David Bakradze

Opposition refuses to take up mandates in Georgian parliament

Opposition refuses to take up mandates in Georgian parliament

The European Georgia opposition party, which has received five mandates in the 150-member parliament, has refused to have its MPs take up their mandates in parliament and participate in the election run-off on November 21 in several majoritarian …

Georgia holds parliamentary elections 

Georgia holds parliamentary elections 

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 …

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 …

European Georgia party choses candidate for presidency

European Georgia party choses candidate for presidency

David Bakradze was nominated as a presidential candidate in the upcoming elections by the opposition party ‘European Georgia’. ‘European Georgia’ is a party created by the leaders who left ex-President Mikheil …

David Bakradze heads Movement for Freedom - European Georgia

David Bakradze heads Movement for Freedom - European Georgia

Today, a group of politicians, who broke away from Mikhail Saakashvili’s United National Movement, held a constituent congress of the Movement for Freedom - European Georgia party at the Tbilisi Sports Palace. About 10 thousand people …

Trump hosts Georgian Ambassador at White House

Trump hosts Georgian Ambassador at White House

US President Donald Trump has hosted the Georgian Ambassador to the US David Bakradze at the White House, the Georgian Embassy said. Introducing to the newly appointed Ambassador, President Trump …

Margvelashvili named most popular Georgian politician

Margvelashvili named most popular Georgian politician

Georgian President Georgi Margvelashvili topped the rating of political leaders of the country. According to the sociological survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI), 67% of the survey participants are sympathetic …

UNM decides to not boycott parliament

UNM decides to not boycott parliament

The leader of the United National Movement David Bakradze said that the party will use all the legal tools, like rallies, networks abroad in order that Georgia didn’t turned into ‘single-party …

EU decided to cancel visa regime for Georgia

EU decided to cancel visa regime for Georgia

The European Union has already made a decision to abolish visas for the citizens of Georgia, only procedural issues remain, State Minister for Integration into European and Euro-Atlantic structures Davit Bakradze said. …

Experts: UNM strongly only in the IRI survey

Experts: UNM strongly only in the IRI survey

Today the International Republican Institute (IRI) published the results of its social study conducted in Georgia. According to the survey the ‘Georgian Dream’ and ‘United National Movement’ coalitions may receive almost …

Davit Bakradze to address European Parliament

Davit Bakradze to address European Parliament

Georgia's Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, David Bakradze, left for a working visit to Brussels. Tomorrow he will speak at the European Parliament on the implementation of the action plan for 2015 on an …

European Union allocates 14 million euros to Georgia

European Union allocates 14 million euros to Georgia

The European Union will allocate 14 million euros to Georgia  to support Tbilisi in the implementation of association agreements and the process of visa liberalization. Georgia's Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic …

Has constitutional reform failed in Georgia?

Has constitutional reform failed in Georgia?

Today the Georgian State Constitutional Commission' term will expire. It was formed on October 4, 2013 to prepare the draft of the updated basic law of the country. The commission is headed by the Speaker of the Parliament …

Bakradze: UNM doesn’t need a new chairman

Bakradze: UNM doesn’t need a new chairman

The Georgian opposition party United National Movement, headed by former president Mikheil Saakashvili, is not going to choose a new leader after Saakashvili was deprived of citizenship and he lost the ability to lead the party …