BANKEBI DA FINANSEBI: “GIA MORCHILADZE ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE PENSION AGENCY’S MANAGING BOARD”
March 27, 2025 - The newly appointed managing board of Georgian Pension Fund held the first meeting. At the meeting, Gia Morchiladze was elected the board chairman, while Theona Guntsadze was elected his deputy.
TABULA: “IVANISHVILI’S GOVERNMENT WILL ASSIST THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES WITH $10,000”
March 27, 2025 - Georgia will provide assistance to the least developed countries in the amount of $10,000. This is envisaged by order of Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze of March 21.
REZONANSI: “FINE OR ARREST – TSULUKIANI’S COMMISSION APPEALS TO THE PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE REGARDING “LELO” LEADERS”
March 26, 2025 - At the next meeting on March 25, the interim parliamentary commission for investigation of the period of the National Movement considered the case of Magnat (a network of gas stations) and heard the owner of the company, Jemal Leonidze.
According to media reports, during the National Movement in power, property was taken from Leonidze and he was arrested, while after came to power, the Georgian Dream released the businessman from prison with the status of a political prisoner.
REZONANSI: “WHERE IS THE GRANT? – AFTER MOLDOVA RECEIVED 1.9B EUR, “THE DREAM” RECALLED OLD MESS AROUND THE CANDIDATE STATUS”
March 26, 2025 - On March 11, the European Parliament approved a plan of assistance to Moldova, totaling to 1.9 billion EUR, including grant of 520 million EUR and low-interest loan of 1.5 billion EUR.
In turn, the mayor of Tbilisi and the secretary general of the Georgian Dream Kakha Kaladze started talks about the “promised grants” that Georgia was supposed to get after receiving the status of EU membership candidate.
NETGAZETI.GE: “KAVELASHVILI REVOKED ZURABISHVILI’S CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT ABOUT RUSSIAN LAW”
March 26, 2025 - Mikhail Kavelashvili, president of Georgian Dream, revoked the complaint filed with the Constitutional Court by the fifth President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili, reports Netgazeti.Ge.
Zurabishvili demanded abolition of the so-called “Russian Law” (law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”).
NETGAZETI.GE: “GERMANY IMPOSED SANCTIONS AGAINST GEORGIAN OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR CRACKDOWN”
March 25, 2025 - On March 24, German Foreign Ministry reported about sanctions imposed on Georgian officials responsible for crackdown against protest rallies.
“For nearly 3 months, the people of Georgia have been protesting in favor of a future in the EU & against the course of the Georgia’s leadership”, the Ministry said in a statement, noting that “They continue to face intimidation, arrests & violence”.
TABULA: “EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WE ALLOCATED ADDITIONAL 15M FOR CIVIL SOCIETY OF GEORGIA”
March 24, 2025 - In addition to existing assistance, we allocated an additional 15 million EUR for Georgian civil society, declared Anitta Hipper, lead European spokeswoman for Foreign Affairs and Security.
At that, Hipper stressed that the European Commission has no plans to restore in 2025 assistance to the Georgian Dream government, frozen in 2024.
NETGAZETI.GE: “PERSECUTION OF COLLEAGUES, UNPRECEDENTED PRESSURE ON MEDIA FREEDOM – MEDIA COALITION ON “PUBLIC BROADCASTER” BOARD MEETING”
March 24, 2025 - On March 21, members of the board of trustees of Georgian Public Broadcaster discussed critical statements by some of the channel’s journalists and demanded that the prosecutor’s office launched investigation into cases of these journalists.
“This is an unprecedented pressure on media freedom and a direct threat” to critical journalists from colleagues loyal to the Georgian Dream, declares Coalition for Media Advocacy.
TABULA: “KALADZE ABOUT RUSTAVELI: WE HAVE TO POSTPONE WORKS TO NEXT YEAR”
March 25, 2025 - We assumed that the rehabilitation of Rustaveli Avenue would take 3 months, and planned to start works at the end of May, said Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze.
“However, at this stage, we have to postpone works to next year, as it takes more time to bring communications in order”, Kaladze declared on the air of Rustavi-2 TV company.
REZONANSI: “IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET THEY ARE TRYING TO ARTIFICIALLY KEEP HIGH PRICES”
March 25, 2025 - Political tension of recent months has affected to a certain extent the real estate market of Georgia, the newspaper says. Sales have decreased significantly, though in terms of prices, situation has not changed yet, the article indicates.
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