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Georgia Ruling Party Set To Install Loyalist President Amid Constitutional Crisis

Georgia's ruling party is set to appoint a far-right loyalist as president on Saturday in a controversial election process, amid a deepening...

15.12.2024 10

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Salome Zurabishvili: Defiant Champion Of Georgia's EU Dream

Salome Zurabishvili was a French diplomat before entering the turbulent politics of her ancestral homeland, where she was elected Georgia's first...

14.12.2024 20

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Escalation Feared As Georgia Pro-EU Protests Enter Third Week

Georgia's pro-EU protests entered their third week Thursday, amid fears the post-electoral crisis could further escalate with the ruling party set to...

13.12.2024 10

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Thousands Of Pro-EU Protesters March On Georgia Parliament

Thousands of protesters marched in the Georgian capital Tbilisi Saturday for the 10th day of rallies sparked by a disputed election and the...

08.12.2024 10

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Fresh Rallies In Georgia After PM Said 'Won Battle' With Pro-EU Protesters

Thousands of defiant pro-EU protesters in Georgia staged a fresh rally Friday after the prime minister claimed victory in a "battle" against the...

07.12.2024 10

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Georgia Police Raid Opposition Offices As PM Vows To Curb Protests

Georgian police raided the offices of opposition parties on Wednesday after the government vowed to crack down on those organising pro-EU protests,...

04.12.2024 7

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Georgia PM Rules Out Re-run Of Contested Vote

Georgia's Prime Minister on Sunday ruled out new parliamentary elections amid a post-election crisis that has seen his legitimacy questioned both at...

02.12.2024 10

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Georgia Arrests 107 More People As Pro-EU Protests Continue

Georgia on Saturday said 107 people were arrested during a second night of protests sparked by the government's decision to delay European Union...

30.11.2024 10

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Georgian Police Stage New Crackdown On Pro-EU Protestors

Georgian police on Friday fired water cannon and tear gas on demonstrators, as thousands took to the streets for a second day to protest the...

30.11.2024 30

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Georgia Delays EU Bid Until 2028 Amid Post-election Crisis

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said Thursday that while Tbilisi remains committed to its goal of European Union membership, it will not...

28.11.2024 10

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Georgia President Refuses Prosecutors' Summons After Alleging Vote-rigging

Georgia's pro-European president on Wednesday refused a summons by prosecutors to give evidence after she accused the ruling party of fraud in the...

30.10.2024 9

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Georgia Braces For Protests After Contested Vote

Georgia braced for protests on Monday after the pro-EU opposition called for mass demonstrations, accusing the ruling party of "stealing" this...

29.10.2024 7

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Georgia Thrown Into Political Turmoil After Disputed Vote

Georgia plunged into political turmoil on Sunday after the ruling party declared victory in parliamentary elections decried by the opposition as...

27.10.2024 3

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Ruling Party Set To Win Georgia Election Amid Opposition Protests

Georgia's ruling party was on course to win a closely watched election Saturday, according to partial results that were rejected as "falsified" by...

27.10.2024 7

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Georgia Votes In Crucial Test For Democracy, EU Ambitions

Georgians go to the polls on Saturday in watershed elections widely seen as decisive for the fate of the country's fledgling democracy and European...

26.10.2024 8

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Bidzina Ivanishvili: The Tycoon Ruling Georgia Behind The Scenes

When Georgia's richest man first burst into politics 12 years ago, he vowed to "astonish Europe" with the democracy he would bring to the Black Sea...

26.10.2024 10

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120,000 'Stolen' Babies: Georgia's Trafficking Scandal

Georgian student Elene Deisadze was browsing TikTok in 2022 when she stumbled across the profile of a girl, Anna Panchulidze, who looked exactly like...

03.07.2024 7

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30,000 Rally In Georgia Amid New Criticism Of 'Foreign Influence' Law

Some 30,000 Georgians took to the streets Wednesday in the latest round of a weeks-long mass protest against a "foreign influence" law whose adoption...

16.05.2024 20

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Georgia Pro-EU Protesters Erect Barricades Outside Parliament After Crackdown

Pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia built barricades outside parliament on Wednesday after police used tear gas and rubber bullets against thousands of...

01.05.2024 10

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20,000 Rally In Georgia As MPs Advance Controversial 'Foreign Influence' Law

Some 20,000 protesters rallied in Georgia on Wednesday after lawmakers advanced a controversial "foreign influence" law that opponents say will...

17.04.2024 8

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'Bracing For Conflict': Armenians Fear Azerbaijani Land Claims

Peering through the window at a bustling crowd outside the Voskepar village council in northeastern Armenia, mayor Ishkhan Aghbalyan said locals are...

04.04.2024 20

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