Petre Mamradze

How will anti-Russian sanctions affect Georgia?

How will anti-Russian sanctions affect Georgia?

Georgia did not join the anti-Russian sanctions, so as not to suffer the disruption of trade and economic relations, but these sanctions will still affect it, since trade turnover between the two countries is still high and largely consists of …

Saakashvili was given freedom of speech in court

Saakashvili was given freedom of speech in court

The judge of the Tbilisi City Court Badri Kochlamazashvili allowed the ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili to make political statements at his trial on embezzlement of public funds. According to him, taking into account all the …

Protesters try to block government in Georgia

Protesters try to block government in Georgia

Demonstrators have gathered in front of the administration building of the Georgian government in central Tbilisi. Police did not allow them to lock the gate of the government administration building during the rally, which stirred an unrest. …

Opposition forces Georgia's parliament speaker to resign

Opposition forces Georgia's parliament speaker to resign

Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze has decided to resign amid protests in the country’s capital of Tbilisi, Secretary General of the ruling ‘Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia’ party and Tbilisi …

Clashes erupt in Pankisi Gorge between residents and police

Clashes erupt in Pankisi Gorge between residents and police

Clashes broke out yesterday in Georgia’s northeastern Pankisi Gorge region between police and residents protesting the construction of a hydropower plant. The protest grew into a serious clash between the civilians and law …

Is Georgian Dream losing majority?

Is Georgian Dream losing majority?

The intensity of the political conflict in Georgia that started in the Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia ruling party over the bill setting criteria for the appointment of judges to the country's Supreme Court, increased. Today, …

Second round of presidential elections starts in Georgia

Second round of presidential elections starts in Georgia

The second round of presidential elections has started in Georgia. Today voters will have to vote for their favorite candidate between the two who have succeeded in the first round of presidential elections on October 28. During the …

Is murder of Georgia'a presidential candidate being plotted?

Is murder of Georgia'a presidential candidate being plotted?

Georgian Dream ruling party supported presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili said she and her family are being threatened. Zurabishvili has already addressed the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia and the civil …

Will Grigol Vashadze be elected Georgian president?

Will Grigol Vashadze be elected Georgian president?

Salome Zurabishvili has topped the anti-rating of presidential candidates, conducted by Edison Research. According to the poll data, when asked which presidential candidate they would never consider voting for, 44% …

Will Georgia join NATO without Sukhum and Tskhinval?

Will Georgia join NATO without Sukhum and Tskhinval?

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Georgia will not have to make a choice between its territorial integrity and NATO membership. Speaking in Brussels ahead of the NATO Defence Ministerial which will be …

Georgia starts presidential election campaign 2018

Georgia starts presidential election campaign 2018

According to the Electoral Code, the election campaign on the presidential election has started in Georgia. Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili set the date of the presidential election - October 28. Any …

 Georgia closes border for Russian wheat exports to Armenia

Georgia closes border for Russian wheat exports to Armenia

Starting from September 1, Georgia has introduced a ban on import of Russian wheat to Armenia by overland routes, according to the Armenian newspaper Zhamanak. "Importing companies were already warned that they will no longer be …

Georgia abolishes ministry of sport and two others

Georgia abolishes ministry of sport and two others

Georgia's Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has announced changes planned for the cabinet as part of his plan to reduce administrative costs in the state bureaucracy. The Ministry of Culture and Sport will be …

Will killing of children provoke revolution in Georgia?

Will killing of children provoke revolution in Georgia?

Mass protests, which caused the resignation of Georgia's chief prosecutor Irakli Shotadze, will contine today at 16:00 local time (15:00 MSK), the organizrs of the protest rally said. "We have information that …

Georgia mourns victims of Kemerovo tragedy together with Russia

Georgia mourns victims of Kemerovo tragedy together with Russia

Georgia is shocked by the Kemerovo tragedy, Georgian political scientists told the correspondents of Vestnik Kavkaza, expressing their condolences to the families of the victims of a fire in the Zimnyaya Vishnya shopping mall in Kemerovo. …

Europe threatens Georgia to abolish visa-free travel

Europe threatens Georgia to abolish visa-free travel

French Ambassador to Georgia Pascal Meunier warned the citizens of the country about the possible suspension of the visa-free regime by the European Union if the number of asylum seekers increases, the Georgian media …