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Sep 28, 20242 min read
Factbox-What's at stake in Georgia's October election?
TBILISI - The South Caucasus country of Georgia holds a parliamentary election on Oct. 26 that pits a government seen as leaning...
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Protests erupt as Armenia nears peace deal with Azerbaijan
TBILISI -Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Wednesday that a peace treaty with Azerbaijan was close to completion, but that...
May 19, 20241 min read
Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill, TASS reports
TBILISI - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents, Russia's state-run...
May 18, 20242 min read
Russian activist in Georgia warns 'foreign agent' law will kick-start crackdown on dissent
TBILISI - Grigory Sverdlin says he has seen this story before. A Russian activist now living in exile in the Georgian capital Tbilisi,...
May 15, 20242 min read
Georgian parliament passes 'foreign agent' bill, prompting US anger, new protests
TBILISI -Georgia's parliament on Tuesday passed the third and final reading of a "foreign agents" bill, prompting a warning from the...
May 12, 20241 min read
About 50,000 march against foreign agent bill in Tbilisi, Georgia
TBILISI - About 50,000 protesters marched peacefully through the streets of the Georgian capital on Saturday, Reuters witnesses said,...
May 11, 20242 min read
U.S. deeply alarmed by Georgia's foreign agent bill, Sullivan says
TBILISI -The United States said on Saturday it was deeply alarmed by democratic backsliding in Georgia which Washington said had a choice...
May 4, 20242 min read
Georgian PM rejects US, EU criticism of draft 'foreign agents' law
TBILISI -Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze rejected on Friday criticism from the United States and European Union of a draft...
May 3, 20243 min read
EU, US urge Georgia to halt ‘foreign agents’ bill as protests continue
TBILISI -The European Union and U.S. on Thursday condemned legislation making its way through Georgia's parliament on "foreign agents"...
May 2, 20243 min read
Georgian police disperse protesters as parliament approves 'foreign bill' second reading
TBILISI - Georgia's parliament on Wednesday approved the second reading of a bill on "foreign agents" that has been criticised as...
May 1, 20243 min read
Georgian police crack down on 'foreign agent' bill protesters with water cannon, tear gas
TBILISI -Georgian security forces used water cannon, tear gas and stun grenades against protesters outside parliament late on Tuesday,...
Apr 16, 20242 min read
Georgia's parliament presses forward with 'foreign agent' bill despite protests
TBILISI -Georgia's parliament began debating the first reading of a bill on "foreign agents" on Tuesday as opponents called for a second...
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