Georgia’s rapid decline in civic freedoms has once again triggered international alarm, with the country added to the CIVICUS Monitor’s March 2026 Watchlist alongside Benin, Ecuador, Iran and the Philippines. The CIVICUS Monitor Watchlist – an alert system for countries experiencing a rapid and…
იხილე სრულად: batumelebi.netgazeti.ge ↗Today, Ukrainian junior gymnasts were forced to stand and listen to the anthem of a country that bombs their homes, destroys their cities, and steals their childhood every single day. The decision to allow russian athletes to compete again with their flag and anthem is not “neutral.” It is a…
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On June 17, the European Parliament will discuss the annual report on Georgia as a candidate country. Rapporteur on Georgia Rasa Juknevičienė expects the European Parliament to adopt the report with a large majority, as the main political groups in Europe are united in their assessment of Georgian…
The Georgian National Communications Commission has fined critical TV channel Formula 5,000 GEL. This is the third time in the past four months that the Commission, based on its periodic media monitoring, has reviewed Formula for allegedly violating the provision of the Law on Broadcasting that…
On August 18, former Georgian Dream leader and former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has issued another statement, which he announced yesterday. Garibashvili says that the letter published yesterday was sent to him in July by one of Georgian Dream’s leaders, Mamuka Mdinaradze. According to…
According to the journalist’s lawyer, Hungarian journalist László Róbert Mészesi, who has been staying in Georgia, has been detained. Speaking to Netgazeti, lawyer Tornike Janelidze said that Mészesi is being transferred to the Migration Department. The lawyer is also heading there, and said that…
“There was a cracked pipe that should have been welded and properly repaired. Instead, they just covered it with a thick layer of paint. All that mattered was that the inspector took a quick look and said, ‘Yes, it’s been fixed,'” recalls Sandro (name changed), a young Georgian seafarer describing…
On June 10, Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held a special press briefing to announce the elevation of Georgia–China relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership — a move that was announced yesterday, on the 34th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations…
“There is no more time for grey zones,” says David McAllister, Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs. He answered Netgazeti’s questions about the enlargement process and relations between Georgia and the European Union. In June, the European Parliament will debate a…
Judge Giorgi Arevadze sentenced Georgian opposition leader and mother of four, Elene Khoshtaria, to one and a half years in prison for writing “Russian Dream” with a marker on an election banner of Kakha Kaladze, “causing damage estimated by the prosecution at 570 GEL”. Earlier, the same judge…
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has not ruled out the possibility that the government may choose not to invite an OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission to monitor the 2028 parliamentary elections. Asked whether the government would invite the mission, Kobakhidze said the decision…
