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Independent candidate for the post of Georgian president, Salome Zurabishvili, supported by the ruling Georgian Dream party, told reporters that she will continue to fight for this post in the second round of elections. On Sunday, …
None of the Georgian presidential candidates has gathered more than 50% in the first round, according to information published by the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) today after counting votes from 99.57% of polling stations. …
"Dream" dies last: the election will be the decisive event in the confrontation between the parties of Saakashvili and Ivanishvili
Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze said that independent presidential candidate Salome Zurabishvili, being backed by the Georgian Dream party, may win in the first round of elections to be …
Who does Georgian Dream really see as a president?
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili set the date of the presidential election - October 28. He said that the decision was agreed with the Prime Minister. "The corresponding resolution will be sent to the …
When asked if they were decided about their vote if presidential elections were to be held in Georgia tomorrow, 74% of respondents in said that they were not, the National Democratic Institute said, noting that this is the highest figure seen in …
The opposition coalition "Civil Movement - Unity is Power" has presented United National Movement member Grigol Vashadze, ex-Foreign Affairs minister under the Mikheil Saakashvili government during 2008-2012, as their …
In Tbilisi, the court sentenced Zviad Kuprava and three other persons who were detained during rallies in the center of the city to 14 days of imprisonment. Today, the authorities detained four protesters, including the organizer of the …
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Irakli Kobahidze met with Interior Minister Georgy Gakhary. According to the local media, the topic of the discussion was the events on Rustaveli Avenue in the center of Tbilisi, Georgia Online reports. …
In the center of Tbilisi on Rustaveli Avenue, the Georgian police officers detained the opposition MP, member of the United National Movement Party (ENM) Nika Melia, the local media report. It is specified that the parliamentarian was …
The murder on Horava street has acquired a political significance after it became known that one of the participants in the fight was the son of the prosecutor
Georgia’s former President Mikhail Saakashvili said he wants to return to Tbilisi. In a video address aired by the Tbilisi-based Rustavi-2 television company, Saakashvili said he planned to "return to Georgia …
The US National Democratic Institute (NDI), together with the Caucasus Research Resource Centers (CRRC Georgia), has published the political section of its survey, which reads that the majority of those surveyed support the Georgian Dream ruling …
The political events, such as the local elections, reform of the Constitution, the strengthening of the ruling coalition Georgian Dream, are among the most remarkable events happened in Georgia in 2017, political analyst Gela …
Voting for the second round of municipal elections has finished in six municipalities of Georgia. The process of counting votes and compiling results is underway. All the 317 polling stations closed at exactly 8pm this evening in those …
The polls released by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) and CRRC Georgia says that Georgian Dream ruling party and its candidates have more supporters among the decided voters. 23% of the surveyed people select the Georgian Dream …
Georgia: Failing democratic transition or Eastern Partnership success story?
A series of high-profile incidents has undermined the credibility of law enforcement agencies
Former anchor of Rustavi 2 broadcaster, Zaal Udumashvili, was named as the United National Movement (UNM) opposition party’s mayoral candidate for the upcoming local elections in the autumn. "I have made a solution and I …
