Nikanor "Nika" Melia (Georgian: ნიკანორ „ნიკა" მელია; born 21 December 1979) [1] is a Georgian politician, former chairman of the United National Movement party and former member of Parliament of Georgia.

Dec 8, 2023 · At a briefing on Thursday evening, Nika Melia said the UNM had made ‘informal management and behind-the-scenes influences’ its political standard, and accused the party of being politically corrupt. He added that the party was in the habit of ‘persecuting dissent’ and ‘closing the door to democracy’. ‘So I’m going?

Nov 27, 2023 · The United National Movement’s Chair, Levan Khabeishvili, has said that the party’s former leader, Nika Melia, is ‘not a member’ of the party anymore. In an interview with Formula on Sunday, Khabeishvili appeared to dodge …

Dec 8, 2023 · Levan Khabeishvili defeated the incumbent, Nika Melia to become the new leader of the opposition UNM party in January 2023. The winner received 52.58% (21,656 votes), against Melia’s 40% (16,476 votes). The UNM held the election through an electronic voting system from January 28 to January 30.

May 11, 2021 · Nika Melia, the leader of Georgia's main opposition party United National Movement, has been released from prison, paving the way to end the political crisis in the country.

Dec 8, 2023 · The oligarchy in this country wants to write the history of Georgia, but the history of Georgia will be written by the Georgian people,” said Nika Melia. Former UNM hed announces that he is founding a party, claiming that the new party will be founded in …

Feb 3, 2025 · Nika Melia, the leader of the Coalition for Change, has since been released on bail after detention for an administrative offence, according to the Interfax News Agency.

Jul 9, 2023 · The European Court of Human Rights has published its judgment in the case of Nika Melia v. Georgia. The case pertained to the arrest of opposition politician Nika Melia in 2019 and the attachment of an electronic monitoring bracelet.

Feb 3, 2025 · Nika Melia, the leader of the liberal pro-European Akhali party, and former Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava, a prominent opposition figure, were arrested during the protest. Advertisement .

Sep 7, 2023 · Nika Melia was arrested for taking part in the protest and calling for control of the parliament building to be regained during a demonstration in Georgia on June 20-21, 2019, sparked by the fact that Sergei Gavrilov, Russian communist MP, addressed the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy session held in the Georgian Parliament from the ...