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| Marek Matusiak
On 7 October, the Georgian billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili issued a statement in which he announced the creation of a new political party. Its goal is to win next year's parliamentary elections and remove the current ruling camp from power.
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On 6 July in Georgia a regulation which strengthens the legal status of faith-based groups other than the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC) came into force. The new law was adopted by parliament against the unanimous opposition of the GOC,…
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On 9 June in Brussels, Georgia’s defence minister Bacho Akhalaia confirmed his country’s willingness to increase its military contingent in Afghanistan; it will now be the largest of the non-NATO forces. The decision demonstrates Tbilisi’s…
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In early June, the Statistical Office of Georgia stated that prices for basic foodstuffs in the country had risen by 30.7% compared to May 2010. The biggest increases were seen in the prices of fruit and vegetables (93.7% and 41.3%…
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On 31 May, the Georgian Parliament adopted the Freedom Charter, a package of laws aimed at dealing with the country’s Communist past. This is another move by President Mikheil Saakashvili’s team aimed at breaking away from the historical…
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On the night of 25-26 May in Tbilisi, police broke up a group who had gathered by the Parliament building, demanding the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili. The excessive brutality attributed to the police led to a wave of…
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| Wojciech Górecki
On May 29, at a hospital in Moscow, the President of separatist Abkhazia Sergei Bagapsh died. His duties were assumed by Vice-President Alyksandr Ankvab, who should announce new elections during the next three months. It should be…
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| Marek Matusiak
The scale of the protests in Tbilisi is limited and their impetus is failing, which shows that they will probably come to an end soon. However, structural, social and political problems which could drive protests in the future remain…
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On 19 November in Lisbon at the NATO summit a meeting was held between US President Barack Obama and the Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, the first one since Obama took the office in January 2009. The long-awaited meeting and the US…
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On 3-4 November, Iran’s foreign minister Manushehr Mottaki visited Georgia,. The most important result of the visit was the signing of an agreement on visa-free travel, the opening of an Iranian consulate in Batumi, and an agreement on…