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2014 in Georgia (country)

Events in the year 2014 in Georgia.

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Georgia (country)

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See also:Other events of 2014
List of years in Georgia (country)

Incumbents edit

National edit

Autonomous republics edit

Adjara edit

  • Chairman of the Government: Archil Khabadze (October 30, 2012 – present)
  • Chairman of the Supreme Council: Avtandil Beridze (October 28, 2012 – present)

Abkhazia edit

Disputed territories edit

Abkhazia edit

South Ossetia edit

Events edit

January edit

 
The government of Georgia hosting the United States congressional delegation on January 20, 2014.
  • January 1 – The State Ministry for Reintegration is renamed into the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality with the declared aim of easing engagement with the breakaway entities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.[1]
  • January 8 – The statement from the Christmas message by Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II that children born by surrogate mothers or through artificial insemination will be "problematic" in their adulthood and families with such children cannot be happy sparks controversy, causing a protest rally outside the Patriarchate office and a minor skirmish between the protesters and supporters of the patriarch.[2][3]
  • January 20 – President of breakaway South Ossetia, Leonid Tibilov, dismisses government, citing its inefficiency and failure to tackle economic problems.[4]

February edit

  • February 5 – The Parliament of Georgia adopts a bill on local self-governance reform, envisaging direct election of mayors in 12 towns and direct election of heads of all the municipalities.[5]
  • February 7–23 – Despite controversy at home due to the strained relations with Russia,[6] Georgia competes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, with four athletes, winning no medals.[7]
  • February 17, 27 – Georgia's former Prime Minister and secretary-general of the United National Movement party Vano Merabishvili is sentenced to five years in prison on charges of abuse of office, bribery of voters, and the inefficient use of budget funds,[8] and to four years and 6 months for exceeding official powers in case related to break up of the May 2011 protest rally in Tbilisi.[9]
  • February 21 – The Parliament of Georgia endorses the decision to send an infantry company as part of the European Union's military mission in the Central African Republic, EUFOR RCA.[10]
  • February 21 – A Georgian national and a Euromaidan activist, 33-year-old David Kipiani, dies during the clashes between the police forces and protesters in Kyiv, Ukraine, the second Georgian to have died in the course of the confrontation.[11]
  • February 28 – The wanted ex-warlord Emzar Kvitsiani, involved in the 2006 Kodori crisis, is arrested upon his arrival from Moscow to Tbilisi.[12]

March edit

  • March 14 – The government of Georgia gives permission to the mining company RMG to extract gold at the archaeological site of Sakdrisi, drawing protests from archaeologists and preservationists.[13]
  • March 15 – The Georgia national rugby union team wins European Nations Cup.[14]
  • March 24 – The death in unclear circumstances of the former Interior Ministry special forces officer, Shalva Tatukhashvili, a witness in a criminal case against his former superior, Data Akhalaia, sparks allegations of mistreatment by investigators during questioning, which the Prosecutor's office denies.[15][16]
  • March 27 – Prosecutors summon the former President Mikheil Saakashvili for questioning as witness in several criminal cases including investigation into 2005 death of the former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania; Saakashvili, then being in the United States, says he will not return to Georgia for questioning.[17]

April edit

  • April 15 – Three Georgian journalists are detained and released after two days of captivity by the Russian forces near administrative boundary line of breakaway South Ossetia.[18]

May edit

 
A landslide in the Dariali Gorge in May 2014.
  • May 2 – The Parliament of Georgia adopts with 115 votes to 0 with its third and final reading anti-discrimination bill "Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination", which is criticized by human rights group for its lack of efficient implementation mechanisms and strongly opposed by the Georgian Orthodox Church for references to "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" in the bill.[19]
  • May 17 – A landslide in the Dariali Gorge in northeastern Georgia kills at least three people, blocks the Tergi River, and disrupts supply of Russian gas to Armenia.[20][21]
  • May 27 – In breakaway Abkhazia's capital of Sukhumi, opposition groups led by Raul Khadjimba storm the presidential headquarters, forcing President Alexander Ankvab into flight to his home town of Gudauta.[22][23]

June edit

  • June 1 – Breakaway Abkhazia's president Alexander Ankvab resigns a day after the region's parliament declares him "unable" to perform presidential duties and appoints its chairman Valeri Bganba as an acting president.[24]
  • June 3 – Amid the crisis in Ukraine, President of the United States Barack Obama announces the European Reassurance Initiative—a $1bn plan to fund the increase of the United States military presence in Europe and step up defense capabilities of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia.[25]
  • June 6 – A company of 140 soldiers from the Batumi-based infantry battalion leave Georgia to joint the EU military mission in the Central African Republic (EUFOR RCA).[26]
  • June 8 – Breakaway South Ossetia holds a legislative election, unrecognized by Georgia, the EU, and NATO.[27]
  • June 15 – The Georgian Dream coalition wins local elections in the majority of precincts, with the mayoral race in Tbilisi and several other towns going into runoff.[28]
  • June 24 – Georgia, in cooperation with the United States, opens the Joint Maritime Operations Control Center at the Georgian Coast Guard station of Supsa on the Black Sea.[29]
  • June 27 – Georgia, along with Ukraine and Moldova, signs an Association Agreement with the European Union, deepening political and economic ties in the framework of the Eastern Partnership.[30]

