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1. Tabula: “ACCORDING TO IVANISHVILI, “GLOBAL WAR PARTY” WANTS TO RETURN AGENTS TO POWER”
   (Economic Press Monitor: July 17, 2024)

   “The desire of the global war party is clear”, says the honorary chairman of Georgian Dream, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili.

   “Since they became convinced that we will not get dragged into the war and will not sacrifice Georgia to share the fate of Ukraine, they are making a last attempt to return the agents to power”, Ivanishvili declared on July 16 at the ruling party’s election campaign starting event and opening of the new central office.

2. Netgazeti.Ge: “TODAY, PRESIDENT WILL APPEAL AGAINST THE RUSSIAN LAW IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT”
   (Economic Press Monitor: July 16, 2024)

   On July 15, Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili challenged the so-called “Russian law” (Georgia’s law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”) in the Constitutional Court.

   Similar constitutional lawsuit are going to file opposition MPs, who will hold consultations on this issue until end of the month.

3. Rezonansi: “WHO WANTS ELECTION OF ZURABISHVILI FOR A SECOND TERM AND WHETHER THIS ORDER COMES FROM THE WEST?”
   (Economic Press Monitor: June 27, 2024)

   After the Georgian President’s “Georgian Charter”, several opposition parties sign in Brussels the “Declaration of Unity”.

   The meeting of opposition parties was organized by MEPs of the European People’s Party.

4. Netgazeti.Ge: “PRESIDENT TAKES INITIATIVE OF THE REFERENDUM”
   (Economic Press Monitor: May 29, 2024)

   Now we must do everything to prepare for the parliamentary elections on October 26, declared Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili.

   This will be the day when we have to decide whether we prefer the European future or Russian slavery, the President said, addressing to citizens gathered in front of the Georgian Parliament on the rally against the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” (the so-called “Russian Law”) adopted by the Parliament.

5. Tabula: “WHAT IS WRITTEN IN THE GEORGIAN CHARTER – DOCUMENT”
   (Economic Press Monitor: May 27, 2024)

   On May 26 (Georgian Independence Day), Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili presented the Georgian Charter, within the framework of which she offered cooperation to opposition parties. She emphasized that this agreement does not envisage a common electoral list or any form of political union, Tabula reports.

6. Tabula: ““IMPROVEMENT IS IMPOSSIBLE” – GROUNDED REMARKS OF THE PRESIDENT ON RUSSIAN LAW ARE PUBLISHED”
   (Economic Press Monitor: May 21, 2024)

   It is impossible to improve the Law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, considers Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili. According to grounded remarks, sent by the President to Parliament, entire content of the Law is unconstitutional, and therefore non-Georgian, non-European and undemocratic.

7. GEORGIAN PREMIER: OPPONENTS AVOID DISCUSSIONS ON THE LAW “ON TRANSPARENCY OF FOREIGN INFLUENCE” AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE
   (Daily News: May 20, 2024)

   Opponents avoid discussions on the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” as much as possible, Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze declared at the government meeting today. Opponents in Parliament “did everything so that a healthy discussion would not happen”, he said.

8. Rezonansi: “WHAT WAY REMAINS TO “DREAM” AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S VETO – FOUR POSSIBLE SCENARIOS”
   (Economic Press Monitor: May 20, 2024)

   On May 18, Georgia’s President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, adopted by the Georgian Parliament in third (final) reading on May 14. The newspaper considers 4 possible scenarios.

9. Rezonansi: “THE DIE IS CAST – WHAT WILL HAPPEN AFTER ADOPTION OF THE TRANSPARENCY LAW”
   (Economic Press Monitor: May 15, 2024)

   After May 14, when Georgian Parliament adopted the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” in third (final) reading, the document will be submitted within 10 days to Georgian President. In her turn, the President will have 2 weeks to either sign the law or veto it.

10. Rezonansi: “APARTMENTS IN TBILISI ARE MOSTLY BOUGHT BY GEORGIANS LIVING IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES”
    (Economic Press Monitor: May 10, 2024)

    In the 1^st quarter, 9,506 apartments worth $717.4 million were sold in Tbilisi, Galt&Taggart said in the review. The value has increased by 2.5% year-on-year, while the number has decreased by more than 2%.

11. Netgazeti.Ge: “HEALTHCARE MINISTER HAS THREE NEW DEPUTIES”
    (Economic Press Monitor: April 23, 2024)

    Georgia’s Healthcare Minister Mikhail Sarjveladze has three new deputies.

