Georgia withdrew its delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Jan. 29 after the Assembly passed a resolution calling for Tbilisi to hold new parliamentary elections.
Maria Mezentseva, head of Ukraine's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and a member of parliament from the ruling Servant of the People party, believes that within less than three months,
Georgia’s top judge urged state lawmakers Tuesday to end all remaining partisan elections for state judges in an effort to curb the politicization of the courts.
Georgia’s October parliamentary elections and the post-election events have been one of the central topics of discussion on the opening day of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday, January 27. Some of the MPs called for new elections.
“I don’t think anyone would make a decision that favors GD,” Zurab Girchi Japaridze of the Coalition for Change told us. He said that except for radical left and right groups, there is a consensus that PACE should react to the events in Georgia.
Bolts: After losing his reelection bid last summer, Georgia State Court Judge Stephen Yekel turned to a loophole in state law that could have erased the result and blocked the winner from taking office.
Protesters went to anti-government rallies in major cities of Georgia demanding new elections and the release of those detained at demonstrations. This is reported by TASS.
The Republican elected official sat for the interview with 11Alive's The Georgia Vote just days before a new presidential administration is set to take office.
Georgia's election crisis highlights Western concerns about the country's increasing alignment with Russia and growing alienation from
A New York Times analysis shows new maps stifled partisan competition for seats in the House of Representatives and state legislatures.
Givi Mikanadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s Committee on Education, Science and Youth Affairs, on Wednesday said a draft document developed by the Monitoring Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe reflected “lies” regarding the 2024 parliamentary elections and subsequent developments in the country.
Thea Tsulukiani, head of the Georgian parliamentary delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), has told European Pravda that Georgia is "withdrawing from PACE" in response to the assembly's decision to impose sanctions on Georgian MPs.