Oct 27, 2024 · With over 99.97% of precincts counted, official results published by the Central Election Commission show the ruling Georgian Dream party winning parliamentary elections with 53.92% of the vote, while the combined share of four opposition coalitions that passed the election threshold totals 37.78%. The October 26 vote followed months of Georgian Dream’s anti-democratic and anti-Western drift ...

Oct 27, 2024 · ცენტრალური საარჩევნო კომისიის (ცესკო) მონაცემებით, 26 ...

Oct 26, 2024 · Three exit polls released after polls closed across Georgia at 8 p.m. show conflicting results from the October 26 parliamentary elections, with two polls commissioned by opposition-leaning TV stations giving the opposition the lead, while data from pro-government Imedi TV poll projects Georgian Dream as a winner.

Dispatch – January 27: Ship of Theseus. The Ship of Theseus is an ancient philosophical paradox that grapples with the concept of identity. Rooted in the tale of the Greek mythological king Theseus, whose ship docked in Athens was gradually rebuilt and repaired over time, it left ancient philosophers pondering whether it remained the same ship after all its parts had been replaced.

Nov 28, 2024 · Mass protest linked to the Georgian Dream announcement on November 28 to abort the accession negotiations with the EU “until 2028” was met with brutal police repression. Since then, Georgians have been resisting across the country.What started as a protest against the alteration of Georgia’s foreign policy continues as a widespread civic effort to return the country to the path of ...

Oct 25, 2024 · Key Facts. Main Contenders. Georgians will elect a 150-member legislature in their first fully proportional elections, without runoffs. Only parties that receive 5% of the vote will enter parliament. 18 political parties/coalitions have registered to compete in the elections.

Dec 31, 2024 · The Foreign Ministry of Germany announced on December 31 that Germany has issued entry bans for nine people “primarily responsible for the violence against protesters and opposition members in Georgia.” The Ministry said that “the right to protest peacefully is one of the universal human ...

Dec 9, 2024 · Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili is in Paris, France, for the opening of the restored Notre Dame cathedral, an event attended by many world leaders, including the President-elect Donald Trump.On December 7 President Zurabishvili met with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy. She also released information about meetings with the President of France Emmanuel Macron, US President ...

Oct 27, 2024 · According to the Central Election Commission (CEC), 2,060,412 voters had cast their ballots in the parliamentary elections by 8pm on 26 October, representing 58.94% of the total electorate. Below is an interactive map showing the results of the hotly contested vote. The map also shows the aggregate result for the polling stations abroad.

On December 27, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, under the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions – E.O. 14024. “The U.S. is sanctioning Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, the founder and honorary chairman of …