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Georgia to Establish Interior Ministry Unit to "Systematically Monitor" "Hate Speech" in Public Spaces
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (379+ words) A special unit will be established within Georgia's Interior Ministry that will be tasked with "systematically monitoring" "hate speech, offensive campaigns, and aggressive communication in public spaces" and responding to them, Mamuka Mdinaradze, Georgian Dream State Minister for Coordination of…...
Money Transfers to Georgia Up 7. 6% in April, Led by EU and U. S.
3+ hour, 51+ min ago (248+ words) Money transfers to Georgia from abroad reached USD 318. 06 million in April, marking a 7. 6% (USD 22. 5 million) increase compared to the same period last year, accordingto the latest data published by the National Bank of Georgia (NBG). The largest share of money…...
Dispatch " May 17: Carmilla
21+ hour, 11+ min ago (238+ words) That's when I decided to give it another try. I took a ramble through the small town, overtaken by a strange feeling that the desolate streets would reveal something to me. It was the right instinct: passing by a local…...
Orthodox Groups Mark "Family Purity Day, Introduced by Church After 2013 IDAHOBIT Violence
21+ hour, 14+ min ago (559+ words) Large crowds and ruling party officials have joined marches across the country on May 17 as the Georgian Orthodox Church celebrated "Day of Family Purity and Respect for Parents," introduced in 2014, a year after May 17, 2013, clergy-led violence against a small rally…...
U. S. Court Sentences Georgian Neo-Nazi Figure to 15 Years in Jail for "Soliciting Hate Crimes
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (200+ words) The federal court in Brooklyn, United States, has sentenced Michail Chkhikvishvili, a 22-year-old Georgian national and a Neo-Nazi leader who allegedly inspired a series of extremist attacks and plotted more hate crimes, including poisoning children with candies, to 15 years in…...
Georgia Not Among Countries Committing to Ukraine Tribunal During Co E Meeting
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (380+ words) Georgia was not among over thirty countries that, during the May 14-15 Council of Europe meeting, expressed their intent to join the new Enlarged Partial Agreement that will pave the way to the establishment of a Special Tribunal to investigate the…...
Opposition Alliance Names Six "Demands" for Free and Fair Elections
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (271+ words) The Opposition Alliance of nine parties named six "demands" it said are necessary to be fulfilled for future elections in Georgia to be free and fair. The Alliance representatives then outlined six demands: Third, "Alongside a trusted [election] commission, reliable…...
Spain Arrests 13 Members of Criminal Group Including "Georgian-Origin" Burglars
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (161+ words) Spanish police, in cooperation with the Georgian police attach, have arrested 13 members of a criminal group involved in 27 apartment burglaries across Spain. According to the two countries" law enforcement agencies, the group consisted of two branches: members of "Georgian origin,…...
Botchorishvili Attends Co E Committee of Ministers Session in Moldova, Meets Ukraine's Sybiha
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (610+ words) Georgian Dream Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Maka Botchorishvili participated in the 135th session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe in Chi'in'u, Moldova, where she addressed participants and held bilateral meetings, including with her Ukrainian counterpart…...
Georgia Arrests Polish, Turkish Citizens Wanted Under Interpol Red Notices for Fraud " Civil Georgia
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (173+ words) Georgia Arrests Polish, Turkish Citizens Wanted Under Interpol Red Notices for Fraud Civil Georgia Georgia's Interior Ministry has announced the arrests of one Polish and two Turkish citizens over the past two days under Interpol Red Notices for fraud. The…...