Georgian Dream activists` rallies outside the N44 district commission in Ambrolauri last night - they were demanding nullification of results of seven polling stations asserting polls were rigged. The rallies were held almost at all district commissions in different regions, where the GD coalition...
According to the preliminary results of the vote count of the CEC, Coalition Georgian Dream - Bidzina Ivanishvili is winning the proportional system elections with 54,92 % of votes. The United National Movement - More Benefit to People, is on the second position with 40,35 % of votes. Other parties...
Israel extends its congratulations to the government and people of Georgia upon the free and democratic electoral process which took place recently and was lauded by OSCE observers. Israel wishes to commend President Mikheil Saaskashvili for his outstanding contribution to democracy in Georgia,...
Belgian train travel has ground to a halt since 10pm on Tuesday night due to a 24 hour strike by rail workers. The stoppage has come because of a fear that a government proposal to revamp and streamline the three companies who currently control the system would worsen their employment conditions. Philippe...
United National Movement accuses the activists and the leaders of the Georgian Dream Coalition of pressure on the members of precinct commissions in several regions of Georgia, where, as they say the UNM candidates are winning the parliamentary polls. Chiora Taktakishvili reported the details of the...
Kutaisi Appeals Court has reduced the administrative sentence to four activists of the Georgian Dream Coalition, who were arrested a few days ago. The activists were released from custody today. The court lifted the charges against the activists partly. The activists say they were arrested for their...
Leader of the Georgian Dream Coalition Bidzina Ivanishvili has denied the demand he made yesterday - Ivanishvili said Saakashvili should step down. `I have stated several times that we are prepared for constructive relation with the representatives of the current government, including president of...
Coalition Georgian Dream begins consultations about the formation of a new Cabinet. The closed consultations begin today - the leaders of the coalition will distribute 20 positions of ministers. One of the leaders of the coalition, Irakli Alasania says the decision about who will assume the offices...
Ed Miliband has delivered what has been described as "the best speech he has ever given" to the Labour Party's annual conference in the UK. And the leader of the country's main opposition has it all to play for. Research suggests just two out of ten people think Miliband would make...
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the Commission and Štefan Füle, Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, made the following statement: `The EU congratulates the Georgian Dream coalition...
The United States congratulates the people of Georgia for the successful completion of yesterday's parliamentary elections, and the achievement of another milestone in Georgia's democratic development - says the statement published on the website of the White House. `Georgian citizens have...
According to the preliminary results of the vote count of the CEC, Coalition Georgian Dream - Bidzina Ivanishvili is winning the proportional system elections with 55 % of votes. The United National Movement - More Benefit to People, is on the second position with 40,27 % of votes. Other parties have...
We support the assessment of the OSCE/ODIHR election observation mission, believing that this election genuinely reflects the will of the Georgian people. We note that the final tabulation and appeals are still ongoing and the way these are conducted will be reflected in the overall assessment of the...
On October 1, 2012, Georgians went to the polls to elect a new parliament in the country's most competitive and credible elections ever. With teams observing in all regions of the country, the International Republican Institute (IRI) is encouraged by what it saw on Election Day, the second step...
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) will hold a press conference at 6 p.m. today to release the findings of its international observation mission for the Georgian parliamentary elections. The press conference will be held in Ballroom Two at the Radisson Hotel in Tbilisi. Leaders of the mission...