July edit

 
Georgian contingent ends its mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan. July 15, 2014.
  • July 5 – The former mayor of Tbilisi and one of the leaders of the UNM opposition party, Gigi Ugulava, is sentenced to a pre-trial detention on money laundering charges, while the opposition continues to accuse the authorities of political vendetta.[31]
  • July 12 – The Georgian Dream coalition candidates win the second round runoffs in the local self-government elections.[32]
  • July 15 – Erosi Kitsmarishvili, a Georgian media executive and politician, is found dead with gunshot wound in his head in own car. The investigation is launched under the criminal code dealing with suicides.[33]
  • July 15 – Georgian ISAF contingent ends their four-year deployment in the Helmand province of Afghanistan with a flag-lowering ceremony at the Camp Leatherneck.[34]
  • July 18 – The Parliament of Georgia ratifies the Association Agreement with the European Union at an extraordinary session.[35]
  • July 26 – At a session boycotted by the opposition United National Movement party, the Parliament of Georgia approves the reshuffled cabinet of Georgia, including five new ministers and two other members moving to other posts.[36]
  • July 28 – Criminal charges are filed by the Georgian prosecutor's office against the former President Mikheil Saakashvili over alleged "exceeding official powers" during the 2007 Georgian demonstrations as well as police raid on and "seizure" of Imedi TV and other assets owned by the late tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili. Saakashvili responds by accusing the Georgian authorities of political score-settling and attempts at appeasing Russia.[37] The United States express concerns over the case and warn that "the legal system should not be used as a tool of political retribution".[38] The European Union "takes note with concern" and states that it will "closely monitor these and other legal proceedings against members of the former government and current opposition in Georgia".[39]

August edit

  • August 2 – The Tbilisi City Court sentences Mikheil Saakashvili to pre-trial detention in absentia.[40]
  • August 20 – An electronic dance music festival KaZantip moves from the Russian-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea to Georgia's Black Sea coast town of Anaklia, receiving mixed reactions in the Georgian society.[41]
  • August 21 – A landslide hits the Dariali Gorge for the second time this year, blocking a road to Russia and damaging gas supply to Armenia. Two people are missing.[42]
  • August 24 – Raul Khadjimba wins a snap presidential election in breakaway Abkhazia.

September edit

  • September 1 – The new law on Law on Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons goes into effect, justified by the government as being more in line with the EU policy, but criticized by rights groups as creating certain complications for foreign citizens, including students.[43]
  • September 5 – Georgia is offered a "substantial package" from NATO at the 2014 Wales summit to help the country advance its preparations to the alliance's membership, leaving Georgia again without a long-sought Membership Action Plan (MAP).[44]
  • September 10 – An incident of nailing a pig's head to a projected Muslim school in Kobuleti, Adjara, leads protests from the Muslim community and condemnation from Prime Minister Garibashvili.[45]
  • September 14 – Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia, the largest party within the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, dismisses vice speaker of the Parliament, Murman Dumbadze, from its ranks for "meddling" in the affairs of the government of Autonomous Republic of Adjara amid the ongoing infighting in the regional branch of the coalition in Adjara.[46]
  • September 26 – Georgia signs the Arms Trade Treaty, restricting an international trade in small arms.[47]

October edit

  • October 11 – An 87 MW run-of-the-river Paravani hydroelectric plant, the largest hydropower project in the country in the last three decades, is inaugurated in Georgia's southern Samtskhe-Javakheti region.[48]
  • October 20 – Georgian government officials mull a new anti-domestic violence policy in response of a series of highly publicized murders of women by current or former husbands.[49]

