Education restructuring is one of the main things that will happen in #Georgia in 2026 -- possibly with generational impact. We created a site that will track this. Find key analysis, commentary, letters & petitions all there are ganatleba.substack.com #education #highereducation

On how the assault on higher Ed risks isolating #Georgia, by good people on the inside of the system. neweasterneurope.eu/2025/12/23/f...

If Liluashvili can be arrested (& not on bail), dozens of other GD people must wonder whether they could be next. As Liluashvili recruited from his own networks, this is a massive incision into the power structures, too. #Georgia

Tomorrow, with @irmadimitradze.bsky.social & @gpaccardo.bsky.social & the great @voxeurop.bsky.social ! #Georgia.

Truly enchanting St Lucia event yesterday at the Catholic church in Old Town #Tbilisi. Do put the sound on. #Sweden #StLucia 1/3

Georgian word of the day მდგრადად / mdgradad “stably”, "reliably" or even "sustainably" in some contexts. I love the sound of that adverbial form, it's memorable tongue gymnastics.

clear position from university rectors across various European countries -- they are deeply skeptical of restructuring that is being proposed in #Georgia. The regime will continue to claim otherwise, but what they are doing is wanton destruction. www.tiflis24.de/en/post/euro...

NEVER stop supporting Georgia. 🇬🇪 🇪🇺

beyond protests, there are real heroes in #Georiga who deserve more attention than they usually get. Vladimer Khutchua is one of them: a judge that dares to decide according to law, really an exemplar of maintaining integrity under pressure. Real courage. tiflis24.de/en/post/the-...

"Not a reform, a robbery" -- statement I just recorded for a Georgian TV station, on the restructuring of education. Robbery is the right term, too because of the violent damage being done.

No serious international scholar supports the restructuring of education that is being driven forward (and anyway is unconstitutional). The letter has been published on Facebook & likely will be in other outlets. www.tiflis24.de/en/post/inte...

Georgian word I learned this morning სიცოცხლისუნარიანობასთან sitsotskhlisunarianobastan "with vitality". Good explanation on AI.

"during my visit to Georgia in January 2025, I was assured by the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs that no water cannons containing chemical irritants had been deployed against protesters." Michael O'Flaherty 's searing letter to the GD regime. #Georgia @coe.int rm.coe.int/letter-to-th...

🎬 Join us on 23 December at 20:00 (Tbilisi time) for a cozy community film screening at Mate House, Tbilisi, as we host our first in-person gathering for OC Media members and supporters. 🔗 Learn more: www.facebook.com/events/43837...

Georgian judiciary is a tool of oligarch Ivanishvili.

Interesting find by the crew at Tiflis24 on some repeated Wikipedia deletions at Merab Turava's article. Remarkable how the bad players remain so keen to cover their track records. #Georgia share.google/pZiPf4kYBKK0...

This YouTube channel will cost 20 minutes of your day, but it's entirely worth it. youtu.be/3zGf7_YL70M?...

Dog happily lounging at Rooms Hotel this morning. #Tbilisi #Georgia

This is truly wild -- a shady Moscow lawyer looms large over Georgian-US relations. In case anyone had any doubts just how craven this all is, read this shocking article by @canbackrasmus.bsky.social oc-media.org/husband-of-g...

German law professors, such as Martin Heger (Berlin), Bernd Heinrich (Tübingen), and Edward Schramm (Jena), have never distanced themselves from compromised Georgian colleagues after the scale of the repressive assault in Georgia was entirely clear.

what Georgian Dream does now can best be described as "nihilistic totalitarianism", as I argue with reference to GD's assault on higher education -- and this again highlights how unstable the entire enterprise is. politicsgeo.com/the-assault-... #Georgia

why we should really be VERY skeptical when a $6bn project is so entirely intransparent. Worth your detailed read, by the Gurian Economist. #Tbilisi #Georgia open.substack.com/pub/gurianec...

The @Keseb Democracy Innovation Lab (iLab) is now accepting pitches. Selected innovators from around globe will join an 8-month capacity-building programming & receive USD 10,000 in seed funding. Submit or nominate: keseb.org/ilab #DemocracyInnovation #Innovation #InclusiveDemocracy #Keseb

Further slash and burn that has no substantial point, other than cutting off the country.

