The new budget would substantially increase tax revenues and expenditures, but the government’s macroeconomic projections have been received skeptically.
Georgia’s behind-the-scenes ruler has made his most extensive comments to date on Georgia’s ongoing political crisis, also indulging in long digressions into psychoanalysis and motherhood.
The charges come just two weeks after Serzh Sargsyan broke his silence since leaving office, heavily criticizing the current authorities at a conference in Croatia.
The restoration has sparked arguments about whether the mosque should be considered “Persian” or “Azerbaijani,” and some locals question whether the Armenian-controlled territory should be rebuilding its mosques at all.
Will the new parliament be the same rubber stamp as the current one? Will it pave the way for the country’s vice president and first lady to take over?
Hyperbolic claims by the prime minister prompted more hyperbolic – and xenophobic – conspiracy theories about the rising presence of Indians in Armenia.
“In Georgia, people used to go to demonstrations organized by politicians. What we achieved is that now politicians come to the demonstrations organized by people.”
Earlier this year, both sides appeared to be trying to turn down the temperature on their grievances against the other. But now the momentum seems to be going in the other direction.
Georgia has recently seen a burst of protest activity around political, cultural, and geopolitical issues. But a new poll highlights how the economy is by far Georgians’ biggest concern.
Thousands of protesters attempted to shut down parliament after the government promised and then reneged on electoral reform. Police removed the demonstrators, but the political crisis seems far from finished.
Georgians again took to the streets after the government backed down on a promise to reform an election system that gives a big leg up to the ruling party.
Following last month’s successful Eurasian Economic Union summit in Yerevan, it was all smiles between the Russian foreign minister and Armenian officials.
The Oscar-nominated “And Then We Danced” faced violent opposition from far right groups, and police were forced to guard theaters throughout the weekend.