November edit

  • November 4 – Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili dismisses Defense Minister Irakli Alasania following Alasania's accusation that recent arrest of defense ministry and general staff officials as part of government inquiry into corruption is politically motivated and directed against Georgia's pro-EU and NATO orientation.[50]
  • November 5 – Amid the crisis in the ruling Georgian Dream coalition, Alasania's associates, Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and State Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili, resign from their government positions in protest of Alasania's dismissal, while their party, the Free Democrats, leave the coalition, withdrawing into opposition.[51]
  • November 5–19 – Georgia conducts a population census for the first time since 2002.[52]
  • November 7 – The Georgian Dream coalition succeeds in retaining majority in the Parliament after seven out of ten lawmakers from the Free Democrats party quit the coalition, but three of them remain loyal to it.[53]
  • November 15 – Tens of thousands of Georgians gather in downtown Tbilisi at a rally organized by the opposition United National Movement to protest against Russia's involvement in Georgia's breakaway regions, criticizing their own government for not doing more to defend national interests.[54]
  • November 24 – Russia's President Vladimir Putin and breakaway Abkhazia's leader Raul Khajimba meet in Sochi, Russia, to sign a new treaty between Russia and Abkhazia on "alliance and strategic partnership", envisaging collective defense, setting up joint group of forces, carrying out "coordinated" foreign policy, and creation of "common social and economic space". The treaty draws protest from parts of Abkhaz society, while Georgia condemns it as "de facto annexation". The United States, European Union, and NATO also denounce the treaty.[55][56][57] Russia's Foreign Ministry states the treaty is a response to Georgia's "unrestrained NATO aspirations".[58]
  • November 30 – The Parliament of Georgia overrides President Margvelashvili's veto on the controversial government-backed bill on surveillance regulation, which allows the Ministry of Internal Affairs to retain its direct access to telecom operators' networks.[59]

December edit

  • December 2 – Georgia's former healthcare minister, Alexander Kvitashvili, is appointed on the same position in the government of Ukraine. Georgia's incumbent Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reacts to the fact negatively.[60]
  • December 13 – With the permission of the Georgian authorities, the Russian-owned company RMG kicks off gold mining at the historical site of Sakdrisi, reigniting controversy and drawing condemnation from preservationists, opposition parties, and the Georgian Orthodox Church.[61]
  • December 16 – A reconnaissance company from the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces departs for service in northern Afghanistan under the German command as part of the NATO-led follow-on Resolute Support Mission.[62]
  • December 16 – The European Parliament in Strasbourg ratifies the European Union–Georgia Association Agreement, including a deep and comprehensive free trade treaty.[63]
  • December 20 – The Ministry of Defense issues a statement over the death of Aleksandre Grigolashvili, a pro-Ukrainian Georgian volunteer fighter, at Luhansk, blaming Georgia's former government for the death, and calling "on the citizens not to yield to provocation and not to endanger own lives in exchange of various offers”. The statement draws widespread condemnation from the opposition and ruling coalition politicians as well as wider public, forcing the Ministry to remove the text from its website and apologize.[64][65]
  • December 22 – Several leading journalists and producers leave the Tbilisi-based Maestro TV in response to what they describe the government's meddling in editorial policy.[66]
  • December 29 – Rosneft, Russia's state-owned oil producer, announces it has agreed to buy 49% stake in Petrocas Energy Ltd., which owns oil terminal at Georgia's Black Sea port of Poti through its subsidiary Channel Energy and operates Georgia's one of the largest retail chains under the Gulf brand.[67]
  • December 30 – The body of the Georgian Orthodox priest and abbot of St. David the Builder Church in Mtskheta, Ilia Kartozia, unaccounted after the MS Norman Atlantic disaster, is recovered off Lecce, Italy. According to an eyewitness, the priest helped others to evacuate, but the rescuers failed to save him.[68]

Deaths edit

  • January 13 – Keti Pirtskhalava, 49, Georgian healthcare administrator and former member of the popular children's musical group Mziuri.[69]
  • January 20 – Jumber Lominadze, 83, Georgian astrophysicist.[70]
  • February 12 – Davit Agiashvili, 64, Georgian film director.
  • February 17 – Meri Davitashvili, 89, Georgian composer of children's music.[71]
  • March 4 – Revaz Adamia, Georgian diplomat and politician.
  • March 27 – Petre Khvedelidze, 95, Georgian-American emigre journalist.[72]
  • April 16 – Guram Meliva, 81, Georgian opera director.
  • May 14 – Lili Ioseliani, 92, Georgian theatre director.
  • May 18 – Vakhtang Rurua, 74, Georgian artist and scenic designer.
  • May 18 – Guga Kvitashvili, 42, Georgian journalist and news anchor.
  • July 7 – Eduard Shevardnadze, 86, former President of Georgia.
  • July 8 – Liana Asatiani, 88, Georgian actress.[73]
  • July 15 – Erosi Kitsmarishvili, 49, Georgian media executive and politician, alleged suicide.[74]
  • July 25 – Jumber Lezhava, 75, Georgian round-the-world cyclist.
  • August 13 – Edmond Kalandadze, 91, Georgian painter.
  • September 18 – Emir Burjanadze, 77, Georgian artist.
  • October 7 – Nika Kiladze, 25, Georgian football player.
  • October 29 – Natia Amirejibi, 80, Georgian film critic.
  • November 6 – Guram Pirtskhalava, 74, Georgian actor.
  • November 6 – Revaz Chokhonelidze, 77, Georgian choreographer (Erisioni).
  • November 13 – Kakha Bendukidze, 58, reforming Georgian statesman and businessman.
  • December 15 – Vazha Zghenti, 86, Georgian basketball player.

