Expert opinion about the visit of the President of France

Dachi Grdzelishvili

As it seems, President Saakashvili decided not to pin his hopes only on the USA and give ‘its due’ to the European Union too.

Interview with political expert Soso Tsiskarishvili

Mamuka  Dalakishvili

Russian-French military-political romance has turned into the romance of economy and tourism.

Opposition starts new series of protest rallies

Recently the President presented bicycle track to the dwellers of Kutaisi (second largest city of Georgia) personally demonstrating the privileges of riding bicycle to walking on foot; it was said also that the whole Europe is doing so.

Georgian expert about WikiLeaks

‘It’s true that Saakashvili speaks a lot of nonsense but he won’t do silly things’, this phrase is an extract from the documents published by WikiLeaks’ site.

An Expert statement that caused uproar in the country

“If Abkhazians are scary of anything, it’s return of IDPs. Therefore, it would be a nightmare for them if Georgians recognize their independence in exchange of IDP return. Mr Mamuka seems to lack knowledge of the real picture in Abkhazia, of the fact that even a word about IDP return will meet a sky-high wall of deafness on the other side,” – this sort of acidic sentiments followed the suggestion of expert Mamuka Areshidze for the Georgian State to recognize Abkhazian independence. We tried to elucidate reasons behind his statement.

The 26 May events became one more factor for the polarization of public. Some people gave them radically negative assessment, while others thought that on that day the nation survived once again. Another tendency that emerged after the May events is the expression of mass antipathy towards politicians. Philosopher Giorgi Margvelashvili shares with us his reflection on where this metamorphosis may lead to:

Interview with philosopher Zaza Shatirishvili
Georgia is witnessing another season of demonstrations, rallies and meetings. Everything is same as before (though, one call – death or victory – was new to me). We talked with philosopher Zaza Shatirishvili on current events in Georgia and the factors underlying them.

Government prefers to bear with Western reproaches
Georgian opposition parties are aggressively competing with each other in setting various dates for their planned demonstrations, creating impression that everything else is just fine.

‘Justice Policy in Georgia asks for immediate change’

It was unacceptable for Strasburg Court that the criminal case against high ranking MIA officials was investigated by the same MIA. In parallel, statements of one more high ranking official recently visiting Georgia routinely thrilled the Georgian opposition. There was nothing special or new about the statements. The American guest called for improvement of the election system and fair elections. We talked with expert Ramaz Sakvarelidze on the situation in Georgia and abroad.