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Georgian Dream’s youth branch joins Azerbaijani ruling party conference in Nagorno-Karabakh
The youth organisation’s head, ex-judoca Varlam Liparteliani, gave a speech.
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Georgia’s new ‘scrolling and screenshots department’ sends dozens to court over public remarks
In one publicly known case, the court fined lawyer Shota Tutberidze ₾4,000 ($1,500) over a comment addressing a ruling party MP.
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Western Response
Houses remain; stories disappear — the emptying villages of Armenia’s border region Shirak
Across Shirak, houses have been left empty, the sounds of children are slowly disappearing, and the villages’ former lively spirit is fading.
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Economy
Georgia investigates ‘unauthorised’ destruction of historic church ruins
The authorities said that they had learned about the process as early as 2025.
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Regional Intelligence
North Ossetian Marat Kambolov appointed South Ossetian Prime Minister
Marat Kambolov has been viewed by some as being the Kremlin’s appointee, given his lack of connections with South Ossetia.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Visits Georgia
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić is visiting Georgia, marking his first official trip to the country. Accompanied by his wife and a state delegation, Vučić arrived at Tbilisi airport on June 15, where he was welcomed by Georgian Dream Economy Minister Mariam Kvrivishvili, who said the visit would be of “the utmost importance” for strengthening “trade …
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Sovereignty Indicators
EU Accession Status
Frozen
NATO MAP Progress
Stalled
Press Freedom (RSF)
Declining
Foreign Agent Law
Enacted
Civil Society Space
Narrowing
Public EU Support
~80%
Week Ahead
European Parliament plenary to debate Georgia resolution on Wednesday. Georgian National Bank inflation data due Thursday. Opposition rally planned Saturday in Tbilisi's Freedom Square. Bidzina Ivanishvili expected to address GD party congress. OSCE monitoring mission report on media freedom scheduled for release.
Compiled from multiple sources