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Events in the year 2014 in Georgia 2013 2012 2011 2014 in Georgia country 2015 2016 2017Decades 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020sSee also Other events of 2014List of years in Georgia country Contents 1 Incumbents 1 1 National 1 2 Autonomous republics 1 2 1 Adjara 1 2 2 Abkhazia 1 3 Disputed territories 1 3 1 Abkhazia 1 3 2 South Ossetia 2 Events 2 1 January 2 2 February 2 3 March 2 4 April 2 5 May 2 6 June 2 7 July 2 8 August 2 9 September 2 10 October 2 11 November 2 12 December 3 Deaths 4 ReferencesIncumbents editNational edit President Giorgi Margvelashvili November 17 2013 present Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili November 20 2013 present Chairperson of Parliament David Usupashvili October 21 2012 present Autonomous republics edit Adjara edit Chairman of the Government Archil Khabadze October 30 2012 present Chairman of the Supreme Council Avtandil Beridze October 28 2012 present Abkhazia edit Chairman of Government in exile Vakhtang Kolbaia acting April 8 2013 present Chairman of the Supreme Council in exile Elguja Gvazava March 20 2009 present Disputed territories edit Abkhazia edit President Alexander Ankvab May 29 2011 June 1 2014 Valeri Bganba acting June 1 2014 September 25 2014 Raul Khadjimba September 25 2014 present Prime Minister Leonid Lakerbaia September 27 2011 June 2 2014 Vladimir Delba acting June 2 2014 September 29 2014 Beslan Butba September 29 2014 present Chairman of People s Assembly Valeri Bganba April 3 2012 present South Ossetia edit President Leonid Tibilov April 19 2012 present Prime Minister Rostislav Khugayev April 26 2012 January 20 2014 Domenty Kulumbegov January 20 2014 present Chairman of Parliament Stanislav Kochiev July 2 2012 June 23 2014 Anatoliy Bibilov June 23 2014 present Events editJanuary edit nbsp The government of Georgia hosting the United States congressional delegation on January 20 2014 January 1 The State Ministry for Reintegration is renamed into the State Ministry for Reconciliation and Civic Equality with the declared aim of easing engagement with the breakaway entities of Abkhazia and South Ossetia 1 January 8 The statement from the Christmas message by Patriarch of the Georgian Orthodox Church Ilia II that children born by surrogate mothers or through artificial insemination will be problematic in their adulthood and families with such children cannot be happy sparks controversy causing a protest rally outside the Patriarchate office and a minor skirmish between the protesters and supporters of the patriarch 2 3 January 20 President of breakaway South Ossetia Leonid Tibilov dismisses government citing its inefficiency and failure to tackle economic problems 4 February edit February 5 The Parliament of Georgia adopts a bill on local self governance reform envisaging direct election of mayors in 12 towns and direct election of heads of all the municipalities 5 February 7 23 Despite controversy at home due to the strained relations with Russia 6 Georgia competes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi with four athletes winning no medals 7 February 17 27 Georgia s former Prime Minister and secretary general of the United National Movement party Vano Merabishvili is sentenced to five years in prison on charges of abuse of office bribery of voters and the inefficient use of budget funds 8 and to four years and 6 months for exceeding official powers in case related to break up of the May 2011 protest rally in Tbilisi 9 February 21 The Parliament of Georgia endorses the decision to send an infantry company as part of the European Union s military mission in the Central African Republic EUFOR RCA 10 February 21 A Georgian national and a Euromaidan activist 33 year old David Kipiani dies during the clashes between the police forces and protesters in Kyiv Ukraine the second Georgian to have died in the course of the confrontation 11 February 28 The wanted ex warlord Emzar Kvitsiani involved in the 2006 Kodori crisis is arrested upon his arrival from Moscow to Tbilisi 12 March edit March 14 The government of Georgia gives permission to the mining company RMG to extract gold at the archaeological site of Sakdrisi drawing protests from archaeologists and preservationists 13 March 15 The Georgia national rugby union team wins European Nations Cup 14 March 24 The death in unclear circumstances of the former Interior Ministry special forces officer Shalva Tatukhashvili a witness in a criminal case against his former superior Data Akhalaia sparks allegations of mistreatment by investigators during questioning which the Prosecutor s office denies 15 16 March 27 Prosecutors summon the former President Mikheil Saakashvili for questioning as witness in several criminal cases including investigation into 2005 death of the former Prime Minister Zurab Zhvania Saakashvili then being in the United States says he will not return to Georgia for questioning 17 April edit April 15 Three Georgian journalists are detained and released after two days of captivity by the Russian forces near administrative boundary line of breakaway South