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Georgia tensions between the state and the Church

… 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 … that the position of the Apostolic Armenian Church in Georgia will be strengthened. The majority of Armenians …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia The presidential election was peaceful and democratic

… The presidential election was held in Georgia on 27 October. It was won by the candidate of the Georgian Dream (GD) coalition, Giorgi Margvelashvili. … capitalise on part of the disillusioned electorate of Georgian Dream in the future. The manner in which the …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Is conservative-nationalist sentiment growing

… southern village inhabited by both Orthodox and Muslim Georgians (the latter resettled from the neighbouring … between Muslim communities and the leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church (GOC), Patriarch Ilia II. … from 2002). These are mainly ethnic Azeris, as well as Georgians professing Islam, who mainly live in Adjara.   …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Rosneft to invest in Georgia

… shares in the terminal for petroleum products in the Georgian port of Poti (capacity c. 1.9 million tonnes … as well as a network of 140 Gulf service stations in Georgia, among other items. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed. The Georgian government, including the economy and energy …
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Having your cake and eating it Georgia the war in Ukraine and integration with the West

… Georgia’s reaction to the war in Ukraine can be called … the anti-Russian sanctions. Indeed, according to Kyiv, Georgia has been violating them and allowing Russia to … although so far there is no hard evidence of this. Georgia’s stance of ‘benevolent neutrality’ towards the …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

The political crisis in Georgia which way next

… On 4 November, the Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili sacked the defence minister … party, the Free Democrats (FD), have left the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) coalition. The sequence of events … colleagues, calling the arrests political and a blow to Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic ambitions, and – after his …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia The war of 2008 is the subject of a political struggle

… On 10 April, Georgia’s Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili signalled … an investigation into the outbreak of the war between Georgia and Russia in 2008; the Georgian government of the time’s responsibility; and …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia sentence passed on the former prime minister

… On 17 February the municipal court in Kutaisi sentenced Georgia's former prime minister Ivane “Vano” … second most important politician of the ruling bloc in Georgia after President Mikheil Saakashvili. Between … election of October 2012 and the victory of the Georgian Dream coalition of billionaire Bidzina …
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Georgia Ivanishvili has announced that he is leaving

… On 2 September Georgia's Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili confirmed … and resources into “establishing civil society in Georgia”. He also announced that he will still feel … commissioned by the NDI) and the richest person in Georgia. His announced withdrawal from politics has …
Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski

Georgia President Margvelashvili is accumulating political capital

… On 29 April the Georgian sports minister Levan Kipiani handed in his … replaced since its establishment in October 2012, the Georgian constitution requires a motion of confidence in … Irakli Garibashvili announced the composition of a new Georgian Dream government (besides the sports minister, …