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According to MEP Rasa Juknevičienė, the situation in Georgia is getting worse. The MEP echoes the arrest of opposition politician Nika Melia.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs says that Nika Melia, the leader of the Coalition for Change, has been detained on administrative charges.

Republican Congressman Joe Wilson says that a total banning of opposition is underway in Georgia.

The Russian government is taking the persecution of political opponents to new levels. The regime is in such a panic that it is no longer formally waiting for the farce to be staged in the courtroom, - reads a statement released by Strong Georgia, which the Coalition posted on social networks.

According to the leader of the Coalition for Change, Nika Gvaramia, one of the party leaders, Nika Melia, was arrested near Lisi Lake, although, according to him, there was no ground for Melia's arrest.

I exclude that this case is related to any ongoing cases against Nika, because the court has not ordered any preventive measure, pre-trial detention, in any of them, - said Giorgi Kondakhashvili, the lawyer of one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, Nika Melia.

Nika Melia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, has allegedly been detained. The information was released by the Coalition's press service.

France, Poland and some other countries should show more hospitality, we don’t need to learn it from anyone, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told the media, responding to the statements released by the French Foreign Ministry and the Polish Embassy.

Bachiashvili is clearly busy advertising the State Security Service. I don't know why he is doing this, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said, responding to the statement made at the trial by Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund, who noted that "representatives of Georgia, on the instructions of Bidzina Ivanishvili, resorted to banditry and kidnapped me to Georgia."

Georgia’s ruling party abducted a political opponent in a foreign country, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, writes on her X page.

The French Foreign Ministry is warning its citizens that they may be denied entry to Georgia due to their participation in protests and social media activity.

A larger, reunified European Union will strengthen our voice in the world. This is a historic moment. And we must not let it pass us by. We must answer that call. For Ukraine. For the Western Balkans. For Moldova. Hopefully for Georgia, - the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said while receiving the Charlemagne International Prize in Aachen.

It is impossible for any citizen to board or depart from any international airport on any airline in an illegal manner, reads a statement by the Georgian Airways.

In particular, the airline is responding to the flight from Dubai, which carried Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund.

In addition, the company states that information about flights ordered by private individuals constitutes personal information, which is protected by law and the company does not have the right to release it.

"The Georgian Airways airline operates charter flights ordered by private individuals and other structures at least 3-4 times a week

Direct flights between Russia and Georgia may become more active, Grigory Karasin, the head of the Russian Federation Council's International Affairs Committee, said.

Representatives of Georgia, on the instructions of Bidzina Ivanishvili, resorted to banditry methods and kidnapped me to Georgia, - Giorgi Bachiashvili, the former head of the Co-Investment Fund, stated at the trial.

This guy, who was appointed as the so-called minister of internal affairs yesterday, could not go beyond the position of an ordinary investigator during the time of the National Movement, and now he has been promoted - this is the difference between that system during my time and the current regime, we promoted the best, - the third President of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, stated at the trial in the Court of Appeals.

How can you imagine offering a meeting under the circumstances when the previous administration unfairly imposed sanctions on Bidzina Ivanishvili?! Of course, this means a meeting under blackmail, - the Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, said in a conversation with journalists, thus responding to the statement of the US Embassy in Georgia and the response of the Honorary Chairman of the Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

We are a European nation, our history, our culture, our identity are all European, but the European bureaucracy must recognize our right to sovereignty and democracy, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

For years, Georgia has been fighting disinformation from foreign-funded NGOs and media outlets that do not serve progress but instead try to reshape our values, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

Our commitment to European integration is strong, but we will not compromise our dignity and sovereignty, double standards are unacceptable to us, and we will not exchange our identity for political favors, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

The spirit of Georgia has withstood many wars and centuries of occupation, and we have remained unbroken, we have remained Georgians, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference.

If this is a European value in their understanding, then they have been centuries behind Georgian values, - the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili, said when speaking about the joint statement of Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has called Kobakhidze “a Georgian hero and an international patriot who won the election.”