საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

The U.S.-Georgian relationship is based on our shared values and interests, which the current government has repeatedly rejected, -the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch (Republican Party) writes on his X page.

According to Lasha Bakradze, professor at Ilia State University, the ongoing protest proves that there is a segment of the population in Georgia that does not intend to surrender to dictatorship without resistance.

The “Georgian Dream” regime is turning Georgia into a Stalinist regime, – writes MEP Nathalie Loiseau on her X (formerly Twitter) account.

At its June 20 session, the Parliament’s Human Rights Committee will review a legislative package which, if enacted, will allow victims who have suffered property damage as a result of certain crimes to receive compensation through a simplified procedure.

Congressman Joe Wilson (Republican Party) wrote on his X page that Ivanishvili has corrupted the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau through his puppet, Razhden Kuprashvili, to carry out repressions against pro-American free Georgians, including Nino Evgenidze, Eka Gigauri, Mariam Kapanadze, Keti Khutsishvili, and Baia Pataraia, and is doing everything possible to ban America and ensure China's dominance in the country.

Georgian non-governmental organizations condemn the enforcement of Russian laws, according to a joint statement by these organizations.

In general, the OSCE/ODIHR observation mission is not provided for local elections – there is no such practice worldwide, – said the First Vice Speaker of Parliament, Gia Volski, during a conversation with journalists.

"I have been present during conversations with other high-ranking officials of ours when Hubert Knirsch spoke in an outright rude manner to those officials, telling them: 'You must do this now.'

The European Parliament demands the release of journalist Makzia Amaglobeili, — wrote MEP Rihards Kols on his X page.

"There is no global practice of inviting OSCE/ODIHR to observe local government elections, except in rare cases, as we had in 2021. There is no need for it today," said Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze to journalists, responding to a statement from the British Embassy in Georgia, which called on the authorities to invite an OSCE/ODIHR mission to observe the local government elections.­

"It is clear that there are people who stubbornly fight against Georgian statehood and the current government because they lost in the elections and couldn’t bring their agents to power," said Kakha Kaladze, Chairman of "Georgian Dream" and Mayor of Tbilisi, in response to the debates held in the European Parliament concerning Georgia.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution titled “Media Freedom in Georgia, in particular the case of Makzia Amaglobeili.” The resolution was supported by 324 MEPs, opposed by 25, and 87 abstained.

"There are laws in Georgia that regulate which types of information must remain confidential and inaccessible to others, including information about beneficiaries," – said Nona Kurdovanidze, Chairperson of the Georgian Young Lawyers’ Association (GYLA), in response to the fact that the Anti-Corruption Bureau has begun enforcing the so-called “FARA law.”

The British Embassy is not disclosing to the Georgian public who it was funding and with what amounts ahead of the 2024 elections, or who it is funding today — this was stated by the Speaker of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, in a post on social media.

"The EU remains ready to take measures to hold human rights violators in Georgia accountable," stated Ekaterina Zaharieva, EU Commissioner for Startups, Research, and Innovation, during her speech at the European Parliament, where the issue of "Media Freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaghlobeli" was discussed.

"Media freedom does not mean tolerating any form of excess, nor is it an alibi for foreign interference."