The weather is expected to be partially cloudy and sometimes overcast, but primarily without precipitation in Baku and the Absheron Peninsula on March 28, Report informs, citing the National Hydrometeorological Service of Azerbaijan.
Day: March 27, 2024
“History does not repeat itself. But it rhymes. It is rhyming now. Do not be complacent. It is dangerous to take a ride on fascism.” #Trump #Orban #Putin ☠️ https://t.co/RMWdHszLwd
— Ian Brown 🇮🇨 🦣 🦋 (@1Br0wn) March 27, 2024
We don’t know the how of it yet, but as Col. @JESweet2022, U.S. Army (Rtd.) and I caution today, none of #Putin’s narrative adds up. https://t.co/8g5ESfdFQ1
— Mark Toth (@MCTothSTL) March 25, 2024
Major General Bettina Boughani has been appointed as the new Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) in Georgia, the Council of the European Union announced on March 26. She will serve from March 21, 2024 to December 14, 2024, succeeding Dimitrios Karabalis.
Major General Bettina Boughani is an officer of the French National Gendarmerie. She has held various senior positions within the United Nations, the French Gendarmerie and the Ministry of the Interior. Most recently, as Police Commissioner of MINUSMA (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali), she was involved in conflict prevention, mediation and peacekeeping in sensitive political and security contexts.
EUMM Georgia is a civilian monitoring mission consisting of over 200 monitors from the EU member states. It has been operating in Georgia since October 2008 following the EU-mediated Six Point cease-fire Agreement of 12 August 2008.
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On March 26, history has been made as Georgia qualified for EURO 2024 after beating Greece in a penalty shoot-out following a tense playoff final that ended 0-0 after extra time. It is the first time that Georgia has qualified for either the European Championship or a major tournament. Georgia will be in Group F in Germany this summer alongside Turkey, Portugal, and the Czech Republic. This historic win sparked huge celebrations across the capital city of Tbilisi.
Russian state media TASS reported that the Basmannyy Court of Moscow sentenced in absentia a Georgian citizen, Alexander Inasaridze, on charges of committing a “terrorist attack” on the Crimean Bridge in October 2022. Inasaridze allegedly owns the trucking company whose vehicle transported the explosives that later exploded on the bridge. Moscow court sentenced him to two months of preventive detention from the moment of his extradition to Russia.
In an interview with the Russian newspaper “Argumenty i Fakty,” Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson, claims that Russia enjoys “advanced relations” with all the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) except Georgia and Moldova. “As for the rest of the countries, we respect their sovereignty, and at the same time, we remember our common history and economic interdependence that developed during the USSR,” said Peskov.
The ruling Georgian Dream party lawmakers have announced amendments to Georgia’s electoral code, claiming it will improve the efficiency of the country’s electoral system and make elected officials more responsive to local constituencies. However, the proposed amendments have triggered concerns among their critics that the ruling party is clinging to the ousted majoritarian system and are seen as another tactical ploy by the GD to tweak the system to its advantage. In this piece, Civil.ge delves into the GD-proposed amendments.