Day: September 29, 2023

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A total of 88,780 forcibly displaced persons from Nagorno Karabakh arrived in Armenia as of 10 m, September 29.

According to Prime Minister’s Spokesperson Nazeli Baghdasaryan, 63,483 of them have already been registered.

She told a press conference today that 20,306 people have been accommodated by the government: 972 people were provided residence in Aragatsotn province, 4 658 in Ararat province, 1 772 in Armavir province, 1 935 in Gegharkunik, 4 622 in Kotayk, 921 in Lori, 2 040 in Syunik, 1 116 in Tavush, 1 370 in Vayots Dzor, 900 in Shirak.

The rest have left for their preferred places of residence.

The 2nd National Urban Planning Forum on the theme “Sustainable cities as a driving force for economic development and fighting inequality” has opened in Zangilan with the participation of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.The Forum is being held within the framework of “Urban Planning Week 2023” events organised in cooperation with the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) and the State Committee for Urban Planning and …

A telephone conversation has been held between Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Ceyhun Bayramov and British Minister of State for Europe Leo Docherty.The agenda of bilateral cooperation and the current situation in the region were discussed, the Foreign Ministry press service reported.Bayramov informed the interlocutor in detail about the situation in the region after local anti-terrorist measures carried out by Azerbaijan in Karabakh.He pointed out that …

Reputable international research company Edison Research conducted a public opinion poll on behalf of Georgian TV channel “Formula”, according to which 90% of the Georgian population supports the country’s accession to the European Union, and 83% – Georgia’s membership in NATO.

Within the framework of the survey, 1500 people aged 18 and older were interviewed by personal survey method.

The margin of error is +/- 3% for a confidence level of 95%. Fieldwork was conducted between September 7 and September 24, 2023.

Key findings of the study

According to Edison Research, 90% of the population supports EU accession, 10% oppose it.

According to the survey, 83% of the population supports Georgia’s accession to NATO.

• 83% support Georgia’s accession to NATO, 17% are against.
• 60% of the population support strategic relations with China.

61% of respondents believe that the country is developing in the wrong direction, 39% believe that it is developing in the right direction.

69% of the population have heard that in the parliamentary elections of 2024 Georgian voters will have an opportunity to vote through electronic technologies, 31% have not heard about it.

81% of the population welcomes the introduction of e-voting technologies in Georgia, while 19% do not.

88% are in favor of creating an electronic voting system that would allow Georgian immigrants to vote electronically, while 12% are opposed.

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• European Commission President: Georgia’s place is in the EU, but only in the long term
• “Georgian authorities are trying to prevent the country from obtaining EU candidate status”
• 85% of Georgians support NATO membership – Edison Research

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58% of the population believe that former President Mikheil Saakashvili should be pardoned, while 42% believe that this should not be done.

50 percent of the population believe that in October 2023 Georgia will not get the status of a candidate to the European Union, and 50 percent believe that it will.

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• Does Georgia need EU candidate status while Georgian Dream is in power? Points for and against

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The majority of respondents, 67% favor a new party(ies) to rule in Parliament.

62% of the population oppose the impeachment of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

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• Will the Georgian authorities be able to declare impeachment of the president, and why did they go for it?

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It should be noted that 54% of the population believe that vote-buying prevents free and independent elections in Georgia.

The majority of respondents believe that opposition parties would do a better job of supporting Ukraine, crime, accession to the European Union and migration of Russians to Georgia than the ruling Georgian Dream party does.

When asked what factors prevent free and independent elections in Georgia, the answers were divided as follows:

• Voter bribery – 54%
• Criminal involvement – 35%
• Intimidation of voters – 30%
• Use of administrative resources – 28%
• Unequal conditions for campaigning – 27%
• CEC independence – 26%
• Control over media – 25%
• Number of independent observers – 20%
• Nothing – 22%

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