European rectors’ conferences from Austria, Germany, Poland and Slovakia have issued a rare joint warning over recent developments in Georgia’s higher education sector. In a coordinated statement, they express serious concern that the Georgian government’s newly published National Concept for Higher Education Reform threatens to dismantle university autonomy, undermine academic freedom and place universities under direct political control. The signatories call on the Georgian

The judge of the Tetritskaro District Court, Vladimer Khutchua , is today practically the only judge who has broken the prevailing silence within Georgia’s judiciary and openly confronted the injustice entrenched in the court system. His name became widely known to the public particularly after the parliamentary elections of 2024. Since then, Vladimer Khutchua  has been associated with fair, principled, precedent-setting cases of significant public importance. The judge from

More than sixty internationally respected scholars from leading universities in Europe and North America have issued an unusually direct warning to the Georgian government. In an open letter addressed to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, they sharply criticize the “National Reform Concept for Higher Education” announced on 16 October. What the government presents as a long-overdue modernization aimed at efficiency, quality, and equal access is described by the signatories as