Politics

September 11, 2025

UNM’s Khabeishvili Arrested for Publicly Offering Money to Riot Police

Georgia’s State Security Service arrested opposition politician Levan Khabeishvili of the United National Movement over his public promises to pay USD 200,000 to police officers, including members of the Special Task Department, if they refuse to disperse protesters and side with demonstrators during an October 4 “peaceful revolution” he has been calling for

Politics

September 11, 2025

CoE Congress of Local and Regional Authorities Plans a Fact-Finding Mission

Congress President Marc Cools said during his exchange of views with the CoE Committee of Ministers on 10 September that the Congress will send a fact-finding mission to Georgia by the end of September

Politics

September 11, 2025

GD Runs Uncontested in Nearly Half of Municipalities for October 4 Vote

The ruling Georgian Dream party’s mayoral candidates are running unchallenged in 25 of a total of 64 municipalities nationwide, while in three others their only rivals are independent candidates named by so-called “initiative groups” or a minor party, leaving GD without mainstream opposition challengers in a total of 28 municipalities, according to September 9 data from the Central Election Commission (CEC)

Politics

September 10, 2025

MIA Probes Property Damage After Kaladze Campaign Posters Defaced During Protest

Georgia’s Interior Ministry announced on September 9 the launch of an investigation into “damage or destruction of property” after a Georgian Dream appeal, following an incident on Tbilisi’s Melikishvili Avenue near Mayor Kakha Kaladze’s campaign office where protesters defaced his posters by splashing what appeared to be yogurt on one and erasing text and adding the words “Russian Dream” on others

Politics

September 09, 2025

Police to Probe September 8 Attacks as Campaign Violence After Georgian Dream Request

Georgia’s Interior Ministry opened an additional investigation into the September 8 attacks outside Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze’s campaign office on Melikishvili Avenue after an appeal from Georgian Dream, expanding the probe to violence or threats of violence during the election campaign, as ruling party members accused demonstrators of provocation

Politics

September 08, 2025

Georgian Fighter Held in Armenia Faces Extradition to Russia

Georgian citizen Giorgi Kinoiani, who fought in the Russia-Ukraine war on the Ukrainian side and was sentenced to seven years in prison in absentia by a Russian court, is in custody in Armenia and faces extradition to Russia, according to media reports, as the Foreign Ministry said the Georgian Embassy learned of it from his relatives but has not yet been notified by Armenian officials on the matter

Politics

September 06, 2025

GD Extends Last Minute Invitation to OSCE/ODIHR Election Observers

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced on September 6 that the ruling party has extended an invitation to the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to observe the upcoming October 4 local elections, after months of refusing to do so

Politics

September 05, 2025

Eurobarometer Survey: 46% in EU Back Georgia’s Membership, 43% Against

46% of the European Union’s population would support Georgia’s accession to the EU once it meets all membership conditions, while 43% would be against, according to the Eurobarometer survey fielded in February and March and released in September

Politics

September 05, 2025

Kavelashvili Pardons Lelo/Strong Georgia’s Khazaradze, Japaridze Ahead of Local Vote

Georgian Dream–elected President Mikheil Kavelashvili has pardoned Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze, leaders of the opposition Lelo–Strong Georgia alliance, who were jailed for boycotting a GD parliamentary commission

Politics

September 04, 2025

Georgian Dream Bans Financial Crime Convicts From Leaving Country Until Damages Repaid

On September 3, the Georgian Dream parliament adopted in a third and final reading a legislative package requiring individuals convicted of grave financial crimes to repay damages to victims and barring them from leaving Georgia even after serving their prison sentences until those damages are paid

Politics

September 02, 2025

Tsulukiani Commission Presents 470-Page Report, Builds Case Against UNM, Others

Georgian Dream MP Tea Tsulukiani presented on September 2 the 470-page report of the one-party parliament's investigative commission to the reconvened fall session of the Parliament

Politics

August 29, 2025

Georgian Dream Economy Minister Kvrivishvili Meets U.S. Envoy Purcell

On August 27, Georgian Dream Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili met with U

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August 26, 2025

Georgian Dream, Lelo/Gakharia’s Tbilisi Majoritarian Candidates for October 4 Local Vote

Major parties taking part in what is widely seen as an unfair race for Georgia’s October 4 local elections - including the ruling Georgian Dream party, the opposition Lelo/Strong Georgia alliance, and ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia party - have unveiled their candidates to compete for majoritarian seats in Tbilisi’s City Council (Sakrebulo), a local self-governing body

Politics

August 26, 2025

Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir Visits Georgia

Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel's far-right National Security Minister, is visiting Georgia

Politics

August 25, 2025

National Bank Says International Reserves Up by $1.3 billion in 2025

The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) said the country’s international reserves have increased by USD 1

Politics

August 21, 2025

GD Official in NYT Piece Says Russians ‘Came as Peacekeepers’ in 2008

In a recently published New York Times article, Davit Razmadze, Georgian Dream chairman of the Gori Municipal Assembly (Sakrebulo), is quoted as blaming former President Mikheil Saakashvili for the August 2008 Russo-Georgian War and saying that Russians "came here as peacekeepers

Politics

August 18, 2025

Pro-GD Media Claims UK Trains Georgian Activists in Lithuania Ahead of Elections

Pro-Georgian Dream government media claims the United Kingdom is training Georgian activists in Lithuania ahead of local elections scheduled for October 4, in what ruling party officials have described as another revolutionary plot to oust the GD government

Politics

August 14, 2025

Russia Sentences Aleko Elisashvili to Six Years in Prison in Absentia for Fighting in Ukraine

A Russian Court has sentenced Aleko Elisashvili, a Georgian citizen and leader of the opposition Citizens Party, to six years in prison in absentia over fighting against Russian forces in Ukraine

Politics

August 13, 2025

Update: Outlets Say Website Shutdown Part of Campaign

Several Georgian media outlets said the temporary shutdown of their websites was part of a campaign to save the local press, as access has now been restored