Georgia withdrew its delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Jan. 29 after the Assembly passed a resolution calling for Tbilisi to hold new parliamentary elections.

Georgia announced Wednesday that is withdrawing it delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) after the body passed a resolution calling for the country to hold fresh parliamentary elections.

“I don’t think anyone would make a decision that favors GD,” Zurab Girchi Japaridze of the Coalition for Change told us. He said that except for radical left and right groups, there is a consensus that PACE should react to the events in Georgia.

Georgia’s top judge urged state lawmakers Tuesday to end all remaining partisan elections for state judges in an effort to curb the politicization of the courts.

Georgia’s October parliamentary elections and the post-election events have been one of the central topics of discussion on the opening day of the winter session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on Monday, January 27. Some of the MPs called for new elections.

TBILISI. Jan 30 (Interfax) - The Georgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has suspended participation in the assembly's activity, spokesperson of the ruling party Georgian Dream Tea Tsulukiani told journalists.

Bolts: After losing his reelection bid last summer, Georgia State Court Judge Stephen Yekel turned to a loophole in state law that could have erased the result and blocked the winner from taking office.

Protesters went to anti-government rallies in major cities of Georgia demanding new elections and the release of those detained at demonstrations. This is reported by TASS.

And it's no coincidence that the hybrid war Russia … has started with the elections in Georgia, also with the elections in Romania, and to rig the elections, in a very different manner, ...

The Republican elected official sat for the interview with 11Alive's The Georgia Vote just days before a new presidential administration is set to take office.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said the country remained a member of the Council of Europe and was “ready to cooperate” with the body “on any issue”, after the Georgian delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the CoE on Wednesday suspended its participation in the body over a PACE resolution that called on Georgian authorities to hold snap parliamentary elections in the coming months.

Georgian rights activists have denounced what they say is a mounting campaign of repression being waged by the government, accused of democratic backsliding and of moving Tbilisi closer to Russia. Activists say a campaign of intimidation,