Ossetia 18 May edit nbsp A landslide in the Dariali Gorge in May 2014 May 2 The Parliament of Georgia adopts with 115 votes to 0 with its third and final reading anti discrimination bill Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination which is criticized by human rights group for its lack of efficient implementation mechanisms and strongly opposed by the Georgian Orthodox Church for references to sexual orientation and gender identity in the bill 19 May 17 A landslide in the Dariali Gorge in northeastern Georgia kills at least three people blocks the Tergi River and disrupts supply of Russian gas to Armenia 20 21 May 27 In breakaway Abkhazia s capital of Sukhumi opposition groups led by Raul Khadjimba storm the presidential headquarters forcing President Alexander Ankvab into flight to his home town of Gudauta 22 23 June edit June 1 Breakaway Abkhazia s president Alexander Ankvab resigns a day after the region s parliament declares him unable to perform presidential duties and appoints its chairman Valeri Bganba as an acting president 24 June 3 Amid the crisis in Ukraine President of the United States Barack Obama announces the European Reassurance Initiative a 1bn plan to fund the increase of the United States military presence in Europe and step up defense capabilities of Ukraine Moldova and Georgia 25 June 6 A company of 140 soldiers from the Batumi based infantry battalion leave Georgia to joint the EU military mission in the Central African Republic EUFOR RCA 26 June 8 Breakaway South Ossetia holds a legislative election unrecognized by Georgia the EU and NATO 27 June 15 The Georgian Dream coalition wins local elections in the majority of precincts with the mayoral race in Tbilisi and several other towns going into runoff 28 June 24 Georgia in cooperation with the United States opens the Joint Maritime Operations Control Center at the Georgian Coast Guard station of Supsa on the Black Sea 29 June 27 Georgia along with Ukraine and Moldova signs an Association Agreement with the European Union deepening political and economic ties in the framework of the Eastern Partnership 30 July edit nbsp Georgian contingent ends its mission in Helmand province Afghanistan July 15 2014 July 5 The former mayor of Tbilisi and one of the leaders of the UNM opposition party Gigi Ugulava is sentenced to a pre trial detention on money laundering charges while the opposition continues to accuse the authorities of political vendetta 31 July 12 The Georgian Dream coalition candidates win the second round runoffs in the local self government elections 32 July 15 Erosi Kitsmarishvili a Georgian media executive and politician is found dead with gunshot wound in his head in own car The investigation is launched under the criminal code dealing with suicides 33 July 15 Georgian ISAF contingent ends their four year deployment in the Helmand province of Afghanistan with a flag lowering ceremony at the Camp Leatherneck 34 July 18 The Parliament of Georgia ratifies the Association Agreement with the European Union at an extraordinary session 35 July 26 At a session boycotted by the opposition United National Movement party the Parliament of Georgia approves the reshuffled cabinet of Georgia including five new ministers and two other members moving to other posts 36 July 28 Criminal charges are filed by the Georgian prosecutor s office against the former President Mikheil Saakashvili over alleged exceeding official powers during the 2007 Georgian demonstrations as well as police raid on and seizure of Imedi TV and other assets owned by the late tycoon Badri Patarkatsishvili Saakashvili responds by accusing the Georgian authorities of political score settling and attempts at appeasing Russia 37 The United States express concerns over the case and warn that the legal system should not be used as a tool of political retribution 38 The European Union takes note with concern and states that it will closely monitor these and other legal proceedings against members of the former government and current opposition in Georgia 39 August edit August 2 The Tbilisi City Court sentences Mikheil Saakashvili to pre trial detention in absentia 40 August 20 An electronic dance music festival KaZantip moves from the Russian occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea to Georgia s Black Sea coast town of Anaklia receiving mixed reactions in the Georgian society 41 August 21 A landslide hits the Dariali Gorge for the second time this year blocking a road to Russia and damaging gas supply to Armenia Two people are missing 42 August 24 Raul Khadjimba wins a snap presidential election in breakaway Abkhazia September edit September 1 The new law on Law on Legal Status of Aliens and Stateless Persons goes into effect justified by the government as being more in line with the EU policy but criticized by rights groups as creating certain complications for foreign citizens including students 43 September 5 Georgia is offered a substantial package from NATO at the 2014 Wales summit to help the country advance its preparations to the alliance s membership leaving Georgia again without a long sought Membership