The jail in Georgia’s largest county, Fulton County, leaves its inmates vulnerable to “substantial risk of serious harm from violence” and violates their constitutional and statutory rights, according to a new Justice Department report released Thursday. After a more than year-long civil rights probe into the Fulton County Jail – which has long been plagued … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, November 10, 2024 The Holy Trinity Cathedral of Tbilisi, Georgia. Also known as Sameba, it is reportedly the third largest Orthodox cathedral in the world. | Screengrab/YouTube/jecris channel Throughout the extensive history of the Church, there have been numerous events of lasting significance. Each week marks anniversaries of … Read more
Millions of Americans are heading to the polls to vote for their next president. Election Day voting began as early as 5 a.m. on Tuesday and will continue to as late as 1 a.m. on Wednesday. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump each need at least 270 electoral votes to win the … Read more
First published in Latvijas Avize, Latvia, Oct. 30, 2024 | By Gatis Sluka First published in U.T. Independent, India, Oct. 29, 2024 | By Paresh Nath First published on Caglecartoons.com, The Netherlands, Oct. 28, 2024 | By Tom Janssen First published in The Boston Globe, Oct. 27, 2024 | By Patrick Chappatte Read original article … Read more
Opposition parties cried foul after Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, claimed victory with 54 percent support in a vote on Saturday. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said her country had fallen victim to a “Russia[n] special operation,” and vowed she wouldn’t accept the election results, demanding a re-run. She also called on Georgian citizens to take … Read more
He added: “I also want to congratulate the Georgian government on that while enforcing pro-European politics, you didn’t allow becoming a second Ukraine. We greatly value the PM’s devotion to this idea, and I’m confident Georgia will be well-suited to join the EU by the end of this decade.” Orbán was echoing Georgian Dream’s preelection … Read more
“Georgia is a conservative, Christian and pro-Europe state. Instead of useless lecturing, they need our support on their European path,” Orbán said in a post on X. Georgia’s EU membership application was frozen earlier this year amid warnings of backsliding on human rights and repression after Georgian Dream pushed through a divisive package of Russian-style … Read more
Gordon Repinski analysiert die permanente Einmischung der Parteichefin Wagenknecht in das Vorgehen des Landesverbandes und was das für die eigene Spitzenkandidatin, die CDU und die SPD, aber auch für die AfD und Björn Höcke letztlich bedeuten könnte. Im 200-Sekunden-Interview dazu der thüringische SPD-Landeschef Georg Maier über die bisherigen Gespräche mit dem Wagenknecht-Bündnis und ein mögliches … Read more
Georgia’s EU membership prospects were stalled after the Georgian government adopted a controversial Russian-style “foreign agents” law, despite warnings that it could jeopardize Georgia’s bid to join the bloc. In the lead-up to the election, the ruling party had also pledged to ban virtually all opposition parties, and has passed a string of Russian-style laws … Read more
With such high stakes, voting kicked off in a tense environment. Election observers, such as ISFED, have reported three alleged cases of vote-buying, and local media outlets have reported an incident involving a physical confrontation at one of the polling stations. According to local publication Publika, an opposition activist was beaten. A video circulating online … Read more
