Woningmarkt komt in rustiger vaarwater door het "uitponden" van (kleine) commerciële verhuurders. Dit is een direct gevolg van de maatregelen van minister De Jonge in Rutte-IV. nos.nl/artikel/2622...

Interim president of South Ossetia Marat Kambolov has announced a date for the snap election after Gagloyev was promoted away to Moscow: 18 Sept. Kambolov himself was sent from Moscow to guide the new "integration pact" of the Russian occupied territory of Georgia. civil.ge/archives/743...

Armenia further restricts diaspora voting. Voting abroad was already not possible, but to prevent diaspora being sent over to Armenia by foreign powers with (geo)political interests, a new rule was added requiring a year residency in a two-year pre-election period. oc-media.org/armenia-pass...

Pressure by EU against the new Georgian refinery in Kulevi to place it on the sanction list seems to have worked. Also, the owner of the refinery, Black Sea Petroleum, confirms between the lines it actually did process Russian crude oil. oc-media.org/georgias-bla...

Georgian government says now it wil built the Anaklia port themselves. Effectively this means seven years have been wasted since the American-Dutch-Georgian ADC consortium was sidelined in 2019. A Chinese consortium was selected in 2024, but a final contract was still due. bm.ge/news/anaklii...

Good she's transferred, but her deterioration shouldn't have happened in the first place: sentenced for so long for a petty act in an election campaign: damaging a poster.

Congratulations to Civil.ge with their 25th anniversary 🎉🥳🎊 A fantastic independent online outlet in Georgia, mostly focused on the political news amd developments. A great archive now for those doing research etc. Happy to have contributed with some opinion pieces over the years.

Georgian Dream government seems to be consulting fiercely anti-western Jeffrey Sachs, who is often cited on GD propaganda media outlets. Sachs recommends Georgia to join the 3+3 format among other things, which sidelines western partners from the region. www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33790635.h...

Last week Georgia lost a colorful entrepreneur. Temur Ugulava was the man behind places like Fabrika, Rooms Hotel (Tbilisi and Kazbegi) and Stamba. He was able to turn former Soviet (industrial) complexes into attractive, stylish venues and hotels. oc-media.org/opinion-remi...

Norwegian Air has started Copenhagen - Tbilisi flights yesterday, the first time the Danish capital is linked directly with Tbilisi. bm.ge/news/tbilisi...

Georgian PM Kobakhidze uses today's incident in parliament to promise that during "the next reporting year we should finally restore our political system in Georgia". At the 2024 elections GD promised to "make the political landscape healthy again". www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

Temperatures heat up in Georgia's parliament. A large brawl with some serious fist knocks against members of the Gakharia for Georgia faction. The brawl followed on a speech by MP Giorgi Sharashidze. www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

Temperatures heat up in Georgia's parliament. A large brawl with some serious fist knocks against members of the Gakharia for Georgia faction. The brawl followed on a speech by MP Giorgi Sharashidze. www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

According to reporting in the Tines of Israel, Georgia is to send troops to the International Stabilization Force in Gaza, an international peacekeeping force initiated by the "Board of Peace", Trumps' alternative UN. Georgia did not comment on this - yet. www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_ent...

Georgian Dream outsourcing the production of school uniforms to China, worth $45 million, while the local industry didn't know anything about a tender not was consulted how the industry could deal with the large scale of the project. bm.ge/news/gel45-m...

ADB greenlights a feasibility study to expand the rail-connectivity in the Tbilisi region, specifically urban rail or metro connections to the airport, satellite city Rustavi in the south and Mtskheta in the north. bm.ge/news/tbilisi...

A bit of an irony. Georgian Airways latest addition to its fleet is a Boeing 737-900 in single-class configuration, that was previously used by Ukrainian Airlines. Georgian Airways uses this plane solely for its Tbilisi-Moscow flights.

Georgian Dream government remains remarkably silent about the issue, despite the developments. Georgia has rapidly lost friends in the West. Although they keep supporting Georgia's territorial integrity, Georgia doesn't have that many ears left, people to call to for response against Russia.

Remarkable development. Alan Gagloyev, the Kremlin puppet in South Ossetia, has suddenly resigned, a year ahead of the scheduled elections. This is the first time to my recollection that a South Ossetian leader leaves office early. www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33787054.h...

Israël als ordinaire bezetter van een soevereine staat. En nog wordt Israël niet zo behandeld als Rusland. De achterliggende redenen van de invasie zijn nog enigszins te begrijpen, maar zet dan in op een internationale missie om te handhaven dat Hezbollah geen plek heeft. nos.nl/artikel/2619...

When Georgian Dream politicians talk about themselves.

Waar Assad zich schuldig aan maakte doet Israël ook: "double taps", bedoeld om hulpverleners en journalisten uit te schakelen. Een brute oorlogsmisdaad. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

EU scepticism seems to be picking up in Georgia, although onntge surface of things, the general support for EU membership is still at the usual level - albeit slightly lower than before. Seems the daily anti-EU rants of Georgian Dream have effect.

The state of Georgian democracy in a survey about trust. Only the military and the church have a majority of trust from society. The rest, government, president, politicians, parties, electoral system, judiciary, civil society, media, lack public trust.

UNM leader Bokuchava gives more insight into party dynamics. She was against UNM joining the "Opposition Alliance", but Saakashvili was for this for tactical reasons: otherwise he and party would be accused of disrupting opposition unity. www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

Hoe je zoveel goed kan doen met een dergelijke daad. Waarom moest daar zo lang mee gewacht worden. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Last night's protest march in Tbilisi was themed around political prisoner Elene Khostaria who damaged an election poster and got sentenced for 18 months for it. Second theme was commemorating "Gavrilov Night" of 20 June 2019. www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33785148.h...

