🇬🇪🏳️‍🌈 The main topic of the coming days is how and in what format the week of dignity organized by LGBT movements will be held in Georgia.
Chronology of events:
📍21.06. LGBT activists and movements announce that due to security reasons there will be no mass street action, but they announce the holding of "Tbilsi Pride Fest 2022" in a closed area, which includes a festival, performances, educational lectures, film screenings
📍23.06. The pro-Russian radical movement Alt-info is raising funds to bring activists from the regions to Tbilisi to oppose LGBT events, promising this time an unprecedented mobilization
📍24.06. Public figures are silent or reluctant to say that it is necessary to respect the opinion of the majority and not to hold such actions
📍25.06. The Diplomatic International Corps says that the requirements of the EU included a recommendation to strengthen gender equality and respect for equal rights for all persons
📍26.06. Tbilisi Pride and several NGOs are holding a special briefing demanding that the government ensure the safety of the events and nearby territories, protect its participants and punish the organizers of the events on July 5, 2021
ℹ️ In 2021, Pride Week was held in Tbilisi with many incidents. On July 5, the actions of radical groups - opponents of the march of dignity - escalated into the persecution of journalists. More than 50 media representatives were injured, the offices of several LGBT organizations were destroyed. Local and international non-governmental organizations accuse the Georgian authorities and police of "deliberate inaction."

🏍 In Khevsureti, a motorcyclist who tried to drive along a washed-out road fell under a landslide.
The incident happened on the Borisakho-Shatili road. Foreign citizen found dead.

👮🏻‍♂️ The Georgian Interior Ministry has said it will take all appropriate measures to ensure that this week's Tbilisi Pride events take place in a safe environment.
Representatives of the ultra-conservative and radical platform "Alt-Info" were summoned for interrogation in connection with complaints about threats from them against the organizers and participants of the week of dignity.
🏳️‍🌈 LGBT festival runs from June 28 to July 2. Tbilisi Pride had previously announced that all events would be held in a closed format, but they feared attacks even in this case.
Most likely, the situation of last year will occur, when the festival, film screening, master classes and other indoor events took place through cordons and surrounded by thousands of police officers. In 2021, participants who came to the events were verbally threatened, various objects were thrown at them, one of the eggs even hit the British ambassador.

🦠 Coronavirus statistics for the past (from 21.06 to 27.06) week:
1058 new cases (442 in a week)
646 recovered
2 died

❗️The opposition Lelo Party issued an ultimatum to the ruling Georgian Dream Party.
It was stated that if the GM does not comply with the demands of the protesters before July 3, "the activities of Lelo in the parliament and Sakrebulo will not continue as usual." The party believes that it is necessary to immediately develop principles for the formation of a government of national accord, and after its formation, draw up a plan for fulfilling the EU conditions.
ℹ️ In the last parliamentary elections, Lelo took fourth place (3.28%) and has 4 deputies in parliament.

⚡️Three leaders of the ruling party are leaving Georgian Dream.
Three heads of parliamentary committees come out of it: Sozar Subari, Mikhail Kavelashvili and Dmitry Khundadze. All of them have been prominent representatives of "Dream" in recent months.
ℹ️ The information was spread by the secretary of the ruling party Mamuka Mdinaradze.

🇬🇪↔️🇧🇬 A cargo-passenger ferry starts to operate between Batumi and Bulgarian Burgas.
From July 4, the Vilnius ship will run weekly on this route. The capacity of the ferry is 150 cargo units, and the cargo decks of the ship can accommodate 103 wagons.
The passenger complex is designed for 108 seats in cabins, with all amenities. Thus, the ferry can deliver to Adjara and back not only cargo, but also tourists.
🇺🇦 The ferry is operated by the largest Black Sea operator - Ukrferry, which previously had routes to Georgia: Chernomorsk-Poti and Chernomorsk-Batumi.

🇬🇪 At the last NATO summit in Madrid, a decision was made to strengthen political and practical support for Georgia.
The alliance approved a new strategic concept until 2030, calling Russia a security threat. The summit participants adopted the NATO Strategic Concept for 2022, which states that it "reaffirms the decision of the 2008 Bucharest Summit and all subsequent decisions."
ℹ️ According to polls, 71% of Georgian citizens support joining NATO, despite (or just because of) the threat from Russia.

👮🏻‍♂ An unusual lawsuit was registered in Georgia.
Manana Kobakhidze, a former member of parliament and now a judge of the Constitutional Court, is demanding that she be granted the status of a victim in the case of illegal wiretapping. We are talking about a data breach that occurred in 2021. More than 50,000 files containing information about the personal lives of journalists, representatives of religious organizations, politicians, civic activists, and diplomats have been released to the media.
😉 The content of the conversations, which the judge did not like so much, is curious: on the recording, she discusses with an Orthodox priest a lawsuit against a condom manufacturer. Then the company "Aiisa" on the packaging published images of various famous people, including Queen Tamar, the statue of Mother Georgia and others who offended the public.

