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02/09/2022 - 16:42

Georgia Hosting European Basketball Championship – EuroBasket 2022

For the first time in the history of Georgia, the country is hosting the 41st European Basketball Championship – FIBA EuroBasket 2022 from 1-7 September. The national basketball teams of 24 countries are participating in the championship, which is hosted by the Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy, alongside Georgia. The…
02/09/2022 - 15:47

IDFI: Russians Dominant Group Receiving Georgian Citizenship

The Institute for Development of Freedom of Information (IDFI) published a study on 1 September regarding applications for Georgian citizenship from 2018-2022 which found that 72% of those who received citizenship in that period were Russian citizens. In the first 7 months of 2022, Georgian citizenship was granted to 723…
02/09/2022 - 14:10

Georgia’s Annual Inflation at 10.9% in August

Georgia’s annual inflation rate amounted to 10.9% in August, the National Statistics Office (Geostat) reported on 2 September. On a monthly basis, meanwhile, consumer prices increased by 0.1%.   The annual inflation rate was primarily driven by price changes in food and non-alcoholic beverages (15.8% increase); transport (15.6% increase); and…
02/09/2022 - 13:55

Criticism Towards U.S. Not in Georgia’s Interests says PM

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili responded to the “criticism” and “controversy” leveled by the four ruling Georgian Dream party dissenters towards the U.S. Embassy and stated that “further expansion, deepening, and excess of this controversy is not in the interests of our country.” Three Georgian Dream MPs Step Outside Party,…
02/09/2022 - 12:48

Georgian President Talks CEC Chairperson, New Amb. to UN, and EU-bid

President Salome Zurabishvili delivered a speech on 1 September to address the European Commission’s 12 recommendations and the country’s European aspirations, her decision to veto the controversial surveillance law amendments, the appointment of the new Georgian Ambassador to the United Nations, and nominations for the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) chairperson.…

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    Civil.ge20/07/2022 - 12:50

    Dispatch | 12-19 July: Credit due

    In Georgia, another week has passed. As the international order is consumed in the flames of Russia’s atrocious aggression in Ukraine, and as Europe burns in the throes of the climate change whose catastrophic effects…

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    Civil.ge13/07/2022 - 07:00

    Dispatch | 6-12 July: And then they wrote…

    Apparently summer is the time, when Georgian politicians sharpen their quills and go on to write long, winding letters full of intrigue and surreptitious adulation. Much like the protagonists of the legendary novel of Pierre…

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    Civil.ge08/07/2022 - 06:56

    Dispatch | July 5-6: What’s the story?

    As the week progressed, the extent to which the Georgian politics is disconnected from reality became painfully apparent. The linguistic flip-flops and other acrobatics of the ruling party have little to do with politics, let…

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    31/12/2020 - 21:02

    2020 in Georgia: Year in Review

    To say that 2020 was an eventful year is an understatement. Like every other nation on the planet, Georgia has…
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    2021 in Georgia: Year in Review

    In Georgia, 2021 was a tumultuous year of continued and new crises, but also a year of attempted solutions, many…
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    2019: The Year in Review

    2019 has been a year of political and security tribulations. No tangible progress has been reached on occupied territories as…

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