საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

Today is a shameful day, a shameful day for Georgia, - the fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, said after the end of the trial of 21-year-old Mate Devidze, accused of attacking a police officer.

Recently, there was a commotion in the courtyard of the city court, where one of the leaders of Lelo - Strong Georgia, Tazo Datunashvili, was allegedly arrested.

After the announcement of Mate Devidze's verdict, there was a commotion in the lobby of the Tbilisi City Court.

The court found Mate Davidze, 21, guilty of assaulting a police officer.

The 21-year-old boy, the “seeker of light,” turned out to be stronger than the glass-eyed prosecutor, judge, and those police officers who “were hurt”, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote on social media regarding the trial of Mate Devidze, which she herself attended.

According to journalist Nanuka Zhorzholiani, during today's court hearing, it was revealed that Mamuka Mdinaradze, and not Georgian Dream MPs Tea Tsulukiani or Mariam Lashkhi, sued her for her Facebook status.

There is commotion in the lobby of the Tbilisi City Court. Clashes have occurred between the security officers and citizens.

The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, says that Ministry of Internal Affairs has fined her 5,000 GEL for blocking the road.

Why should there be salaries in the party, is it something new and we don't know about it? - I have been the General Secretary since 2012 and have not received a single tetri of salary from the party, - the General Secretary of the Georgian Dream, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze, said whe7.n answering the question why Irakli Gharibashvili does not have the salary for his position as the Chairman of the Georgian Dream specified in the declaration.

The issue [of suspending visa-free travel for Georgia] does not have many supporters in Brussels, but work is still ongoing to use this issue against the interests of the Georgian people, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said in a conversation with journalists, responding to the statement of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk regarding the suspension of visa-free travel with Georgia.

Georgian Dream has once again introduced amendments to the Law on Grants and adopted the relevant draft law at today's plenary session of the Parliament in the third reading.

The thinking of these people is distorted - these are emotionally damaged people who are being used from the outside to sow hatred in Georgia, - the Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, told journalists, answering a question about the summoning of journalists, politicians and civil activists to court for posts written on social networks about representatives of the Georgian Dream.

The trials of politician Eleni Khoshtaria and activist Ana Subeliani, who are charged with insulting a Georgian state and political official under administrative code, have been postponed.

Expression of opinion, including for the purpose of achieving political goals, cannot be aimed at harming or degrading a specific person - this is the standard as interpreted by the Strasbourg Court in Article 10 of the Convention and a number of decisions have been made on this issue, - Public Defender Levan Ioseliani states.

I think the British Embassy exposed itself as the one financing extremism, hatred and propaganda in Georgia, - the Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, told journalists.

The enlargement process with regard to Georgia is at a standstill, which is regrettable and I fear that this historic opportunity for Georgia may be lost, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczynski, told journalists in Tbilisi.

Hate and contempt campaigns are being conducted in Georgia with external funding, including from European ambassadors, and we see inciting steps - we will oppose these processes with all legal methods, we will not allow anyone to successfully plan and implement such campaigns, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

This is blackmail! - In general, blackmail will remain blackmail, however, these threats are very regrettable and sad, - this is how Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze responded to a journalist's question regarding the statement of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, in which he spoke about suspending visa-free travel with Georgia.

Discussions are underway among member states about what can be done, and one of the ideas is to suspend the visa-free regime, EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski told reporters.

We sincerely hope that one day Georgia will become a member of the European Union, - EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pawel Herczyński , told journalists, when answering a question about the ongoing conference organized by the UG Security, Policy and Nationalism Research Center - “Is Europe…? Long live the new Europe!”.

According to the Young Lawyers Association, prosecution of citizens, activists, journalists and politicians for their opinions expressed on social media constitutes an unjustified restriction on freedom of expression and creates a chilling effect.

As they got involved in Georgian politics, they should give us an answer - why did the British ambassador interfere in the elections. This is the accusation that I am making against him, - the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, stated.