Action Plan MAP 44 September 10 An incident of nailing a pig s head to a projected Muslim school in Kobuleti Adjara leads protests from the Muslim community and condemnation from Prime Minister Garibashvili 45 September 14 Georgian Dream Democratic Georgia the largest party within the ruling Georgian Dream coalition dismisses vice speaker of the Parliament Murman Dumbadze from its ranks for meddling in the affairs of the government of Autonomous Republic of Adjara amid the ongoing infighting in the regional branch of the coalition in Adjara 46 September 26 Georgia signs the Arms Trade Treaty restricting an international trade in small arms 47 October edit October 11 An 87 MW run of the river Paravani hydroelectric plant the largest hydropower project in the country in the last three decades is inaugurated in Georgia s southern Samtskhe Javakheti region 48 October 20 Georgian government officials mull a new anti domestic violence policy in response of a series of highly publicized murders of women by current or former husbands 49 November edit November 4 Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili dismisses Defense Minister Irakli Alasania following Alasania s accusation that recent arrest of defense ministry and general staff officials as part of government inquiry into corruption is politically motivated and directed against Georgia s pro EU and NATO orientation 50 November 5 Amid the crisis in the ruling Georgian Dream coalition Alasania s associates Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and State Minister for European and Euro Atlantic Integration Alexi Petriashvili resign from their government positions in protest of Alasania s dismissal while their party the Free Democrats leave the coalition withdrawing into opposition 51 November 5 19 Georgia conducts a population census for the first time since 2002 52 November 7 The Georgian Dream coalition succeeds in retaining majority in the Parliament after seven out of ten lawmakers from the Free Democrats party quit the coalition but three of them remain loyal to it 53 November 15 Tens of thousands of Georgians gather in downtown Tbilisi at a rally organized by the opposition United National Movement to protest against Russia s involvement in Georgia s breakaway regions criticizing their own government for not doing more to defend national interests 54 November 24 Russia s President Vladimir Putin and breakaway Abkhazia s leader Raul Khajimba meet in Sochi Russia to sign a new treaty between Russia and Abkhazia on alliance and strategic partnership envisaging collective defense setting up joint group of forces carrying out coordinated foreign policy and creation of common social and economic space The treaty draws protest from parts of Abkhaz society while Georgia condemns it as de facto annexation The United States European Union and NATO also denounce the treaty 55 56 57 Russia s Foreign Ministry states the treaty is a response to Georgia s unrestrained NATO aspirations 58 November 30 The Parliament of Georgia overrides President Margvelashvili s veto on the controversial government backed bill on surveillance regulation which allows the Ministry of Internal Affairs to retain its direct access to telecom operators networks 59 December edit December 2 Georgia s former healthcare minister Alexander Kvitashvili is appointed on the same position in the government of Ukraine Georgia s incumbent Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili reacts to the fact negatively 60 December 13 With the permission of the Georgian authorities the Russian owned company RMG kicks off gold mining at the historical site of Sakdrisi reigniting controversy and drawing condemnation from preservationists opposition parties and the Georgian Orthodox Church 61 December 16 A reconnaissance company from the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Georgian Armed Forces departs for service in northern Afghanistan under the German command as part of the NATO led follow on Resolute Support Mission 62 December 16 The European Parliament in Strasbourg ratifies the European Union Georgia Association Agreement including a deep and comprehensive free trade treaty 63 December 20 The Ministry of Defense issues a statement over the death of Aleksandre Grigolashvili a pro Ukrainian Georgian volunteer fighter at Luhansk blaming Georgia s former government for the death and calling on the citizens not to yield to provocation and not to endanger own lives in exchange of various offers The statement draws widespread condemnation from the opposition and ruling coalition politicians as well as wider public forcing the Ministry to remove the text from its website and apologize 64 65 December 22 Several leading journalists and producers leave the Tbilisi based Maestro TV in response to what they describe the government s meddling in editorial policy 66 December 29 Rosneft Russia s state owned oil producer announces it has agreed to buy 49 stake in Petrocas Energy Ltd which owns oil terminal at Georgia s Black Sea port of Poti through its subsidiary Channel Energy and operates Georgia s one of the largest retail chains under the