Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by Civil Georgia
On February 5, six independent labor unions announced a joint decision to initiate seven collective labor disputes against the government, aiming to reinstate the dismissed employees. This marks the first time collective action is used against the state and may pave the way for a legally (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
A three-hour general strike in Georgia demanding new and fair parliamentary elections has seen thousands of employees walk out of their jobs, with businesses temporarily shutting down.
The strike was held to varying degrees in towns and cities throughout Georgia from 15:00–18:00 on Wednesday. (…)
, by BUDRAITSKIS Ilya, ERADZE Ia , NAKHUTSRISHVILI Luka, REKHVIASHVILI Lela, SMITH Ashley
Tempest’s Ashley Smith and Posle Media’s Ilya Budraitskis interview Georgian activists and scholars Ia Eradze, Luka Nakhutsrishvili and Lela Rekhviashvili about the roots of the uprising, its trajectory, and Georgia’s place in global capitalism and the imperialist order.
The country of (…)
, by LAKOMÁ Aneta
The ongoing mass protests in Georgia against the government’s EU integration reversal have exposed deep-rooted issues in the country’s democratic framework. As hundreds of thousands take to the streets, Aneta Lakomá explores the complex dynamics between protesters, opposition forces, and the (…)
, by CSUPORT Virág Emma , MIHÁLY Robo, VASIĽ Michal
The victory of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the October 26, 2024 elections is described by activists, the pro-Western opposition and President Salome Zourabichvili as manipulated by interference from Moscow. Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced two days later that EU accession talks (…)
, by May Student Movement
During Ivanishvili’s rule, particularly during mass rallies involving thousands, especially after the issue of European integration was repeatedly put on the agenda, protests were characterized by a division among participants. This division is so stark that class enemies often stand side by (…)
, by AROSHVILI Alexandra , SABUROVA Daria, SHENGELIA Mariam
In April-May 2024, tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets to protest against the new “Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence,” which was finally passed by the parliament on May 28th, overturning the presidential veto. This law requires NGOs that receive more than 20% of their (…)
, by AROSHVILI Alexandra , ERADZE Ia , ERISTAVI Konstantine, NAKHUTSRISHVILI Luka, REKHVIASHVILI Lela
We co-wrote this article at the beginning of May. On May 28, the Georgian parliament overrode the presidential veto and finally adopted the Law Against Foreign Influence. Although written at an earlier stage of the protests, everything that happened since then has largely confirmed the (…)
, by KINCHA, Shota
Georgia’s ruling party has announced sweeping amendments to the constitution that would outlaw what it terms queer ‘propaganda’, including banning public demonstrations or publications that it deemed to ‘popularise same-sex family or intimate relations’. The proposed changes would also ban (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
Georgia has come a long way since the 1990s, a decade marred by civil war, political instability, and a faltering economy. But there’s one area where the country has, quite literally, remained stuck in that distant past: its minimum wage.
Georgia’s private sector minimum wage was last updated (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
The leaders of a new opposition bloc in Abkhazia have called on opponents of the transfer of the Pitsunda dacha to Russia to unite and fight to ‘preserve Abkhazia’s sovereignty’.
The new opposition platform was announced on 8 January by a group of opposition activists, public figures, and (…)
, by KUCERA Joshua
After the invasion of Ukraine, thousands of Russians fled to Tbilisi. But the graffiti that has sprung up across the city suggests not everyone is pleased to see them
Dima Belysh stood in the empty park amphitheatre in his orange hoodie and dirty white sneakers. It was November in Tbilisi, (…)
, by CHETERIAN Vicken
This internal polarisation of Georgia is so tense that it is on the top of the “12 priorities” that the EU wants to see change before it can address Georgia’s accession candidature.
Political in-fighting risks costing Georgia its European dream. The Russian invasion of Ukraine put has shifted (…)
, by Open Caucasus Media
The Patriarchate of the Georgian Orthodox Church has called for the country to adopt a law prohibiting queer ‘propaganda’.
In a statement on Saturday, the Church noted that ‘today it may be particularly timely to call on the public to discuss the regulation of the [queer ‘propaganda’] problem (…)
, by JAPARIDZE Sopiko
In an effort to regulate foreign influence in Georgia, the Georgian parliament, People’s Power, as it is called, introduced two bills in late February, “On the registration of foreign agents” and “On the transparency of foreign influence.” People’s Power broke away from the ruling party, (…)
, by ROCHOWANSKI Almut
Pushback against ‘foreign agent’ laws in Georgia should not stop us from asking whether countries have a right to limit foreign influence
The spectre of “foreign agent” laws resurfaced in Georgia a few weeks ago.
Georgia, which has long allied with the West against Russia, seemed set on (…)
, by JAPARIDZE Sopiko, NATSVLISHVILI Beka
In this report you periodize neoliberal reforms in healthcare into four eras – toying with neoliberalism, militant neoliberalism, soft neoliberalism, and neoliberalism without conviction (current). While the introduction of neoliberal reforms via Shock Therapy, and therefore ‘toying with (…)
, by MYERS Eleanor
Borjomi is one of the country’s few international brands. Now Western sanctions have left it in crisis
The road to the Borjomi factory cuts through a gorge covered with trees.
Outside the factory, in the hot sun, sits Giorgi*. “Please excuse our office”, he jokes, gesturing toward the (…)
, by JAPARIDZE Sopiko
Although Georgia differs significantly from Ukraine in size and population, we have much in common. In particular, we are united by the past, as well as the common, albeit different in scale, the experience of invasion by the Russian Federation, respectively — war, destruction, displacement of (…)
, by Agenda.ge
About 400 employees of IDS Borjomi, one of the largest mineral water producers in Georgia, went on strike earlier today demanding reinstatement of 50 coworkers dismissed following the company’s announcement of a “temporary suspension” of production in late April.
A “full-scale, permanent” (…)
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