Statement of the organization “Civic IDEA” The organization “Civic IDEA” strongly condemns the raid operation carried out following the Prime Minister’s order. The assault and the arrest of the leader of an opposition political party is a direct blow even to the smallest remnants of democracy that still existed in the country early in the …
Appeal to the Prime Ministerial Candidate and the Parliament of Georgia Civic IDEA responds to the nomination of Irakli Gharibashvili as the Prime Ministerial candidate of the “Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia” party and considers it necessary to address: the Parliament of Georgia, the society and the PM candidate. It is known that Mr. Gharibashvili …
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“Insights from Young Scholars and Peacebuilders from the Caucasus” is the collection of articles and research papers developed within the frames of Civic IDEA’s and Berlin-based Corridors – Dialogue through Cooperation’s joint workshop. Sixteen young experts from Abkhazia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Russia participated in the project, which combined academic input, practical training, and …
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COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown of Marneuli and Bolnisi municipalities, the peripeteias associated with the Nariman Narimanov monument, and the events surrounding David Gareja, have uncovered a deep and veiled problem of decades of inequality and racism in society. Although the state legislation of Georgia has been trying to develop a policy of equality for …
“Georgia’s NATO integration is long-awaited and expected here in Tbilisi,” former Minister of Defence Ms. Tinatin Khidasheli told Brussels Morning. NATO must confirm that membership is a realistic possibility rather than merely an aspiration, not least to deter Russia’s overtures to the region, she said. Focusing on the strategic rationale, Khidasheli pointed out that Georgian …