The new government is trying to dismantle connections between politics and business. But a party led by one of the country’s richest men is poised to make it into the new parliament.
Georgia has the highest rate of American tourist visa violators in Europe and the former Soviet Union. Would-be illegal migrants are aided by a network of “travel agents.”
The activists were conducting a march to celebrate a national holiday, but the authorities accused them of doing it for unsanctioned “political purposes.”
The deal has raised questions of conflict of interest in a government that has made a priority of prosecuting corruption among members of the former regime.
The state has begun gifting all newlyweds in the country a free copy of the national epic poem, The Knight in the Panther’s Skin, meant as a “dowry” for the brides.
The political opposition used the conference as a political weapon against Pashinyan, and organizers lamented the indifference of the police after they received threats.
The presidential race was a partial referendum on former president Mikheil Saakashvili. Some low-information voters took that literally, voting for a fringe candidate with a similar name.
