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2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

EU suspends over €120 million in aid to Georgia

by OC Media

•3 min read

The European Union delegation in Georgia has stated that the country will lose €121 million ($130 million) in EU funding ‘as a result of democratic backsliding’. On Tuesday, an EU representative explained that ‘annual allocations are not all spent in the same year, hence remaining funds from 2022 and 2023 directly benefiting the authorities will be lost’. According to a post on Facebook by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for EU Neighbourhood and Enlargement, the money was ‘w

Armenia

Armenia to implement criminal justice cooperation agreement with EU

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenia and the EU have agreed to implement an agreement to combat transnational crime as the latest in a series of agreements between Yerevan and Brussels. Armenia’s Minister of Justice Grigor Minasyan, Prosecutor General Anna Vardapetyan, and Ladislav Hamran, the President of the EU Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) agreed to implement the agreement on Monday. Eurojust and Armenia had signed the agreement in early April, with Armenia ratifying it in September. It made Arme

Armenia

Armenia and EU launch visa liberalisation talks

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenia and the European Union have launched visa liberalisation talks, with Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stating that discussions about an eventual membership bid were also ‘underway’. On Monday Pashinyan met with EU Commission Vice-President Margaritis Schinas during his visit to Yerevan to hold talks on EU visa liberalisation for Armenia. During their meeting, Pashinyan stated that discussions were ‘underway’ in Armenia regarding the possibility of joining the EU. ‘This is not a simpl

Yerevan’s Zvartnots Airport. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Armenia

EU to move towards visa liberalisation for Armenia

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

The European Union is reportedly moving to advance its relationship with Armenia by laying out an action plan for visa liberalisation. RFE/RL have reported that in the coming months, the EU intends to develop an action plan for visa liberalisation dialogue with the Armenian Government. According to the report, the European Council greenlit the recommendation on Wednesday. The report was corroborated by Arman Yeghoyan, chair of the Armenian Parliament’s European Integration Committee later t

Bidzina Ivanishvili at the opening ceremony of a new Georgian Dream office and launch of their pre-election campaign. Photo: Georgian Dream.

2024 Georgian Parliamentary Elections

Ivanishvili promises crackdown on opposition after elections

by OC Media

•5 min read

Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili has threatened legal sanctions against opposition to the ruling party at a ceremony opening the party’s new HQ and announcing the beginning of their election campaign. ‘To ensure the steady development of the country, it is essential to hold the collective National Movement fully accountable in front of the Georgian people and the law’, Georgian Dream’s billionaire founder said in a rare public appearance on Tuesday evening. The party has used th

The NATO Summit in Washington. Official photo.

European Union

NATO declaration cuts reference to Georgia’s membership prospects

by OC Media

•3 min read

The NATO declaration adopted at a Washington summit does not reference Georgia’s path towards membership, as Georgia’s rift with the West continues to deepen. In the declaration adopted on Wednesday, Georgia is mentioned only once, in a call on Russia to ‘withdraw all of its forces from the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, stationed there without their consent’. The 2008 Bucharest and 2018 Brussels Summit Declaration stated that NATO ‘welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirat

Armenia

EU ‘to approve’ €10 million non-lethal military aid for Armenia

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•1 min read

Armenia will receive €10 million ($11 million) in non-lethal military aid from the EU after Hungary withdrew its objections, reportedly in exchange for providing equal funds to Azerbaijan for demining. On Thursday, RFE/RL reported that the EU was expected to approve the package on 22 July. ‘All the member states of the Union are now ready to give the green light’, they cited a diplomatic source in the EU as saying. Hungary reportedly agreed to lift its veto after agreeing to a compromise