The opposition endows Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party and former Prime Minister of Georgia, with supernatural powers, party chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said. Oppositionists insist that Ivanishvili, who …
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has imposed sanctions on the inner circle of the ruling Georgian Dream party's founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili. The decree was published on October 20. "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of …
Two Parliamentary opposition groups, the Citizens and Girchi parties, on Thursday released a joint letter calling on the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili to withdraw from politics and urging the former Prime Minister Bidzina …
Even weakened and behind bars, the former president has managed to place himself again at the center of Georgian politics
Georgia's former PM Giorgi Gakharia, who resigned and left the ruling party back in February and recently created a new political party For Georgia, has responded to criticism and allegations of treason by the ruling Georgian Dream …
Founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili, who left Georgian politics for the second time back in January 2021, has responded to media reports that the new political party founded by ex-PM Giorgi Gakharia …
Georgian politics looks set for its biggest shake up in a decade after former prime minister Giorgi Gakharia announces the launch of a new party, one that has already attracted defectors from the ruling Georgian Dream
Member of the Georgian Parliament and a former leader of the European Georgia opposition party Elene Khoshtaria has created a new political force Droa (It's Time). "State propaganda is constantly trying to convince us …
On March 1, European Council President Charles Michel met in Tbilisi with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. Reportedly, the two sides were predominantly going to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic as …
Georgia’s political stage has lately got very hot: an arrest of the opposition figure Nika Melia, head of the “European Georgia” party associated with the exiled ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, with the party’s …
Yesterday, the Georgian opposition organised a rally after the arrest of the leader of the largest opposition party, the United National Movement, Nika Melia. Georgian police arrested a top opposition leader on February 23, using tear gas in a dawn raid on his party headquarters, further deepening a political crisis sparked by last year’s parliamentary elections, the outcome of which the opposition disputes, Emerging Europe writes
The founder and leader of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, announced he is leaving politics forever. In his last interview with Georgian public television, Ivanishvili underlined that he would no longer support GD, either as head of the party or even as a member. By this, he, of course, meant that GD would no longer have access to his vast financial resources
Former speaker of the Georgian Parliament Irakli Kobakhidze was appointed as the new chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party. The delegates to the party's political congress unanimously elected him to the post of chairman. 400 …
Former Prime Minister of Georgia and the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili said he will donate 90% of his material assets worth $1.5 bln, except those with credit or other obligations, to the Cartu Charity …
The head of Georgia’s ruling party and the country’s wealthiest man, Bidzina Ivanishvili, said on Monday he was leaving politics for good, according to the politician's letter. Ivanishvili is head of the Georgian Dream …
Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party has officially nominated Giorgi Gakharia for premiership. The relevant letter, which is dated December 12, is signed by the party's chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili. Gakharia has one …
On October 31, the parliamentary elections were held in Georgia. According to preliminary results, the ruling Georgian Dream party is to receive 76 seats in the parliament and retain power. Parliamentary elections in Georgia have brought victory for Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire oligarch who made his fortune in Russia
Georgia is voting to elect the 10th convocation parliament. The polling stations were opened throughout the country at 8:00 local time. Among the first to vote was Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. "I want to …
he former president is now his party’s candidate for prime minister
Gakharia proved himself a capable crisis manager in the pandemic period
