The FINANCIAL — Protected areas (PAs) exit in Georgia for over a century, and the first one to receive the PA status was the Lagodekhi Nature Reserve. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) data of 2019, Georgia has
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The FINANCIAL — The Minister of Internal Affairs, Vakhtang Gomelauri, held a farewell meeting with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Georgia, Tadaharu Uehara, who completed his mission to Georgia. Vakhtang Gomelauri expressed the gratitude to the Ambassador for his
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The FINANCIAL — From Today, wearing face masks will become mandatory outdoors as well; restaurants throughout Georgia will be open until 22:00; the education process in the schools of Tbilisi, Kutaisi, Rustavi, Telavi, Zugdidi, Zestaponi, Gori, Poti, Marneuli, and Gardabani will continue
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The FINANCIAL — Fundamental freedoms respected in competitive Georgian elections, but allegations of pressure and blurring of line between party and state reduced confidence, international observers say. Georgia’s parliamentary elections were competitive and, overall, fundamental freedoms were respected. Nevertheless, pervasive allegations of
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Civil.ge — After two-day consultations, all 8 opposition parties that passed the 1% threshold in the October 31 parliamentary elections have made up their minds to boycott the next parliament. European Georgia, scoring 3,78% in the elections, was the first to announce
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The FINANCIAL — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland “appreciates the efforts of the Georgia’s authorities to organise the parliamentary elections on October 31st in a swift and efficient manner, based on a revised electoral system.” According to the ministry’s statement,
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The FINANCIAL — The U.S. Embassy welcomes the high voter turnout during parliamentary elections and applauds the people of Georgia for their dedication to democracy even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Thousands of responsible election workers and professional observation groups around the country
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The FINANCIAL — Georgia held the first round of its 2020 Parliamentary elections on 31 October, under a revised electoral system and with high voter turnout, despite the challenging context of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the joint statement of preliminary findings
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The FINANCIAL — 95% of precinct summary protocols of parliamentary elections of Georgia is available for any interested person at the Central Election Commission (CEC) special webpage. In total, of 3 847 electoral precincts, results of 3626 precincts are counted. Ana Mikeladze,
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The FINANCIAL — The Central Election Commission (CEC) approved special lists of voters in isolation. 10 845 voters placed in medical institutions and isolation (quarantine, self-isolation) will cast their votes by mobile ballot box in the 31 October elections. According to a
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