Irakli Gharibashvili

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Georgia

Irakli Kobakhidze named next Prime Minister of Georgia

by Shota Kincha

•2 min read

The chair of the ruling Georgian Dream Party, Irakli Kobakhidze, has been chosen by the party as the next Prime Minister of Georgia, after Irakli Gharibashvili abruptly stepped down on Monday. At a party conference on Thursday, after heaping praise on the billionaire founder and honorary chair of Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, for several minutes, Gharibashvili confirmed rumours that Kobakhidze had been chosen. [Read more: Who is Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s next Prime Minister?] The

Irakli Gharibashvili. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Georgia

Irakli Gharibashvili resigns as Georgian Prime Minister

by OC Media

•2 min read

Irakli Gharibashvili has resigned as prime minister of Georgia. Gharibashvili announced his decision at a press conference on Monday. He did not clarify why he was stepping down or who would replace him. Shortly before Gharibashvili’s resignation, the pro-government TV channel Imedi cited sources within the party as saying that the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream Party and former speaker of parliament, Irakli Kobakhidze, would soon replace him. They said an official announcement would be

From right to left: Georgian Dream chair Irakli Kobakhidze, Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili, Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, and MP Mamuka Mdinaradze. Photo: Government of Georgia.

Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgian Government heaps praise on new Ivanishvili-linked hotel

by Shota Kincha

•3 min read

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili along with the speaker of parliament, the leader of the ruling party, the Mayor of Tbilisi, and a host of ruling party MPs have flocked to the opening of a hotel in Tbilisi linked to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili. On Wednesday, Gharibashvili gave a speech at the opening of Paragraph Tbilisi in which he celebrated ‘a new paragraph in Georgia’s hospitality industry’. The Georgian Prime Minister went on to list some of the facilities av

China

Georgian Dream scrambles to apologise to China over president’s comments

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•1 min read

Leading members of Georgia’s ruling Georgian Dream party have scrambled to apologise to China, after President Salome Zurabishvili appeared to suggest the Chinese Premier, Xi Jinping, should face prosecution. The president’s office released a translation of Saturday’s interview with French TV station CLI, which was conducted in French. Zurabishvili was reportedly asked if she hoped the Chinese and Russian leaders would face prosecution — Putin, for crimes against humanity, and Xi Jinping, for

Protesters in a tent outside parliament. 5 October 2023. Image: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

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Georgian Dream pass new anti-protest amendments

by Shota Kincha

•4 min read

Georgia’s ruling party has passed controversial amendments to the country’s law on protest, which critics warn will severely restrict freedom of assembly. The amendments were proposed following claims by the country’s security service that international groups aimed to incite violent civil unrest in the country later this year. On Thursday, the parliamentary majority passed the bill in its third reading. The bill was approved with 74 votes in favour and 20 votes against. Hours before the fi

Georgia

Georgia’s ruling party accuse USAID of preparing activists for revolution

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•5 min read

Georgia’s State Security Service and leading members of the ruling Georgian Dream party have accused America’s state aid agency of ‘inspiring riots’ in the country and training groups that planned riots and intended to provoke violence. The accusations were first aired on Monday at a briefing by a representative of Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG), Khvicha Begiashvili, before being repeated by Georgia’s prime minister, ruling party chair, and parliamentary speaker. Begiashvili said th

Eduard Marikashvili (left) holding a blank sheet of paper at a protest on 2 June. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Freedom of Expression

Tbilisi court convicts protester ‘for holding blank sheet of paper’

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•4 min read

A protester who was arrested for holding a blank sheet of paper at a small protest against the Georgian Government has been convicted of petty hooliganism by the Tbilisi City Court and fined ₾500 ($190). Eduard Marikashvili, a lawyer and chair of the Democratic Initiative of Georgia, was detained at a peaceful protest by several dozen people in front of parliament on 2 June. Some have likened the police’s actions to Russia’s crackdown on protesters, where in recent years, Russian police hav