Just in: German Ambassador Peter Fischer was summoned to Georgia’s MFA, first time in Georgia’s history a German envoy has been called in. He called the move “a diplomatic sanction,” vowed to reject “baseless, provocative accusations,” and condemned GD’s course against EU membership.

What does #peace mean to you? What does #freedom mean to you? What does #security mean to you? Join the livestream of our @boell.de Annual Foreign Policy Conference: “Reclaiming Peace? Freedom and Security in a Fragmented World” on 29/09 calendar.boell.de/en/event/25t... Artist: Gianluca Costantini

Die Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung #KAS grüßt die ihr nahestehende Partei. Das kann man nicht hoch genug schätzen.

This paper is very good and all the think tankers and foundation people (especially leadership and Comms) should take it to heart. It also makes me feel very tired

Letzte Woche haben wir bei Böll Global den Aufstieg der extremen Rechten diskutiert. Das Gespräch kann man sich jetzt auch hier ansehen. www.youtube.com/live/Gakwgrp...

EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos begins her visit to the South Caucasus, heading to Armenia and Azerbaijan but skipping the region's only EU candidate country.

Neue, bewegende Doku verfügbar auf Arte über #Leihmutterschaft in #Georgien. www.arte.tv/de/videos/11... Wer mehr wissen möchte: @boell.de / @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social Artikel aus dem Jahr 2022. "Georgien: Hotspot des transnationalen Leihmutterschaftsmarktes" www.gwi-boell.de/de/2022/08/1...

"Armenia’s EV surge has become a rare policy success...Yet without long-term solutions on quotas, infrastructure, taxation and recycling, the boom risks running into roadblocks." www.civilnet.am/en/news/9737...

290th day of protest. "Protect visa free [regime with EU]" - was the main message for today. More photos: www.instagram.com/p/DOjd0SPjIw...

"Protect visa free" - large crowds marched today in Tbilisi as Georgian Dream's anti-democratic policies threaten losing visa-free travel that Georgians have enjoyed with EU since 2017. Day 290 of #GeorgiaProtests 🎥 Nini Gabritchidze/Civil.ge

Important article by @politico.eu about the dramatic human and environmental costs of #manganese mining in #Georgia. Good to see it link to a study we @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social supported in 2022. www.politico.eu/article/geor...

Tensions are rising in #Georgia ahead of the local elections, boycotted by most of the opposition parties. The Georgian Dream initially refused to invite the OSCE/ODIHR, only to invite them when it was already too late. There won't be substantial election observation. www.rferl.org/a/georgia-de...

📢 Honoring courageous investigative journalism under extreme conditions, the @frittord.bsky.social & ZEIT Stiftung announce #FreeMediaAwards2025 winners: jailed Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli and journalists/media from #Ukraine, #Hungary, #Russia, #Belarus & #Azerbaijan. #JournalismIsNotACrime

Ein rabenschwarzer Tag für 🇬🇪 .. und den Westen. Kommentar von @thomasfranke.bsky.social im @deutschlandfunk.de.web.brid.gy www.deutschlandfunk.de/kommentar-zu...

"Individuals I spoke to confirmed feelings of bitterness, failure, guilt, & numbness in returning to “business as usual.” The strike, existential in its pathos, dissolved – not because the underl. pol. grievances were addressed, but because survival demanded it." www.textezurkunst.de/de/articles/...

“What I think civil society should do now is to make a return to the public sphere and reclaim its place with the people...We need to build networks of solidarity between civil society and the public.” humanrightshouse.org/interviews/t...

The European Union urged Georgian authorities to “immediately” reverse their decision to freeze the bank accounts of seven civil society organizations, calling the move “another assault on fundamental rights” and “an act of political persecution.” Read in full: civil.ge/archives/698...

Georgian Dream responded with arrests, violence, dismissals, and a crackdown to the protest wave that erupted last November. Here are key figures on repression, based on our calculations, official data, and stats from civic initiatives: civil.ge/archives/697...

Instagram „Bundeskultur“ Links: Amtszeit Roth Rechts: Amtszeit Weimer

🟢 Wir laden ein zu "Doctors under Attack" I 📅 Mi, 10.09.2025 I 🕕 18:30 - 21:00 Uhr I 🎬 Filmvorführung mit anschließender Diskussion 📍 Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Schumannstraße 8, 10117 Berlin I Infos & Anmeldung ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/doc...

Thanks to @ninogoz.bsky.social, Jaba Devdariani, & @ptskialadze.bsky.social, we had a sharp discussion about #autocratization in #Georgia, #youth resistance, the role of #civilsociety & the EU at Dialogbüro Vienna. Afterwards, we recorded this video. Take a look ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfaI...

Great podcast episode @evnreport.bsky.social about #biodiversity #COP17 in #Armenia in 2026, its opportunities, and necessary preparations. open.spotify.com/episode/0a3o...

The prize honours civil society representatives who have taken outstanding steps to defend human rights. Shortlisted nominees: Mzia Amaglobeli – Georgia Maksym Butkevych – Ukraine Ulvi Hasanli – Azerbaijan

oc-media.org/opinion-my-f... Gulnara Mehdiyeva hits the nail on the head: "If Armenia & Azerbaijan have initialled a text that condemns intolerance & racial hatred, then jailing a researcher whose work has been about refusing hatred is an error that must be corrected." Bahruz Samadov must be freed.

🟢 Wir laden ein zur 25. Außenpolitischen Jahrestagung "Reclaiming Peace? Freiheit und Sicherheit in einer fragmentierten Welt I 📅 Mo, 29.09.2025 I 🕖 09.00 – 17.30 Uhr I 📍 Schumannstr. 8, 10117 Berlin oder im Livestream 🎬 I Infos & Anmeldung: ⬇️ calendar.boell.de/de/event/25-...