Ritual reminder that this minister on LinkedIn claimed to have a PhD from Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam -- but didn't actually have one. (Kobakhidze mentioned this doctorate when introducing him also.) How can one trust a minister who cannot even be honest about his own qualifications?

It's not "back to the USSR", as some say, as the Soviet Union at least cared deeply about *some* aspects of education, such as science and maths. I'll repeat it -- what we see with GD right now is nihilistic totalitarianism of wanting subjugation.

By that definition, any criticism of the GD regime (as by definition = potentially harmful to the state) could be considered a "criminal act".

Auch wenn sich der “Georgische Traum” deswegen vorerst wohl keine Sorgen um seine Macht machen muss: Die Nachricht vom Chemie-Einsatz gegen Proteste ist für die Partei nicht nur an sich problematisch. Laut BBC haben die georgischen Sicherheitskräfte die Chemikalie erstmals 2009 getestet… 1/2

GD seems terrified about #BBC report on using WW1 chemical agent in #Tbilisi during protests -- as shown by spending $600+ on advertising their version of events, compared with less than $100 on their other messages. To them it's the single most important issue in #Georgia right now.

What we are seeing in Georgia in my view is best called "nihilistic totalitarianism" -- the attempt to remake and subjugate a society, with no positive vision. Below a recent assessment. (Small quibble: freedoms didn't "decline", they are under attack.)

A lot more than one attack a day, if you average it out.

In two days in London -- location seems to have changed within the university, and do register if you want to attend, as this will be required to join. #Georgia

In normal countries, theatre directors put plays on stage. In abnormal reality in #Georgia right now, the drama is on the streets & theatre directors, here Giorgi Savanelidze, get dragged by police for insisting on citizens' rights. Clear who the villains are. www.instagram.com/reel/DRX9FSK...

Sophie Melnikova cats #restaurant #Tbilisi #November #cats

Event on #Georgia in London, Nov 26, with Nika Shurghaia, Irina Mamulashvili, Ilia Roubanis (and me), at @ucl.ac.uk , sign up below. www.eventbookings.com/b/event/geor... @uclssees.bsky.social

Haven't seen the film but twice saw the presentation by Rena, and they were utterly engrossing... Wistful, evocative, and indeed a metaphor on politics and loss. Curious to see the movie.

One of the many great things I found in the Book 📚 Fair, perfect gift from #Georgia for puzzle 🧩 loving friends in the UK...

surrogacy in #Georgia has plenty of evidence of the slide in basic governance standards across the board -- yes, profits being made, and probably some happy stories, too, but also LOTS of women left very vulnerable. Helena Bedwell for @ocmedia.bsky.social oc-media.org/recent-contr...

"Would" = has already established, as all of this effectively has happened and is happening. Strong words in the statement, should be interpreted correctly by journalists & others.

If this was such an important step, why didn't it happen 12+ years ago??? Even to repeat this ludicrous claim in good faith is a mistake.

When will this yammering about Gakharia stop? If existing oppo spectrum wants to convey it can govern, it must focus on issues at hand, rather than getting twisted up about GG getting a fellowship at the Hertie School. Focus on issues that matter to people.

"join or die" may be a motto for quite a few contexts.

Not sure you'll see such embodiment of chill in the middle of the Frankfurt Book Fair. #Tbilisi #Books #BookFair 📚

Screenshotting the very spot-on comment by Hans.

Taking the cable car up to Mtatsminda and if you look closely bottom right, you see two dogs happily sleeping in the best possible sunny spot... #Tbilisi #Georgia

dept of "lots of great things still happening in #Georgia, driven by good people & regime cannot stop them all" -- forest landscaping by Ruderal Architectures. landscapearchitecturemagazine.org/2025/11/12/i...

Departure significantly increases likelihood that even Kakha Kaladze will move into the cross hairs of the Robespierrean purge at GD -- Khmaladze was a close KK associate for many years. Also, not to be forgotten the (likely) suicide other KK dep 2ish years ago. bm.ge/en/news/irak...

really extraordinary, how Georgian Dream people are incriminating themselves, in their own words, telling us that the judiciary is rigged to do political deeds.

foto exhibition "Tavisupleba" on pro-European protests, in #Tuebingen, from Nov 28 until February, by Emilia Huppenberger #Georgia

Wonderful article about creating a great space & home away from the usual routes. #Armenia