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Paata Turava: TU Munich no longer engaged at Kutaisi International University
According to Paata Turava, the Acting Vice Rector of Kutaisi State University, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is no longer part of Bidzina Ivanishvili's flagship project. Ivanishvili had committed to spend up to $1 billion on the start-up university, located in its own leafy campus just outside Georgia's second largest city. Paata Turava on the official KIU website. Turava has made these remarks to several friends and colleagues around Tbilisi State University, whe


Systemic Blindness Among Lawyers
In a country where the law is visibly bent and “legality” is all too often used as the opposite of justice, society’s attention naturally turns to those who are supposed to be responsible for protection: lawyers and jurists. By the very nature of the profession, a lawyer is not merely a service provider, but an institutional counterweight to state power—a mechanism that shields civil rights from abuse and makes it possible for “law” to be more than just paper. That is precise


The latest chronicle of constitutional violations
The mechanism of party banning On October 16, 2025, the Georgian Dream parliament, completely controlled by a single party, passed a package of laws in an expedited procedure. This package bans political parties and indefinitely revokes the political rights of individuals associated with them. The speed of its passage, the formulaic nature of the deliberations, and the obvious lack of substantive depth raise serious constitutional questions. The adopted amendments fundamental


Nika Melia and the spiritual distress call to Judge Shvangiradze
A courtroom in Tbilisi, May 30 – and a scene perhaps only familiar from political street theater: Nika Melia , prominent opposition...
Nina Tifliska
May 31, 2025


Another DAAD scandal in Georgia? At least new questions, including for the University of Regensburg
Unfortunately, you have to put the pieces of the puzzle together, and only then do you realize what scandals are currently unfolding at...
Goga Machavariani
May 30, 2025


FARA, mandatory registration and the return of the informer
On May 31st a new era begins in Georgia – and it is not a European The Georgian Transparency Law—or rather, the so-called "FARA Law"—goes...
Nina Tifliska
May 29, 2025


Celebration or resistance: What May 26 looked like in Georgia
Every year on May 26, Georgia celebrates its Independence Day—the day in 1918 when the Declaration of Independence was adopted and the...
Goga Machavariani
May 27, 2025


Pre-trial detention for Japaridze: When political resistance is declared a crime
Judiciary in Georgia: independent as a jackhammer on party orders On May 22, 2025, the Tbilisi City Court remanded Zurab Japaridze,...
Nina Tifliska
May 22, 2025


Pre-trial detention instead of a committee of inquiry?
Georgia has a long and painful history of political polarization. But what is currently unfolding in parliament under the direction of...
Nina Tifliska
May 21, 2025


Papuashvili calls Ambassador Fischer a “director of political intimidation”
In a country where courts are increasingly becoming platforms for political power, the biggest scandal no longer seems to be the lack of...
Redaktion| Tiflis24
May 20, 2025


Anyone Still Voting Has Already Lost
An Op-Ed on the Political Farce of Georgia’s 2025 Local Elections It’s election year in Georgia. The regime is ready. The opposition is...
T. Kartliani
May 20, 2025


The German ambassador, a cappuccino – and Georgia’s shadow state
When Georgia's pro-government media talk about "information," one can expect a spectacle that ranges from provincial theater to a...
Nina Tifliska
May 20, 2025


Uniformed Arbitrariness: When the State Becomes the Aggressor
When a country has more young people in prison than corrupt officials, when police cars turn into mobile torture chambers, and when a...
T. Kartliani
May 16, 2025


Shalva Papuashvili Compares German Support in Georgia to “Reichsbürger” – Lasha Bakradze Responds Firmly
That the Georgian government and its representatives sometimes surprise with bizarre comparisons is nothing new. But now Parliament...
Goga Machavariani
May 14, 2025


Partner or Spectator? Georgia’s Democracy Thanks America – and Waits for Germany
On May 11, a remarkable march took place in Tbilisi. No angry crowds, no protest banners, no calls for justice. Instead: a silent,...
T. Kartliani
May 14, 2025


When the UK Government Considers Sanctions Against Georgian Dream – But British Lawyers Cozy Up to Human Rights Abusers
There are moments when you wonder if international politics has turned into an absurd theatre—or if this is all just bitter reality....
Goga Machavariani
May 9, 2025


Tbilisi State University: Between Lecture Halls and Surveillance State – Welcome to 1984
It sounds like a bad joke—but sadly, it’s not. Tbilisi State University (TSU) seems to have transformed into an outpost of Georgia’s...
Goga Machavariani
May 8, 2025


A Look at the “Corruption Map”: Transparency International Exposes Georgia’s Corrupt Elite – And the State? Silent.
Once again, Transparency International Georgia has done what the country’s law enforcement authorities seem consistently unwilling to do:...
Goga Machavariani
May 8, 2025


“Georgian Dream” as an AfD Fan Club? An Embarrassing Endorsement of Germany’s Far-Right Party
There are moments when you truly wonder whether irony is still alive in Tbilisi—or whether it has long since overdosed on propaganda. The...
Goga Machavariani
May 8, 2025


Who’s Really Fighting for Democracy in Georgia? What Germany Needs to Know Now
The current coalition agreement of the new black-red German government under Friedrich Merz is clear: Germany commits itself to...
T. Kartliani
May 8, 2025


Levan Mikaberidze Joins Georgia’s High Council of Justice: A Masterclass in Judicial “Transparency”
Sometimes the Georgian judiciary delivers better political satire than any late-night comedy show. At the latest Judges’ Conference,...
T. Kartliani
May 4, 2025


Secret Judges’ Conference — and Outside, the Mothers Shout “Slaves”
Sometimes, the Georgian judiciary provides more material for political satire than any cabaret stage could ever hope to. At the 34th...
Redaktion| Tiflis24
May 4, 2025


EU Condemns Launch of Scheduled Flights Between Moscow and Sukhumi: Another Blow to Georgia’s Sovereignty
On May 1, 2025, for the first time in 32 years, a regular commercial flight was conducted from Moscow to Sukhumi, in the Russian-occupied...
Nina Tifliska
May 4, 2025


Georgian Police Deploys Chemical Irritants Against Peaceful Protesters: A Violation of Human Rights
Ab dem 28. November 2024 erlebte Georgien erneut eine düstere Phase in seiner jüngeren Geschichte. Mehrere Nächte lang setzte die...
T. Kartliani
May 2, 2025


Georgia’s Government Tightens the Authoritarian Screws: International Community Alarmed
In the wonderful democracy of Georgia — at least the one the government so insistently presents to us every day — astonishing things are...
Nina Tifliska
May 2, 2025


Eleven Protesters Remain in Custody: Judge Nino Galustashvili Upholds the Line of Repression
Another chapter in the tragic theater of Georgian justice: Today, Judge Nino Galustashvili ruled that all eleven individuals arrested...
Nina Tifliska
May 1, 2025


The Megobari Act: U.S. Sanctions Loom for Georgia’s Democracy Saboteurs
The United States is sending a crystal-clear message to the Georgian government: friendship comes with expectations. The MEGOBARI ACT,...
T. Kartliani
Apr 30, 2025
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