parliamentary elections in Georgia 2016

Georgia 2016: win for Georgian Dream, defeat for lari

Georgia 2016: win for Georgian Dream, defeat for lari

This year in Georgia ends with the win of Georgian Dream in the fight with United National Movement and the biggest devaluation of the national currency, so the country enters 2017 in the not so holiday mood, Georgian experts said in an interview …

Kvirikashvili: We can be proud of past 4 years

Kvirikashvili: We can be proud of past 4 years

Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has today hosted the last Governmental meeting, where he evaluated the Cabinet of Ministers’ activities over the last four year before the country’s new …

What to expect from new Georgian Parliament?

What to expect from new Georgian Parliament?

Today Georgia’s Central Election Commission released a final protocol, summarising the outcomes of  the country’s October’s parliamentary elections.  The Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia gained 115 seats in …

Saakashvili's wife gave up mandate

Saakashvili's wife gave up mandate

Wife of Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili, Sandra Roelofs, officially informed the Georgian CEC that she gives up her deputy mandate, the press service of the Central Election Commission reported. …

Will UNM elect a new chairman?

Will UNM elect a new chairman?

A former ruling and now the main opposition party of Georgia, ‘United National Movement’ (UNM), has accused some of its activists of spreading false information about the leaders of the party. According to the results of the …

 US comments parliamentary elections in Georgia

US comments parliamentary elections in Georgia

US President Barack Obama's administration congratulated Georgia on the "successful completion" of the elections. "We are concerned about isolated incidents of violence and intimidation and urge accountability as well …

Georgian Dream wins 48 districts out of 50

Georgian Dream wins 48 districts out of 50

Majoritarian candidates from the ruling party Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia (GDDG) have won 48 majoritarian districts out of 50, latest preliminary results show, the Chairwoman of CEC Tamar Zhvania said. …

Georgia: police investigate clash in Gori

Georgia: police investigate clash in Gori

Georgia’s Ministry of Internal Affairs has launched an investigation into a physical confrontation that took place between the activists of two political parties in Kvemo Sodisi village of Gori district in central Georgia today, Agenda.ge …

Second round of parliamentary elections kicks off in Georgia

Second round of parliamentary elections kicks off in Georgia

The second round of the Parliamentary Elections of Georgia is taking place today. The election runoff will be held in 50 of Georgia’s 73 election districts, Agenda.ge reports. In the second round, people will vote to elect …

Alliance of Patriots to be represented in Georgia's parliament

Alliance of Patriots to be represented in Georgia's parliament

Three parties — the ruling Georgian Dream Party, the United National Movement and the Alliance of Patriots  — have made it into the Georgian parliament, the country's Central Election Commission (CEC) said, after counting …

 Saakashvili's wife refuses to participate in election ranoff

Saakashvili's wife refuses to participate in election ranoff

One of the leaders of opposition party United National Movement (UNM), Georgia’s ex-First Lady Sandra Roelofs refused to participate in a second round of the parliamentary elections in Georgia after claiming the official …

Georgia continues to elect parliament

Georgia continues to elect parliament

Today, the parliamentary elections have begun again for the residents of the two regions of Georgia. The reason are the serious violations documented at four polling stations during voting and during the counting of votes in the previous …

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 …