Tag: Georgia
Salomé Zurabishvili: “Russia will not seek to regain in Georgia what it will have lost in Ukraine”
For thirteen years, no Georgian president had come on an official visit to Brussels. Before the MEPs on 31st May, Salomé Zurabishvili pleaded for Georgia to obtain the status of…
Return of direct flights between Russia and Georgia in a tense climate
This is a first for 4 years in this Caucasus country. This restoration of air links in any case feeds the divisions between the pro-Russia and the pro-European Union. Especially…
Georgia remembers Russia’s attack in 2008 – “You never know if Russia will attack again”
BERSHUET Last year, just a few days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine Ekaterina Khodeli woke up to a nightmare. In his dream, the Russians poured across the border into…
Luka Mkheidze, from Tbilisi to Paris, or the success of an exile
Luka Mkheidze, Georgian by birth and exiled in France, will represent the Blues (under 60 kg) at the Doha World Judo Championships in Qatar, which take place from May 7…
thousands of people demonstrate against the government
Thousands of people demonstrated this Sunday against the government’s policy in front of the Georgian Parliament. They accuse the authorities of pro-Russian authoritarian drift. They are thousands to have answered…
The Kremlin says it is concerned about the situation in Georgia
The Russian Kremlin says it is worried about possible provocations in the regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which unilaterally seceded from Georgia. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday…
despite the government’s retreat, the street keeps up the pressure and the president intervenes
Russia on one side, European Union on the other. In the midst of war in Ukraine, Georgia, a democratic country in the Caucasus neighboring Russia, is in torment. The Tbilisi…
Georgia turns to Moscow
By: Mia Holmberg Karlsson/TT Published: Less than 20 min ago Police arrest a protester during protests outside Georgia’s parliament in Tbilisi on March 8. 1 of 3 Photo: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP/TT…
Georgia: why the ruling party withdraws a controversial bill
A bill “misrepresented in a bad light”. This is how the ruling party in Georgia, Georgian Dream, qualifies its text aimed at NGOs and the media. Georgian Dream announced on…
Protests against controversial ‘foreign agent’ bill widen in Georgia
The police have fired tear gas at the protesters and arrested dozens of protesters. 8.3. 15:09•Updated 8.3. 15:09 Thousands of people have demonstrated in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. The…