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Georgia’s Warning for Ukraine
Foreign Affairs
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July 11, 2025
After months of failed efforts by Washington to bring Russia to the negotiating table, planning for what comes after the war in Ukraine may seem counterintuitive. But eventually, the war will end, and when it does, the United States and its...
Georgia's Economy Minister meets with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev
Business Media Gerogia
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July 11, 2025
Georgian Minister of Economy Mariam Kvrivishvili held a meeting with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, as reported by Azerbaijani media. During the meeting, President Aliyev congratulated Mariam Kvrivishvili on her appointment as minister and...
Georgia reviews manufacturer duties on waste management
Georgia Online
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July 11, 2025
Georgia: The Committee of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Georgia within the framework of the working group working with the business sector, held a meeting with representatives of the manufacturers’ expanded obligations. The...
Minister Lipavský to Attend July Meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
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11.07.2025 / 14:22 Date: 15.07.2025 , Venue: Brussels Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský will attend the meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on Tuesday, July 15, 2025. Discussions will focus on Russian aggression against...
Georgian Police step up drug testing of activists, raising fears of wider political persecution
Open Caucasus Media
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July 11, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
GEORGIA’S PREMIER: SHAMEFUL RESOLUTION OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DISCREDITS EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN GEORGIA
Sarke
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Daily News: Politics July 10, 2025 The next resolution, adopted by the European Parliament, is “absolutely shameful”, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze declared to journalists today, noting that “the European bureaucracy should fully...
Georgia removes nearly 500,000 "inactive" voters from rolls
WJCL TV - Georgia
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July 10, 2025
IN CHATHAM COUNTY... ONLY POINT-2 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS HAVE TURNED OUT. NEARLY HALF A MILLION GEORGIA VOTERS - WHO HAVEN'T BEEN ACTIVE SINCE THE NOVEMBER 2022 ELECTION - ARE BEING PURGED FROM THE STATE'S VOTER ROLLS... THE SECRETARY OF...
Abkhazia bans property inheritance for Georgians who fought in the 1990s Georgian-Abkhaz war
JAMnews
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July 10, 2025
Ban on Georgians claiming property in Abkhazia Abkhazia has passed a law stating that Georgian citizens who participated in the Georgian-Abkhaz war of 1992-93, as well as their family members, are not allowed to inherit property in Abkhazia. It is...
Georgian Filmmaker Mariam Bitsadze Selected for Locarno Film Festival’s Film Foundry and BaseCamp with her Short Film Sous la table
Georgia Today
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July 10, 2025
Georgian director Mariam Bitsadze, currently studying in the joint Master’s program of ECAL (Lausanne) and HEAD (Geneva), has been selected for the Film Foundry section of the Locarno Film Festival with her short film Sous la table, a program...
Minister cautions that water demand represents ‘very large issue for data centres’
New Civil Engineer
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July 10, 2025
Demand for water is a “very large issue for data centres” according to a minister who was responding to concerns raised by a Bishop in the House of Lords. The Lord Bishop of Oxford requested a response from the Government about plans it might have...
Georgian Experimental Music Finds Sanctuary in Berlin: Inside TSA’s Audacious Sonic Manifesto of Resistance, Freedom, and Cultural Transmission
Georgia Today
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July 10, 2025
In a climate where sound is increasingly policed and art is made to answer to power, the decision to play music becomes an act of defiance. On August 7, 2025, the Georgian experimental platform TSA Music will launch a new series, TSA: in...
PM Zhelyazkov: Bulgarian Business Can Contribute Significantly to Ukraine's Post-war Recovery
Bulgarian News Agency
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"From the very beginning of the war, Bulgaria has strongly supported Ukraine, and we must extend this support in peacetime as well. Bulgarian business has significant potential to contribute to the country's post-war recovery," Prime Minister...
Georgian Foreign Ministry ‘fires entire Euro-Atlantic Integration Department’
Open Caucasus Media
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July 10, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
Georgian court sentences 19-year-old to 4.5 years in prison for ‘attacking a police officer’ during a protest
Open Caucasus Media
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July 10, 2025
Join the voices Aliyev wants to silence. For over eight years, OC Media has worked with fearless journalists from Azerbaijan — some of whom now face decades behind bars — to bring you the stories the regime is afraid will get out. Help us fuel...
Georgia sees first SM detention case as crackdown on government critics intensifies
Georgia Today
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July 10, 2025
On July 9, the Zugdidi District Court sentenced activist Rosto Zarandia to five days of administrative detention over a Facebook comment deemed insulting to a public servant. Judge Irakli Abshilava ruled that Zarandia’s post insulted Zugdidi City...
Georgian PM: EP resolution shameful, EU bureaucracy must be held accountable
Georgia Today
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July 10, 2025
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has issued a strong rebuke to the European Parliament following its adoption of a resolution critical of Georgia — the seventh such resolution, the Prime Minister said. Speaking at a press briefing,...
Georgia faces European Parliament's criticism over rule of law and Russian influence
Euronews
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The European Parliament approved this Wednesday one of the strongest-worded documents in the history of enlargement: the progress report on Georgia’s accession process. With 490 votes in favour and 147 against, EU lawmakers deplored "the...
Georgian Prosecutor’s office charges one with attempt to murder
Georgia Online
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July 10, 2025
Batumi, Georgia: The Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia indicted one person on the charge of attempted murder. The incident took place on July 6, 2025, Sunday, in Batumi. The Prosecution Service of Georgia posted the details of this heinous crime on...
Georgia, Uzbekistan deepen ties in education and youth programs
Georgia Online
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July 10, 2025
Georgia: The Minister of Education, Science and Youth of Georgia, Givi Mikanadze hosted Bakhtior Saidov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The meeting was held within the framework of the first official visit of the...
‘Protests took a lot from us, but gave just as much’: how Georgians’ lives were reshaped by resistance
JAMnews
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July 11, 2025
Monologues of Georgian protesters For over 220 days, dozens — and sometimes hundreds of thousands — have taken to Tbilisi’s main thoroughfare, Rustaveli Avenue, blocking it every evening. The protests have continued without pause since 28 November...