrainian side in the Russian war against Ukraine, reports Russian state-owned media TASS

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October 24, 2024

Speaker Papuashvili Wishes Ukraine “Just Peace”

The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, has released information about the messages contained in his video address to the participants of the Third Parliamentary Summit of the Crimean International Platform

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October 24, 2024

The Daily Beat: 23 October

On October 23, three days before the crucial parliamentary elections, the ruling Georgian Dream party concluded its pre-election regional tour with a closing rally in the capital, Tbilisi

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October 23, 2024

NBG Keeps Key Refinancing Rate Unchanged at 8%

On October 23, 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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October 21, 2024

Bidzina Ivanishvili TV Interview Ahead of Elections

In a rare TV appearance, Bidzina Ivanishvili, Honorary Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, spoke with journalist Magda Anikashvili, who asked the interviewee convenient questions with a ready-made subtext and echoed his responses

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October 21, 2024

MIA Admits to Mixing Tear Gas in Water Canons During Protests Against Agents’ Law

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) responded to the TV report conducted by Nodar Meladze's Saturday on TV Pirveli, which focused on the allegedly unlawful practice of law enforcement agencies of mixing tear gas with water when using water cannons to disrupt the protests against the Foreign Agents law

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October 19, 2024

SovLab Initiates Memorandum on Creation of Institute of National Memory of Georgia

On October 18 the Laboratory for the Research of the Soviet Past (SovLab) organized and hosted an event dedicated to the signing by political parties of the Memorandum "On the Establishment of the Institute of National Memory of Georgia after the 2024 Parliamentary elections and on the Comprehensive Realization of the Right to Know the Past"

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October 18, 2024

The Daily Beat: 17 October

On October 17, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated Russia’s readiness to help Georgia “normalize relations” with Russian-occupied Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region

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October 17, 2024

Zakharova Speaks of “Second Front”, Russia’s Readiness to Help Tbilisi “Normalize Relations” With Occupied Regions

On October 17, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated Russia's readiness to help Georgia "normalize relations" with Russian-occupied Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region

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October 16, 2024

SSSG: AI Generated Videos of Officials Will be Leaked Before Elections

On October 16, the State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) issued a statement claiming that "groups linked to political circles" will release an "artificially generated" video and audio of Georgian government officials with the aim of "creating conflict between the branches of the government, as well as creating strife between the government and the Orthodox Church and worsening relations between the government and its Western partners

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October 15, 2024

UN Human Rights Council Adopts Resolution on Occupied Regions of Georgia

On October 11, the U

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October 13, 2024

Bundestag Debates Reflect Differences in Parties’ Views on Developments in Georgia

On October 10, the German Bundestag adopted a resolution tabled by the governing coalition (SPD, Alliance 90/The Greens, and FDP) supporting Georgia's EU perspective and its civil society, but also strongly criticizing GD