Gulf brand 67 December 30 The body of the Georgian Orthodox priest and abbot of St David the Builder Church in Mtskheta Ilia Kartozia unaccounted after the MS Norman Atlantic disaster is recovered off Lecce Italy According to an eyewitness the priest helped others to evacuate but the rescuers failed to save him 68 Deaths editJanuary 13 Keti Pirtskhalava 49 Georgian healthcare administrator and former member of the popular children s musical group Mziuri 69 January 20 Jumber Lominadze 83 Georgian astrophysicist 70 February 12 Davit Agiashvili 64 Georgian film director February 17 Meri Davitashvili 89 Georgian composer of children s music 71 March 4 Revaz Adamia Georgian diplomat and politician March 27 Petre Khvedelidze 95 Georgian American emigre journalist 72 April 16 Guram Meliva 81 Georgian opera director May 14 Lili Ioseliani 92 Georgian theatre director May 18 Vakhtang Rurua 74 Georgian artist and scenic designer May 18 Guga Kvitashvili 42 Georgian journalist and news anchor July 7 Eduard Shevardnadze 86 former President of Georgia July 8 Liana Asatiani 88 Georgian actress 73 July 15 Erosi Kitsmarishvili 49 Georgian media executive and politician alleged suicide 74 July 25 Jumber Lezhava 75 Georgian round the world cyclist August 13 Edmond Kalandadze 91 Georgian painter September 18 Emir Burjanadze 77 Georgian artist October 7 Nika Kiladze 25 Georgian football player October 29 Natia Amirejibi 80 Georgian film critic November 6 Guram Pirtskhalava 74 Georgian actor November 6 Revaz Chokhonelidze 77 Georgian choreographer Erisioni November 13 Kakha Bendukidze 58 reforming Georgian statesman and businessman December 15 Vazha Zghenti 86 Georgian basketball player References edit State Ministry for Reintegration Renamed Civil Georgia January 2 2014 Georgian Patriarch s Surrogacy Remarks Spark Protests Clashes Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty January 8 2014 Georgian Orthodox Church Responds to Surrogacy Statement Controversy Civil Georgia January 8 2014 Breakaway S Ossetia s Leader Sacks Government Civil Georgia January 20 2014 Parliament Adopts Self Governance Bill Civil Georgia 5 February 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 PM Comments on Calls for Boycotting Sochi Olympics Civil Georgia October 14 2013 Georgia Archived 2014 02 25 at the Wayback Machine Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi Accessed February 23 2014 Ex Georgian PM Merabishvili Sentenced To Five Years Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty February 17 2014 Merabishvili Sentenced in Case over Break Up of 2011 Protest Civil Georgia March 1 2014 Parliament Approves Sending Troops to Central African Republic Civil Georgia February 21 2014 Georgian Citizen Dies in Kiev Clashes Civil Georgia February 21 2014 Wanted Ex Warlord Arrested on Arrival in Tbilisi Civil Georgia 28 February 2014 Retrieved 1 March 2014 RMG Given Go Ahead to Dig Gold at Sakdrisi Civil Georgia March 14 2014 Rugby success Georgia wins European Nations Cup Agenda ge March 15 2014 Prosecutor s Office Gripped by Witness Death Case Civil Georgia April 3 2014 Official Autopsy Report in Tatukhashvili s Case Released Civil Georgia April 5 2014 Georgia CrisisWatch N 128 April 1 2014 Georgian Journalists Detained Near South Ossetia Freed Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty April 17 2014 Anti Discrimination Bill Adopted Civil Georgia May 2 2014 Smashing landslide in Dariali Gorge in northern Georgia Agenda ge 17 May 2014 Two Bodies Found in Dariali Landslide Four People Remain Missing Civil Georgia May 24 2014 Analysis Unrest in Abkhazia BBC News 28 May 2014 Georgia Abkhazia Leader flees protesters in Sukhumi BBC News 28 May 2014 Ankvab Steps Down Civil Georgia June 1 2014 US to step up military presence in European Reassurance Initiative Euronews June 3 2014 Georgian Troops Heading to EU Mission in Central African Republic Civil Georgia June 6 2014 Results of Parliamentary Polls in Breakaway S Ossetia Civil Georgia June 9 2014 Georgian Dream Fades in Local Elections Institute for War amp Peace Reporting June 17 2014 U S Funded Maritime Fusion Center in Supsa Civil Georgia 24 June 2015 Retrieved 11 January 2015 EU forges closer ties with Ukraine Georgia and Moldova European Union June 27 2014 Georgia opposition leader Gigi Ugulava detained BBC News 3 July 2014 Retrieved 7 July 2014 GD Sweeps Municipal Runoff Elections Civil Georgia 13 July 2014 Retrieved 13 July 2014 Kitsmarishvili Buried as Death Probe Continues Civil Georgia 20 July 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Georgian Troops End Mission in Helmand Civil Georgia 17 July 2014 Archived from the original on 5 August 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Georgia Ratifies EU Association Agreement Civil Georgia 18 July 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Parliament Confirms Reshuffled Cabinet Civil Georgia 26 July 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 In Hungary Saakashvili Comments on Charges Against Him 30 July 2014 Civil Georgia Archived from the original on 10 August 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Statement by Jen Psaki