საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

Let me tell you that you and your friends have shown remarkable courage and determination in their peaceful efforts to defend democracy, the rule of law and the European future of your country, - David McAllister, Chair of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, told the leaders of Georgian civil society who attended the committee’s meeting today.

The functions of the Information Center on NATO and the European Union will be carried out by the European Integration Department of the Central Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, - reads a statement of the Director of the Information Center on NATO and the European Union, Tamara Tsuleiskiri, which was disseminated by the Information Center on NATO and the European Union.

According to NGOs and media organizations, the Georgian Dream party has implemented a policy of censorship of critical television stations and taken another step towards dictatorship.

In a new report, adopted today by 55 votes in favour, 14 against with 4 abstentions, Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs say the rigged October 2024 parliamentary elections in Georgia marked a clear turning point towards an authoritarian government in the EU candidate country. The above is stated in a press release issued by the committee.

We need to show more solidarity with Mzia Amaglobeli, - said MEP Rasa Juknevičienė at the press conference held in the European Parliament with representatives of Georgian civil society.

MEP Rasa Juknevičienė came to the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee session wearing a T-shirt with a photo of Batumelebi founder Mzia Amaglobeli and Amaglobeli’s phrase: “Fight before it’s too late.”

We have seen many resolutions of this type, these resolutions are worthless - we will get the Europe we aspire to, not the one we have today: based on lies, falsehood and slander, - the Secretary General of the Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, said while responding to the fact that the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee approved a report on Georgia.

The fact that an investor is ready to invest $6 billion in Georgia does not hinder, but rather greatly encourages and simplifies the entry of other Western investments into the country, - the Minister of Finance, Lasha Khutsishvili, said in connection with the investment of $6 billion from the United Arab Emirates in Georgia.

Sanctions are important against people who commit crimes. They are afraid of sanctions, their families are afraid, because many of them live in Europe. Without this, there will be no new elections. Sanctions are the most powerful tool to help people have a European future, - MEP Rasa Juknevičienė said at the press conference held in the European Parliament with representatives of Georgian civil society.

The Information Center on NATO and the European Union is being liquidated. As InterpressNews was told by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the center will merge with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as a result of the reorganization.

The draft report on Georgia is politically biased, said Hans Neuhoff, a member of the European Parliament representing the Europe of Sovereign Nations (ESN) group, at a meeting of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, where the committee members approved the draft report on Georgia.

It is regrettable that in its annual report, the European Parliament should assess Georgia as a candidate country not as progress, but as a huge decline from a democratic state, a leader of the European Partnership countries, to a brutal autocracy, - MEP Rasa juknevičienė stated at the meeting of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, at which the draft report on Georgia was adopted.

The regime does not want the truth to be broadcast - this is a battle between the people and the regime, and here Ivanishvili is failing! – said Giorgi Vashadze, the leader of Strategy Builder.

The European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has passed the draft report on Georgia with amendments. The document was supported by 55 MEPs, 14 voted against and 4 abstained.

There was pressure locally, I mean the political situation, and the re-imposition of sanctions could affect the economic situation, - said IMF Mission Chief Alejandro Hajdenberg.

The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, has nominated Giorgi Gabitashvili, who until now held the post of Prosecutor General, for the position of Auditor General.

Imposing censorship on the two remaining critical tv channels is another new step by the Ivanishvili regime “copycating” Russia and defering to the latter’s directives, - the 5th President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, writes on her X page.

A middle-aged man was found dead in his car near the village of Ajaristskali in Khelvachauri municipality.

Ivanishvili's goal and desire are to destroy and imprison all his opponents, to oppress the civil sector and the media... The Georgian state has moved into an unimaginable autocratic swamp, - Khatia Dekanoidze, one of the leaders of the Unity - National Movement, said before the start of the trial of Zurab Girchi Japaridze, who is accused of refusing to appear before the temporary investigative commission of the parliament.

It is deeply disappointing that, even after the numerous public requests from the Georgian authorities, including my recent letter to You, the EU Mission avoids to publicly distance itself from hatred and violence, from the groups funded from the EU, - reads a letter addressed to the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, by the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili.

U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued a statement following the Georgian Dream government’s plan to use the Georgian National Communications Commission to target TV Formula, TV Pirveli and TV Mtavari.