Finland’s Foreign Minister fined 5,000 GEL for blocking road in Tbilisi
Georgian Foreign Ministry expresses concern over Elina Valtonen’s visit to Georgia and sends a protest note to OSCE Secretariat and participating States
Shalva Papuashvili on Elina Valtonen: She exchanged her reputation as the OSCE Chairman-in-Office into a 39-second video
Shalva Papuashvili - Are we different kinds of people in America and Georgia, or what is happening? It is absolutely absurd to conclude that what is acceptable in America is not acceptable for Georgians - if the Venice Commission has to look at us in such a segregative way, that is a another issue
Kakha Kaladze on Venice Commission opinion: One year has passed and we say that if you have any arguments, present them, let's discuss them - we introduced the analogue of the American FARA, exactly the same, it turns out that this is not possible here
Shalva Papuashvili: There is no place for parties that are enemies of democracy in a democratic process – it is our obligation to file a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court, behind which is the mandate given by people
Elina Valtonen to Irakli Kobakhidze: I invite you to come to Finland, meet the free press and observe any demonstration of your liking - sorry I had to cancel our meeting in Tbilisi because of clashing schedules
Kobakhidze: Lawsuit to declare up to ten political parties unconstitutional to be filed soon
Irakli Kobakhidze: The exact list will be announced in a few days, when the lawsuit is officially filed with the Constitutional Court - there may be up to 10 parties, let's see, including small parties
Shalva Papuashvili: The video clearly shows that nobody from the several thousand people who gathered on 4 distanced himself from anything, neither a doctor nor a lawyer - in this "river of people" there was not a single person who would swim against the current