Which makes me wonder how GD rates discussing Russian sanction evasion. Or maybe that's not an issue as it is an obvious truth?
Nonetheless, why the stingy reaction while GD officials openly befriend Iranian leaders?
Next step in repression by Georgian Dream.
Authors of a critical piece on Georgian facilitation of Iranian sanction evasion under investigation by state security services. Both are prominent former politicians.
The turmoil in Iran might spell wider regional trouble into the South Caucasus.
Azerbaijan was shot at with drones yesterday while its government now claims to have foiled Iranian terrorist plots. Is Baku building up a casus belli for "South Azerbaijan"?
www.france24.com/en/middle-ea...
Azerbaijan claims it has foiled Iranian plots for terrorist and sabotage actions in Azerbaijan, against the Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan oil pipeline, a Jewish synagogue and the Israeli embassy.
www.trend.az/azerbaijan/4...
Meer velden eisen terwijl je al extra krijgt en niet aan kan tonen dat je op middellange termijn nog meer nodig hebt is bezijden redelijkheid binnen de krappe stad die we hebben.
De ruimtelijke herschikking is een complexe legpuzzel, waarin we als een schuifpuzzel bestemmingen herschikken.
We zitten in Delft met bijzonder ingewikkelde ruimtelijke keuzes en hebben grote opgaves: we hebben duizenden studentenwoningen nodig, nog 12.000 gewone woningen, willen daarnaast alle voorzieningen op peil houden en geen groene ruimte opofferen. Dat vraagt van iedereen ook realistisch zijn.
Suggestieve en verkeerde framing "raad steekt geen stokje voor bouwen op sportvelden".
Ten eerste: de rugbyvereniging verhuist naar een nieuwe locatie waar nu geen sportvelden zijn. Ten tweede, de andere verenigingen krijgen er velden bij. Maar ze hadden er meer gewild. Minder meer is het dus.
Breaking visa free travel with EU will add to disconnect Georgia from the EU. GD can also say this is the EU closing the door, not them.
Georgian Dream has broken the international education compliance by reducing the education curriculum from 12 to 11 years. The aim is to have less Georgians study abroad, such as in EU, and without any issue they can study in Russia anyways.
I think this won't change anything in Georgian Dreams behavior as this will advance their agenda to have Georgians distract from the EU and travel to and interact with other places, such as Russia, Middle East and China. To take it out of Europe's orbit.
The EU also warns the next step will be full suspension of visa free travel for all Georgian citizens.
The EU has restricted EU bound travel for Georgian officials, calling for stricter border control by EU members and mandating officials to get a visa.
The EU effectively bans officials from using their regular passports as bypass.
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Stingy reaction by Georgian Dream in response to critical claims Georgia is offering Iran sanction evasion.
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A Ukrainian drone was shot down over Abkhazia last night. Not clear whether this was a deliberate target or that the drone veered off course and was destined for a Russian target.
jam-news.net/ukrainian-dr...
Goed interview met D66 lijsttrekker Brendan bij omroep Delft. Met een degelijk verhaal de verkiezingen in!
โ50 procent sociale huurwoningen bouwen is gewoon niet haalbaarโ, waarmee hij de aanval op coalitiegenoot GroenLinks-PvdA zo concludeert de lokale omroep.
www.omroepdelft.nl/politiek/bre...
* unless of course they shut their mouth. But in a society which is famous for its taxi conversations and lively political debates among friends, relatives and who else, one knows this runs against everything Georgian.
I am not sure it is Russki Mir per se, or who inspired or instructed GD to do this, but it is dictatorial and has nothing to do with creating a free, peaceful and prosperous Georgia, but a Georgia where people have to live in fear.
Crucially, calling the government illegitimate based on fraudulent elections has become a crime with prison sentence for years.
There's no exception for that, but obviously this law can be maintained selectively at will.
My cleaning lady talking politics to her relatives (saying "you see, Europeans aren't so bad") could be criminally liable if she leans to oppo parties, but if relatives are qotsi.."it's all fine".
Georgian Dream adopted another set of repressive legislateive amendments.
The most important one being further widening the scope of the ban on "(foreign) grant" legislation. Essentially any foreign payment for provided services could be seen as foreign influencing.
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Lelo says that the earlier failed unity formats have "damaged public trust" and believes "we should offer the public an alternative choice in the opposition as well."
Both Lelo and Gakharia for Georgia did not boycott the local elections last year.
Remarkably Lelo did not join the alliance, but according to some they will eventually as there is no other choice.
From the de facto leadership of Gakharia for Georgia the usual drums beat: "we will never join anything that is UNM or has its blood", "that is a red line".
Oh well....
The Georgian opposition alliance is formed by United National Movement and other pro-western parties, such as UNM spin offs Strategy Aghmashenebeli, European Georgia, Girchi-More Freedom, Droa and Akhali.
Also the old National Democratic Party and new parties Federalists and Freedom Square joined.
Earlier today, parliament started further amendments to election code, starting with rules for international observers as announced recently.
This is another indication GD is prepping for elections. This is a minor detail that they would not touch nearly than 3 years ahead.
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This further taps into expectations and rumors ruling Georgian Dream might call for snap elections this year to regain lost legitimacy (and obviously to strengthen their parliamentary majority into a constitutional majority with a wiped out pro-western opposition, offering their own proxy groups).
Looming for a little while, but nine Georgian opposition parties have decided to renew efforts to unite in an "opposition alliance". A coordination document to this effect has been signed tonight.
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GD is totally confused who to feel more sympathy with: the ayatollah leadership, revolting Iranians, Israel or their ideological counterpart - who ignores GD bluntly - Trump.
Meanwhile GD boasts "the world is on fire but in Georgia we take care of peace".
Georgian Dream elite finds itself trapped in the Arab world. Tbilisi "luxury life" mayor Kaladze was in Abu Dhabi over the weekend and can't return home to resume his duties as mayor.
www.interpressnews.ge/ka/article/8...
However, this was more of a clan fight than a true fight against corruption. In the structure Georgia Dream is, everyone has dirty hands and can be dismissed by legal means over corrupt behaviour. It is the very structure of GD. A maffia structure and "dismemberment by law".
The reorganization goes with a large reduction of personnel.
Last year, Georgian Dream projected a tough fight against corruption among its own, not even sparing its own (former) prime minister, who stole more money than Saakashvili ever "misspent" (for alleged personal use).
