Baku / 09/02/19 / Turan: Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze announced his resignation today, having served as head of government for only one year.
According to Georgian media, the incumbent Interior Minister Georgy Gakharia will replace Bakhtadze as Prime Minister. The new Minister of the Interior will be former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
After the victory of the Georgian Dream party in the parliamentary elections in 2012, the ruling team replaced three Prime Ministers in seven years. At first, the party leader, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, held this position. Exactly one year later, in 2013, he resigned, appointing Irakli Garibashvili as successor. -02D-
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Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Baku today, held a press conference at the COP29 climate conference. When asked about the arrested climate activists and opposition figures in Azerbaijan, she stated that Germany advocates for the release of government critics and that she would raise this issue during her meeting with Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister. She specifically mentioned the name of Professor Gubad Ibadoglu, a doctor from Dresden University.
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On November 21, climate activists held a series of protests at the COP29 climate conference in Baku. The main themes of the protests included nuclear weapons testing, animal killings, protection of rivers and water bodies, and environmental pollution.
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The General Assembly of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum (EaP CSF) adopted a resolution on Friday reaffirming its commitment to democratic reforms, regional stability, and European integration amidst escalating geopolitical tensions driven by Russia's ongoing aggression in Ukraine.
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Activist Nijat Ibrahim, who was detained in Baku pre-trial detention center-1, inflicted numerous wounds on himself on November 20 in protest against unjustified criminal prosecution, his wife Parvin Ibrahim told Turan. According to her, on November 21, her husband called her and informed her that the day before he had inflicted incised wounds on himself with a piece of mirror. In particular, he cut his throat and ears.
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