Robin Fabbro

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Nate Ostiller |Mikheil Gvadzabia |Xandie Kuenning |Robin Fabbro

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 memberGeorgia has reduced the duration of visa-free stay for Ukrainian nationals from three years to one, according to a decree signed by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze that was published online on Wednesday.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Mikheil Gvadzabia |Xandie Kuenning |Robin Fabbro |Aytan Farhadova

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 memberThe speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, announced the upcoming legislative review of another anti-LGBT proposal during a press conference on Friday.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Xandie Kuenning |Robin Fabbro |Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova

On Wednesday, the UN Human Rights office wrote on X that they were ‘concerned’ by the recent ‘restrictive’ legislation passed by the Georgian Parliament. That same day, both Norway and Sweden issued their own statements marking their alarm with Georgia’s new ‘repressive’ laws. In their post, the UN Human Rights office claimed the new legislation would ‘amplify existing risks to freedoms of expression and association, equality and civic space, and stifle political pluralism’.

3 weeks ago | oc-media.org | Xandie Kuenning |Robin Fabbro |Aytan Farhadova |Elizaveta Chukharova

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 memberTornike Rizhvadze has resigned from the position of head of the Autonomous Government of Adjara via a Facebook post. In his post published on Friday, Rizhvadze did not provide any reasons for his decision to resign, nor what he would do next.

1 month ago | oc-media.org | Xandie Kuenning |Robin Fabbro |Shota Kincha |Aytan Farhadova

You can help us survive with a monthly membership or a single donation for as little as $5. In a world drowning in disinformation, your support means we can continue bringing you the real, fact-checked stories that matter. Become a memberAzerbaijan’s Parliamentary Speaker Sahiba Gafarova and her Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili have signed a memorandum of cooperation between their respective legislative bodies.