👮🏻‍♂️ The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia sends SMS messages with information about the inadmissibility of marriages with minors.
Adapted translation:
“Child marriage is a crime! If you are being forced into marriage or have information about such cases or forced minors, please contact 112 or the Human Rights Department.”
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/adamianisuflebatadacvisdepartamenti
📱 Applications "112 Georgia" : Android / iOS

💻📈📱 Telecommunication company "Magti" raises tariffs.
One of the largest companies in Georgia in terms of the number of users announced that from August 8th unlimited mobile Internet per week will rise from 7 to 9 lari. The monthly tariff will rise in price to 32 lari, and the daily one will cost 2 lari.
📈 Faster home internet promotion from August 8th: applies to the 30 Mbps package;
The speed can be increased to a maximum of 50 Mbps:
10 Mb/s - subscription will increase by 3 GEL,
20 Mb/s - subscription will increase by 5 GEL.
❗️To receive the offer, you must have 30 days after connecting and not change the speed on a low package within the last 3 months.

❗️❗️The owner of the opposition TV channel Pirveli, Vato Tsereteli, said that deputies of the ruling Georgian Dream party beat him on the territory of the US embassy.
As he noted, Okhanashvili, Zarkua, Odisharia and Mgaloblishvili participated in the attack.
"On the territory of the American embassy, ​​I was attacked and physically beaten by Georgian Dream deputies. In the courtyard, where 200 or 300 guests were invited. I am shocked. I appeal to Kelly Degnan (ambassador), I was attacked on the territory of the US embassy, ​​please make public the footage, give it to the media, how the deputies of the "Georgian Dream" are beating people."
❗️Okhanashvili has already called the incident "a dirty provocation that no Georgian could withstand."

❗️Thousands of Georgian citizens have suffered financially from scammers from TeslaMedia (not related to Elon Musk).
At the moment, the organization has stopped paying out funds previously earned by participants in the pyramid.
ℹ️ "Teslamedia" combined elements of network marketing, gaming cryptocurrencies and a software NFT product. At the time of closing, it was the most popular online investment in Georgia. In order to become a member, citizens acquired various levels of application, of low cost, and then they had to perform several simple tasks daily (Pyramid participants who attracted other players to the pyramid were rewarded with bonuses. In addition, the pyramid practiced drawings of various valuable prizes.
🇬🇪 According to Google Trends, the teslavideomedia.com page was the most popular in Georgia, where its rating was rated at the maximum 100 points. The popularity in the country is evidenced by the fact that the vast majority of participants had a Georgian residence permit. The pyramid left behind thousands of victims, many of them will now live with debts and loans.

🧐 MPs who left the ruling party do not rule out that President Salome Zurabishvili may pardon the Georgian oppositionists.
According to ex-Georgian Dream MPs Subari, Kavelashvili and Khundadze, the release of ex-president Saakashvili and founder of the main opposition channel Gvaramia remains the main depolarization issue required by the EU to grant the country candidate status. In this regard, the President agree to their pardon. The goal of their release will be a new impetus to revolutionary scenarios and a coup d'état.

🇬🇪🛫 Starting August 1, Wizz Air will return the second based aircraft to Kutaisi International Airport and resume direct regular flights to Paris and Tallinn.
🇪🇪 Direct flights to Estonia will be operated twice a week
🇫🇷 to Paris - once a week
📈 The frequency of flights to Athens, Berlin, Barcelona, ​​Riga, Dortmund, Memmingen, Milan, Prague, Thessaloniki and Wroclaw is also increasing.

🇬🇪🚫🏳‍🌈 A large rally against LGBT movements and their supporters is taking place near the parliament building in the center of Tbilisi.
Several thousand people blocked Rustaveli Avenue, holding many posters with crossed-out rainbow flags, LGBT inscriptions, portraits of ambassadors and diplomats. Columns of buses that travel from the regions are expected. The protesters are going to go to the office of the ruling party and then disrupt the "Tbilisi Pride Fest", which starts at 16.00

🔥 One of the protesters near the parliament in Tbilisi tried to commit self-immolation.
Only the dedication of several men allowed him to be thrown into the fountain. Paramedics were called to the scene.

🇬🇪🚫🏳‍🌈 Protesters against LGBT movements came to the building of the EU Delegation in Georgia.
On the way, several rainbow flags were torn apart, threats are shouted out to representatives of the diplomatic corps. There are a lot of police guarding the building on the spot. Chavchavadze Avenue is blocked.
🏳‍🌈Meanwhile, on Mtatsminda, under the supervision of hundreds of policemen and special forces, "Tbilisi Pride Fest" begins.

🔥🇪🇺 An EU flag was publicly burned near the building of the EU Delegation in Tbilisi.
It is not known whether this was done provocatively by pro-Russian activists from Alt-Info or, indeed, by citizens who do not want to join the "gayrope".
❗️After a small crowd, the protesters walked to Mount Mtatsminda, where "Tbilisi Pride Fest 2022" is being held today. There are already a huge number of police and special forces. Of course, no one will break into the territory of the event, where there are many diplomats, but it will be difficult for the participants to disperse from there. One piece of advice, whoever has rainbow ribbons on things or similar paraphernalia, be especially careful in Tbilisi today. The protesters are very annoyed and even aggressive.
👮🏻‍♂ By the way, according to local laws, since July 2021, damage to the EU flag is punishable by a fine of 1000 lari ($330).