Criminal Charges against Former Georgian President Saakashvili July 29 Embassy of the United States Georgia 29 July 2014 Archived from the original on 2014 08 10 Retrieved 31 July 2014 EU Takes Note with Concern of Filing Criminal Charges Against Saakashvili Civil Georgia 31 July 2014 Archived from the original on 10 August 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 Court Orders Pre Trial Detention for Saakashvili in Absentia Civil Georgia 2 August 2014 Retrieved 4 August 2014 Rimple Paul 25 August 2014 Georgia Kazantip Rave Fest Gets Mixed Reception Eurasianet org Retrieved 21 December 2014 Landslide Hits Dariali Gorge Civil Georgia 21 August 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Challenges of new immigration policies of Georgia Transparency International Georgia 27 October 2014 Retrieved 11 January 2015 Georgia in NATO Wales Summit Declaration Civil Georgia 5 September 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 PM Condemns Provocation Against Muslims in Kobuleti Civil Georgia 11 September 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Parliament s Deputy Speaker Sacked from GD Civil Georgia 14 September 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2014 Georgia to join arms trade treaty Freedom amp Democracy Watch 25 September 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Paravani Hydropower Plant Opens in Samtskhe Javakheti Civil Georgia 11 October 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 After Series of Murders of Women Govt Mulls Anti Domestic Violence Policy Civil Georgia 21 October 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 PM Sacks Defense Minister Alasania Civil Georgia 4 November 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2014 Alasania s Free Democrats Quit GD Coalition Civil Georgia 5 November 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2014 Georgia will conduct a population census in November 2014 Archived 2014 01 02 at the Wayback Machine Caucasus Elections Watch April 16 2013 GD Retains Majority Group in Parliament Civil Georgia 7 November 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2014 Antidze Margarita 15 November 2014 Thousands of Georgians protest against Russia own government Reuters Retrieved 16 November 2014 Herszenhorn David M 24 November 2014 Pact Tightens Russian Ties With Abkhazia The New York Times Retrieved 25 November 2014 After Signing New Treaty Moscow Pledges over 200m for Abkhazia in 2015 Civil Georgia 24 November 2014 Retrieved 25 November 2014 NATO Doesn t Recognize So Called Treaty Between Moscow and Sokhumi Civil Georgia 25 November 2014 Retrieved 25 November 2014 Russia Georgia s NATO integration prompted signing of Russia Abkhazia treaty Agenda ge 11 December 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Parliament Overrides Veto on Govt Backed Surveillance Bill Civil Georgia 30 November 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Garibashvili Says Ex Georgian Officials in Ukrainian Govt Damaging Ties Civil Georgia 20 December 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Outcry as RMG Launches Gold Mining at Sakdrisi Civil Georgia 16 December 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Georgian Troops Head to Mazar i Sharif Civil Georgia 16 December 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 European Parliament Ratifies Georgia Association Agreement Civil Georgia 18 December 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2014 Kucera Joshua 21 December 2014 Controversy Erupts Over Death Of Georgian Soldier In Ukraine Eurasia net Retrieved 22 December 2014 MoD Apologizes Says Leadership Was Not Aware of Controversial Statement Civil Georgia 22 December 2014 Retrieved 22 December 2014 Maestro TV Hit by Mass Departure of Journalists Civil Georgia 24 December 2014 Retrieved 24 December 2014 Rosneft Becomes Part Owner of Company with Operations in Georgia Civil Georgia 30 December 2014 Retrieved 31 December 2014 Final moments of Georgian priest in the Adriatic Sea Italian media about father Ilia Kartozia Georgian Journal 3 January 2015 Archived from the original on 3 January 2015 Retrieved 3 January 2015 ანსამბლ მზიურის წევრი ქეთი ფირცხალავა 49 წლის ასაკში გარდაიცვალა Member of the ensemble Mziuri Keti Pirtskhalava dies at 49 in Georgian Expressnews January 15 2014 გარდაიცვალა აკადემიკოსი ჯუმბერ ლომინაძე Academician Jumber Lominadze dies in Georgian Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty January 20 2014 ცნობილი ქართველი კომპოზიტორი მერი დავითაშვილი გარდაიცვალა Well known Georgian composer Meri Davitashvili dies Archived 2014 02 21 at the Wayback Machine in Georgian Imedi TV February 17 2014 გარდაიცვალა ამერიკაში მცხოვრები უხუცესი ქართველი ემიგრანტი The elderly Georgian emigre in the United States dies in Georgian Voice of America March 29 2014 Famous Georgian actress Liana Asatiani dies Georgian Public Broadcaster 1st Channel 8 July 2014 Retrieved 23 November 2014 Kitsmarishvili Buried as Death Probe Continues Civil Georgia 20 July 2014 Retrieved 31 July 2014 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related 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