    Irina Tsakadze and Giorgi Pataridze are Sarjveladze’s former employees from the time of his work in the Justice Ministry of Georgia.

12. Bankebi da Finansebi: “THE INSTITUTION OF BANKING OMBUDSMAN MAY BE ESTABLISHED IN GEORGIA”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 12, 2024)

    Citizens Ivane Khokhlov and Zurab Vanishvili submitted to Georgian Parliament a legislative offer, which envisages creation of a banking ombudsman in the country. The Fiscal Committee was assigned to consider the bill.

13. Tabula: “WITH THE PURPOSE OF ARREST AND EXTRADITION OF ADEISHVILI, THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE APPEALED TO GERMANY AND BELGIUM”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 12, 2024)

    Georgian Prosecutor’s Office for the purpose of arrest and extradition to Georgia of Zurab Adeishvili (former Justice Minister in the government of National Movement) appealed to the competent departments of Germany and Belgium.

    Video, published on the German Bundestag’s website on February 28, shows Adeishvili attending the meeting of the German side with the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andriy Kostin.

14. MIKHEIL SARJVELADZE TO HEAD GEORGIAN MINISTRY OF HEALTHCARE
    (Daily News: March 11, 2024)

    Mikheil Sarjveladze has been appointed as head of the Georgian Ministry for IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection.

    Sarjveladze, born in 1978, graduated from Law Department at Tbilisi State University.

15. LEVAN ZHORZHOLIANI APPOINTED AS HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT’S ADMINISTRATION, GIORGI KAJAIA – AS THE PRIME MINISTER’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN RELATIONS WITH RUSSIA
    (Daily News: March 11, 2024)

    Levan Zhorzholiani, chairman of the legal commission at Tbilisi Sakrebulo (city council), was appointed as head of the Georgian government’s administration; Giorgi Kaiya, head of Georgian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy – as Georgian Prime Minister’s Special Representative in Relations with Russia; while Nikoloz Tkemaladze to head the department for regional relations at the administration, the Georgian government declared.

    Zurab Abashidze, who served for more than 10 years as Georgian Premier’s special representative in relations with Russia, was appointed adviser to the Premier.

16. GEORGIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOYED BY ZURAB ADEISHVILI’S PRESENCE IN UKRAINIAN DELEGATION
    (Daily News: March 11, 2024)

    Against the background of Zurab Adeishvili’s presence within the Ukrainian delegation during its visit to the EU and Germany, “we would like to express deep regret and anxiety because of attitude of the Ukrainian government towards a friendly country – Georgia and the Georgian people”, the Georgian government said in a statement released today.

    Taking into account Ukraine’s involvement in the war and the fact that it defends itself against Russian military aggression, we have long refrained from expressing a position regarding attitude of the Ukrainian government, but after Adeishvili’s visit on the Ukrainian delegation to Brussels and Berlin, we are forced to express our position clearly, the Georgian government stated.

17. Rezonansi: “WITH WHO’S LOBBYING AND WHY SUPPLY OF CHEAP AND EFFECTIVE ONCOLOGICAL DRUGS TO GEORGIA WAS STOPPED?”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 11, 2024)

    In December 2023, drugs of the Georgian pharmaceutical company Willbe Pharma were sealed, following complaint of Georgian representation of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.

    Novartis, which partner in Georgia is pharmacies’ chain Aversi, itself supplies analogues of part of these drugs at a significantly higher price, the article notes.

18. Tabula: “AZARASHVILI: IN MY TWO-YEAR EFFORTS, THE RESULTS HAD 90%, AND PR ACTIVITIES – 10%”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 5, 2024)

    Zurab Azarashvili, recently resigned from the post of Georgia’s Minister of IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection, published a post on the social network, in which he summed up 2 years of activity in the minister’s office. A few hours later, the post disappeared, but then reappeared again, Tabula notes.

19. Rezonansi: “WHETHER MINISTERS’ “PROBATION PERIOD” IS OVER – ANALYSTS PREDICT PERSONNEL CHANGES IN THE GOVERNMENT”
    (Economic Press Monitor: March 4, 2024)

    In early February, after approval as the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze left composition of the government almost unchanged (only the Minister of Defense was replaced).

    Analysts said then that all this is temporary – the new Premier gave the ministers a certain “probation period”, the article says.

20. GEORGIA’S MINISTER OF HEALTHCARE RESIGNED
    (Daily News: March 1, 2024)

    Zurab Azarashvili has resigned from the post of Georgian Minister for IDPs from Occupied Territories, Labor, Healthcare and Social Protection. He occupied this office since the end of 2021.

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