Oh dear, now Saakashvili publicly dismisses Bokuchava: "There has been no communication between the chairperson and 90% of the core leadership. The political council has not been held for months". www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...

I think Georgian Dream can smile in silence how Saakashvili destroys from prison what's left of his UNM. From prison he pushes forward former tv-presenter Nanuka Zhorzholiani for party leadership, bypassing chair Tina Bokuchava, whose term expires. www.interpressnews.ge/en/article/1...

EU assists Armenia amidst Russian trade-embargo. The EU lowers import duties, with an annual value of roughly 420 million euro. Georgia always maintained it needs to facilitate Russia in order to avert damaging counter sanctions - refusing to see the EU could be of help. www.bpn.ge/article/1535...

Dat politie agenten bij arrest weigeren de "arrestant" de gelegenheid te geven aan te tonen dat deze een perskaart heeft maakt hen echt ongeschikt voor deze functie. En dat er een rechtbank aan te pas moet komen is net zo slecht. Zoveel schijven. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/...

Georgian government steps up its rejection of Georgia's future membership of the European Union. Parliament speaker Papuashvili responds to statement by Marta Kos, in which she says new members should have a limited veto-right, "this is not EU we signed up for" www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

MP Ana Buchukuri of Gakharia for Georgia says the party will run alone again in elections next time. "It's tiring how many times we can watch the reunion and separation [of the opposition]". And she has a point there. A totally confusing picture for citizens. www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...

On abandonment of Georgia's European future. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Priceless. Russian tourists in Tbilisi swore to protesting Georgians at parliament and gave the middle finger to the Georgian flag. They were taken by the police to the police station. "Oh, they are going to drive us in cool cars".🤪

Ah gossie. We hebben mega-uitdagingen in Europa als collectief, maar Nederland voelt zich melkkoe. Hou er toch eens mee op. We verdienen ongelooflijk veel aan de EU. In plaats van minder, meer investeren in gezamenlijk beleid en inspanningen. www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikel...

The post-election situation in Armenia remains tense. Pro-Russian Prosperous Armenia was just a few dozen votes short of of passing the 4% threshold. The results of two polling stations were cancelled. PA is now challenging this, feeling disadvantaged. civilnet.am/hy/news/1012...

An excellent essay on Georgia's abandonment. voxeurop.eu/en/mussolini...

Sanctioned Russian airline Nordwind flew a Boeing 777 to Georgia's occupied Abkhazia, in violation of all international norms, incl. air traffic norms. Sokhumi airport welcomed its first illegal Russian flights last year with smaller planes. A wide-body aircraft is a first. bm.ge/news/okupire...

South Ossetia: de facto president Gagloyev nominated Marat Kambolov as "head of government". He is regarded as Kremlin's favourite to succeed Gagloyev next year as president of the Russian occupied quasi-republic. www.radiotavisupleba.ge/a/33775825.h...

The warped mentality of Georgian Dream: "visa liberalization [with EU] is an infringement on sovereignty". In other words, GD trashes what itself used to pride to have achieved in 2017: visa-free travel for Georgians to EU Schengen zone. bm.ge/news/gtkhove...

Preliminary count just finished in Armenia. Incumbent PM Pashinyan and his Civil Contract can continue governing with an absolute majority of 61 of 105 mandates. He is 9 short of a constitutional majority, which he was hoping for to settle the peace deal with Azerbaijan.

According to preliminary results of 110 precincts, Civil Contract of PM Pashinyan is in lead with 57%. Strong Armenia of Karapetyan is ranks 2nd now with 21.4%, Armenia Alliance of Robert Kocharyan has 8.2% and pro-Russian Prosperous Armenia is at 5.1%. Others are well below thresholds

The first preliminary results of the Armenian elections are dropping in. The results of these precincts show a varied picture without a clear lead yet. Of course, this is just a start and not necessarily representative. news.am/hy/news/1041...

Andries is geen tekstschrijver. Dit is de gangbare manier van citeren van een claim die tevens niet verifieerbaar is. Het was eellciht duidelijker geweest voor Andries als de hele zin in quotes was geplaatst.

According to an exit poll Pashinyan's Civil Contract won 56.7% of the vote, while his main contestant Samvel Karapetyan with his Strong Armenia won 17.5% of the vote. * note: this was distributed in Georgia, cant find Armenian source at the moment.

Good warning for those traveling (I also assume this may apply to other destinations in one way or another). That said, the Georgian authorities act extremely harsh and in total bad faith when there was obviously an unintentional mistake. But this has become their pose unfortunately.

Various Armenian opposition blocs complain about a repressive election environment according to them. The ruling party says that Kocharyan of Armenia Alliance doesn't have any right to complain. Under his tenure elections were systematically rigged. www.azatutyun.am/a/ynddimouty...

While the EU is looking at an enhanced partnership with Azerbaijan, Russia made an unsolicited offer to Azerbaijan of membership to its Eurasian Economic Union. This was also made in light of Armenia's elections and potential departure in exchange for EU rapproachment. oc-media.org/russia-hints...

Polling stations have closed in Armenial. Final turnout is on course to beat the record of 2017 (60%). Meanwhile a number of people associated with opposition alliance "Strong Armenia" have been arrested and charged with directing people to vote for the party. hy.armradio.am/archives/739...