Opposition doesn't rule out Zurabishvili as Georgia's PM
The For Georgia opposition party member Teona Akubardia suggested that Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili might have a …
Giorgi Gakharia
For Georgia party joins charter to unify opposition ahead of elections
Former Prime Minister of Georgia and the Chair of the opposition For Georgia party Giorgi Gakharia signed a charter promoted by Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili for uniting opposition parties ahead of the parliamentary elections …
Georgia's prime minister and ruling party chair to swap jobs
A session of the Congress of the ruling Georgian Dream party elected Irakli Garibashvili, the country’s former Prime Minister …
Gakharia meets with Ilia II ahead of schedule
On the eve, a meeting took place between the chairman of the party "For Georgia" Giorgi Gakharia and the Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia Ilia II. According to the former premier, he congratulated the patriarch on the 44th …
Georgia's ruling party seeks coalition partners
The ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia" is negotiating to form a majority in deliberative bodies (sakrebulo). This was announced by the leader of the party Irakli Kobakhidze. "Our party has a majority in …
Gakharia nominates four mayor candidates
The chairman of the For Georgia party, Giorgi Gakharia presented candidates for mayors of four cities - Zugdidi, Tsalenjikha, Chkhorotsku and Khobi. Gega Shengelia is nominated as a candidate for mayor of Zugdidi, Khvicha Meboniya as …
Ex-PM Gakharia to run for Tbilisi mayor
Former Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia, who now leads the For Georgia opposition party, has announced his plans of running for Tbilisi mayor. Gakharia said that three months after the establishment of the For Georgia party it has …
Gakharia’s party kicked out of office in Batumi
Ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s For Georgia party was left without an office in Batumi: the owner of the premises terminated the lease agreement. He said that the reason for his decision was the report on Gakharia's …
Will "Georgian Dream" put Gakharia in jail?
The case against Georgia's ex-Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia will be initiated only if there is evidence of guilt, one of the leaders of the ruling Georgian Dream party Mamuka Mdinaradze said. "When he demanded to postpone …
Gakharia calls Ivanishvili’s allegations of treason ‘gossip’
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 …
Ivanishvili says Gakharia is a traitor
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 …
Gakharia shakes up Georgian politics
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
Gakharia presents his own For Georgia party
Former Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia established his own For Georgia party, the media informs. About 400 people attended the presentation of the party. The congress participants unanimously elected Gakharia as the party …
Former Georgian PM to split 'Georgian Dream'?
Former head of the Georgian government Giorgi Gakharia will present his political party "For Georgia" on May 29, his press service reported. The presentation will take place at the Expo Georgia exhibition center in …
Six MPs leave Georgian Dream to join opposition
Six Georgian Dream MPs Giorgi Khojevanishvili, Aleksandre Motserelia, Beka Liluashvili, Shalva Kerselidze, Ana Buchukuri and Mikheil Daushvili will continue in the state legislature as independent MPs. The MPs say that the …
Georgia's Gakharia: ‘I’m staying in politics’
Former Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said he has no plans to leave the country or politics. He told journalists earlier today that he will announce his intentions in the coming days.. Agenda.ge reported. Gakharia …
Protests in Georgia increase Saakashvili’s Influence
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 after Garibashvili's second coming
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 …
Georgian PM Garibashvili appoints deputies
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who was confirmed in the post by parliament on Monday, has appointed his deputy prime ministers earlier today. The new appointees are Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and …
Head of Georgia's gov’t administration Kakhaber Kemoklidze resigns
Kakhaber Kemoklidze, who was appointed head of the government administration by former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia in early February, has announced his resignation. "It is exactly after a decade of an active, dynamic and …