VACANCY 💻 Join our amazing team at @hbs-south-caucasus.bsky.social as a part-time Communications and Web Manager! Location: Tbilisi (on-site role with required presence in the office two days per week; remote work is not possible) Application deadline: August 31! ge.boell.org/en/2025/08/1...

“…the Washington Summit is not a one-off engagement” but “a three year process, from this normalization initiative to signing a final peace treaty.…the U.S. envisions a new South Caucasus, one defined by trade, stability and interconnectivity, which also includes the opening of borders with Turkey”

It is another big day for Armenian-Azerbaijani diplomacy. Today President Donald Trump receives Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan at the White House in what has been trailed as a historic meeting.

Great thread on the significance of and challenges ahead of of today's Aliyev-Pashinyan meeting in D.C. ⬇️

Ahead of today's meeting between Aliyev and Pashinyan in D.C., read this article by Philip Gamaghelyan & @zaurshiriyev.bsky.social. "Washington may enjoy the spotlight with this meeting, but Brussels should not leave the stage."⬇️ carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

1️⃣ 17 years ago, on August 7, 2008, regular Russian occupation forces invaded Georgia. 📸 REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

🔴 Following the sentencing of Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison on what are widely viewed as politically motivated charges, 24 diplomatic missions issued a joint statement calling for her release. #FreeMzia #JournalismIsNotACrime 🧷 batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/articles-in-...

🇬🇪 Massive turnout in Tbilisi today, on the 252nd day of nationwide nonstop protests. Prominent Georgian journalist Mzia Amaglobeli has been sentenced to 2 years in prison. Another prisoner of conscience, Giorgi Akhobadze, has been freed from the courtroom.

I strongly condemn the 2-year prison sentence for Mzia Amaghlobeli. Georgian Dream’s attempt to silence pro-European voices by targeting outspoken individuals like Mzia with politically motivated charges is unacceptable. She must be released immediately and granted urgent access to medical care.

Tomorrow at 13:00 the concluding hearing is expected for journalist Mzia Amaglobeli at Batumi City Court. She is facing up to seven years. This is a sketch I did of a couple of weeks ago of Mzia after media got banned from video and photo reporting of trials.

Ab 1.8. auf Mubi 📽️ "...nun sind 11 Monate vergangen und der Film war noch immer nicht in #Georgien zu sehen. Nirgendwo, nicht einmal in den kleinsten Kinos. Es laufen nur Blockbuster. Alles, was auch nur im Entferntesten politisch kontrovers ist, wird einfach nicht gezeigt." taz.de/Regisseurin-...

It strikes me that Germany has a similar illusion regarding its influence on Israeli policy making as it had on Russia, before the 2022 invasion. Some idea about a special relationship which gives it special access. It’s just that that doesn’t seem to have any impact in the real world.

📩 We’re excited to announce our new monthly newsletter: Tracking the Rise of Authoritarianism in Georgia. This isn’t just news — it’s context, connections, and clarity. ➡️ Sign up here: oc-media.org/pages/tracki...

Batumelebi, a Georgian media outlet founded by jailed journalist Mzia Amaghlobeli, reported that the Revenue Service froze its bank accounts, officially citing debt — though the outlet sees it as further pressure on independent media. oc-media.org/georgia-free...

Deutschland ist dem Existenzrecht des Staates Israel verpflichtet, doch auch die Einhaltung des Völkerrechts gehört zu Deutschlands fundamentalen Pflichten. Völkerrechtler*innen sagen: Bei Israels Vorgehen in Gaza handelt es sich mindestens um Kriegsverbrechen. 🇩🇪 & 🇪🇺dürfen nicht weiter wegsehen.

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Join us in #Yerevan on Wednesday for a full day of critical discussions on the state of Armenian #civilsociety, including its relationship with the wider public, its role in the social transformation of the country, and Western and Russian influence. calendar.boell.de/en/event/arm...

"To counter illiberalism, pro-democracy leaders must abandon “anti-politics” that remains silent about the existential challenges adversaries pose to liberal democracy and cultivate civic responsibility."

"The current wave of resistance unfolds amid a backdrop of growing repression: over 50 protesters are now behind bars... JAMNews asked several participants of the ongoing protests in Tbilisi & across the regions to share how their lives have changed over the past year." jam-news.net/protests-too...

#Georgia: "Russians with direct links to the military will be free to compete at the world fencing championships in July after the sport's governing body abandoned independent vetting of Russian and Belarusian athletes." www.dw.com/en/russian-a...

Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has fired the entire staff of its department of Euro-Atlantic Integration, according to the department’s former head, Tornike Parulava, who said he had also been let go. oc-media.org/georgian-for...

Interessante Analyse meiner Kollegin Irina Ghulinyan-Gerz zum Konflikt zwischen Regierung und Kirche in #Armenien www.boell.de/de/2025/07/0...

"The struggle of jailed Azerbaijanis may look different from the protests in the streets of #Tbilisi, but they are deeply connected: none of us can afford to stand alone in our fight." The article we all needed 🙏 By Andranik Shirinyan @ocmedia.bsky.social oc-media.org/opinion-soli...

Wednesday! Join us at @boell.de Berlin to discuss #authoritarianism, #resistance, and the future of #democracy in the #SouthCaucasus. Livestream available 📺

Wow. Deeply moving interview by political prisoner @ulviyyaali.bsky.social with political prisoner @smdov.bsky.social. #FreeThemAll