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Kobakhidze Cancels Meeting with Finnish Foreign Minister

According to the Georgian government, the cancellation was due to Valtonen’s participation in an unauthorized rally and her allegedly false statements.Elina Valtonen attended an ongoing protest in front of the Parliament on October 14. Commenting on the demonstration, she wrote on X:"Peaceful protestors have gathered in front of the Parliament Building in Tbilisi, Georgia, to voice their concern over the repressive direction of their country. They have every right to democracy, to freedom of expression and basic human rights. We are here to support them."

OSCE Chair Valtonen to visit Georgia

According to the press release, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office will have meetings with high-level government officials.The agenda includes, among other items, the progress in the Armenia-Azerbaijan peace process, with particular attention to the conclusion of the OSCE Minsk Process and its related structures.In Georgia, the meetings will centre on the country’s internal and external challenges, with a particular emphasis on the ongoing support of the OSCE for the Geneva International Discussions to address the aftermath of the 2008 war.“Finland, as Chair of the OSCE in 2025, places strong importance on safeguarding civic space and ensuring an enabling environment for civil society. This priority will be underlined throughout the visit,” the OSCE statement reads.

Papuashvili announces filing of lawsuit to declare UNM party unconstit...

“We saw great hysteria from the defenders of the National Movement, but October 4 gave us a sea of evidence. We reviewed the failed coup attempt not only from the perspective of restoring law and order, but also in detail with our lawyers. Evidence has been added that the National Movement is an extremist force undermining Georgian democracy and the state,” Papuashvili said.He also criticized international actors, claiming that foreign silence is a result of their indirect involvement in the events of October 4. “Foreigners realized they had created additional evidence against the National Movement and were involved as accomplices, which is why they remain silent,” Papuashvili added. He further urged opposition figures to reflect on their actions and consider whether they may have committed criminal offenses during the unrest.The move follows earlier statements by Georgian Dream prior to the 2024 parliamentary elections, when party leaders promised that the UNM and its satellite parties would be declared unconstitutional if the ruling party gained a constitutional majority. In March 2025, Mamuka Mdinaradze submitted a draft law to parliament seeking to ban the successors of the UNM from participating in elections.

Senators Shaheen and Risch - Georgian Dream is wholly uninterested in...

“We are increasingly concerned by the deteriorating political situation in Georgia and the troubling actions taken by the Georgian government following recent local elections. Prime Minister Kobakhidze’s decision to outlaw opposition parties and jail their leaders is egregious, undemocratic and yet another indication that Georgian Dream is wholly uninterested in pursuing a path toward normalized political dialogue. Politically-motivated investigations and intimidation of civil society leaders, particularly those who have worked with the United States government and testified before our committee, are an attempt to silence dissent in a country with a proud history of speaking truth to power.“It is also unacceptable that the Georgian government has targeted former U.S. government employees by making baseless allegations that they are undermining Georgia’s government. Let us be clear: it is Georgian Dream, not the United States, that is undermining Georgia’s democracy and their ability to determine their future. We welcome the Department of State’s decision to summon the Georgian Ambassador to address these disturbing developments and we urge the Trump Administration to consider recent actions by the Georgian government before pursuing any change to the bilateral relationship. We extend our unwavering, bipartisan support to the Georgian people who simply wish to claim their right to self-determination,” the statment reads.

MEPs: Local elections were conducted by self-appointed "dream" officia...

According to the statement, the elections “were held in a restricted environment, in the context of months of repression against civil society, independent media, and the political opposition by self-appointed officials of the Georgian Dream party.”“Georgia's local elections of 4 October 2025 took place in a restrictive environment, in the context of a months-long crackdown on civil society, independent media and political opposition by the self-appointed Georgian Dream authorities. We deplore the fact that the authorities effectively prevented the presence of credible election observers, with a late invitation to the OSCE/ODIHR and restrictions on civil society hampering observation by domestic organisations.We are concerned by the violent clashes in the streets following the elections and call for calm from all. We urge the Georgian Dream to stop its assault on democracy and respect the fundamental rights of freedom of assembly and expression, stop the arrests of protesters and release those arbitrarily detained. We also deplore the increasingly aggressive campaign against the EU, including personal attacks on the EU and Member State ambassadors, European politicians and individual Member States.We strongly denounce the Georgian Dream's declared intention to ban opposition parties, which would mark a new culmination of Georgia's slide towards an authoritarian regime. We reiterate our call on the EU and its Member States to take immediate action and to introduce personal sanctions against key Georgian Dream political leaders and officials responsible for democratic backsliding, electoral fraud, human rights violations and the persecution of political opponents and activists, in particular Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Kobakhidze”, - the statement reads.In response to recent developments in Georgia, several senior Members of the European Parliament have issued a joint statement expressing their position on the situation.The statement was authored and signed by: David McAllister, Chair of the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) Mounir Satouri, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human Rights Sergey Lagodinsky, Chair of the Delegation to the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly Nils Ušakovs, Chair of the Delegation for Relations with the South Caucasus Rasa Juknevičienė, AFET Standing Rapporteur on Georgia