Robin Fabbro

1 week ago | oc-media.org | Robin Fabbro

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has announced that observers from the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will not be invited to observe local elections in October. Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Kobakhidze said it was ‘not standard practice’ to invite the OSCE/ODIHR to observe local elections.

2 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Robin Fabbro

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said his government is lobbying among EU states to revoke visa-free travel to the bloc for Georgian citizens. Tusk made the comments while speaking about immigration in an address to the Polish parliament on Wednesday, before winning a crucial vote of confidence in his government. ‘We are building the necessary majority to limit or suspend visa-free travel with Georgia, among others’, he said.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Robin Fabbro

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberSupport for the EU has seen a dramatic fall in Georgia over the past year, according to the latest Standard Eurobarometer survey from the European Commission. Asked their opinion on Georgia’s possible future membership in the EU, only 60% of respondents said it would be a good thing, down from 74% a year earlier.

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Robin Fabbro

Join the fight for free media in the Caucasus for as little as €5 and enjoy exclusive benefits from our team as a thank you. Become a memberFrench President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Freidrich Merz, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, have issued a joint address to the Georgian people on the country’s independence day, condemning the Georgian government’s crackdown on dissent.

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Arshaluys Barseghyan |Nate Ostiller |Robin Fabbro |Yousef Bardouka

Amidst the current global turmoil, small news outlets like ours could be the first to close. Help us get off grants and become the first reader-funded news site in the Caucasus, and keep telling the stories that matter. Become a memberOn 2 May, Vazgen Saghatelyan and Narek Samsonyan, the hosts of the anti-government Imnemnimi podcast, were acquitted of charges of hooliganism. In March 2024, the hosts were detained after insulting Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and other ruling party figures.