საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

The ruling Georgian Dream party fears a free press like a vampire fears the light, because they know they can only survive in the shadows, MEP Tobias Cremer (Germany) said during a debate in the European Parliament on the case of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti.

Former Shida Kartli Governor Giorgi Khojevanishvili states that he had no information about the operational-tactical decisions of law enforcement agencies in the Chorchana case, as this was not within his competence.

Mzia Amaglobeli and her friends deserve help, serious sanctions are needed against the regime - let's not ask them to return to the EU path, they will not return, this regime has the genes of the Kremlin, - MEP Rasa Juknevičienė stated in a speech in the European Parliament, where they are discussing the issue – “Media Freedom in Georgia, particularly the case of Mzia Amaglobeli".

The group that is with Salome Zurabishvili is preparing to disrupt the local elections, - said the Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili.

Today I saw in the British Embassy's statement that they do not agree with the idea that they are funding propaganda and extremism, their behavior is already similar to the behavior of a child who hides a stolen item in his hand and when asked what he has in his hand, he says, "nothing", - said the Speaker of Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, responding to the statement of the British Embassy.

According to the head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Razhden Kuprashvili, representatives of some organizations are deliberately spreading false information, as if the Bureau is requesting personal and professional information of citizens without a court decision.

In the European Parliament, MEPs held a performance in support of those detained during protests in Georgia, as well as politicians who have been arrested.

The Chairman of the Government of Adjara, Sulkhan Tamazashvili, states that his partners have been temporarily misled regarding his sanctioning. As he noted in a conversation with journalists, the sanctioning is not a problem for him.

The Batumi City Court has found Mzia Amaglobeli, the founder of Batumelebi and Netgazeti, an administrative violator and imposed a fine of 1,000 GEL.

The fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, is in London. She has announced the above on social media.

Ivanishvili’s regime launched a full-scale legal assault on Georgia’s civil society, - Lithuanian MEP Rasa Juknevičienė said in response to information spread by Georgian NGOs that the Anti-Corruption Bureau is requesting the transfer of personal information of citizens under their protection without legal grounds.

Today, the Georgian Dream is in the minority throughout Georgia. According to the latest data, they will not even collect 25% in the capital of Georgia. That is why we believe that the chance of liberating Tbilisi in the local elections is very high, - one of the leaders of Lelo - Strong Georgia Salome Samadashvili stated on Palitrannews TV.

The opposition is absolutely disorganized - on the one hand, they don’t want to lose the 2-3 mandates they could get in the municipal councils, and on the other hand, they see that they are absolutely doomed to defeat, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

We emphasize that we are not going to live according to Russian laws in Georgia. Ivanishvili’s goal is for us all according to live by Russian laws. This will not happen! - Eka Gigauri, Executive Director of Transparency International Georgia, stated at the joint briefing with representatives of the non-governmental sector.

What happened in Chorchana was a mini-model of what happened in 2008, when the Saakashvili regime started the war - Giorgi Gakharia did not inform anyone at all, and this raises doubts, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

We believe that burdening the OSCE/ODIHR with our local elections would be unnecessary, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists, responding to the British Embassy’s statement calling on the government to invite an OSCE/ODIHR mission to observe local elections.

Tea Tsulukiani pretends to be a lawyer, but behaves illegitimately, illegally, - the leader of Strategy Builder, Giorgi Vashadze, stated at today's hearing.

Who asks the British Embassy what will happen in political processes, elections, and where to send the draft law and where not - these were the functions of the Second Secretary of the Central Committee and the Tsar's deputy, who was sitting in Georgia during the Russian Empire, and now the embassies here have taken on these functions, - Guram Macharashvili, a member of the People's Power Party, said while assessing the statement of the British Embassy in Georgia.

On June 17, the Ivanishvili-Kuprashvili Bureau began enforcing anti-constitutional Russian laws through the Murusidze court, - representatives of non-governmental organizations said at the briefing held at the Civil Society Foundation office.

Our strength lies in the fact that we have never cut off ties with the population of Tbilisi – the Mayor of Tbilisi, Kakha Kaladze, said during the presentation of the projects implemented by the City Hall in the direction of urban and transport policy since 2017.

The British Embassy in Georgia encourages the Georgian Government to extend an invitation to ODIHR/OSCE to observe October’s municipal elections and take forward all recommendations in ODIHR’s final report on the 2024 parliamentary election, - reads a statement issued by the British Embassy.

Georgia faces a triple crisis: Democracy is weakening; Sovereignty is slipping into Russia’s hands; Geopolitically, we’re drifting from Europe toward Russia and China — and no one seems able to stop it, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote on her X page after her speech in the French Senate.

With the strategic partnership of Studio Liberty, Tbilisi Gastro Week - the first gastronomic festival in Georgia - has officially launched.