Authoritarian leaders in former Soviet bloc seize on Musk’s USAid crackdown
Region’s autocrats join in persecution of agency that provided aid and helped to build up civil society in 1990s Across the former Soviet bloc, rightwing...
Category : Georgia
Two Georgia opposition leaders arrested at anti-government protest
Nika Melia and Gigi Ugulava detained as thousands try to block highway into Tbilisi amid unrest against ruling party Georgian police have arrested two opposition...
Georgia’s pro-west president says she remains ‘only legitimate president’ as new leader sworn in
Salome Zourabichvili tells protesters she will leave presidential palace as far-right successor Mikheil Kavelashvili takes power Georgia’s pro-western president, Salome Zourabichvili, has said she will...
Outgoing Georgian president gives defiant speech as she leaves presidential palace – video
Salome Zourabichvili, who previously refused to step down, said she would leave the palace but would remain the country’s legitimate officeholder in the wake of...
Outrage in Georgia after MPs override presidential veto on foreign influence bill – video report
Georgia’s parliament has voted to override a presidential veto on the ‘foreign influence’ law, which will require civil society organisations and media that receive more...
Slovakia’s PM Robert Fico ‘in life-threatening condition’ after shooting; suspect detained – live updates
Robert Fico taken to hospital after four shots reported to have been fired after government meeting in Handlova Prime minister of Slovakia shot and injured...
Protesters shut down major intersection in Georgia in rally against ‘foreign agents’ law – video
Thousands of people blocked roads in Heroes Square in Tbilisi, Georgia to protest against a ‘foreign agents’ bill, which had passed into law earlier in...
Georgia protests: riot police try to disperse scores of protesters after ‘foreign agents’ bill passed into law – live
Protesters in Tbilisi treated by medics after bill condemned as Kremlin-inspired act of repression was passed into law Police fire teargas at protesters and MPs...
EU condemns ‘intimidation, threats and physical assaults’ by authorities in Georgia – Europe live
Josep Borrell reiterates concern about situation in Georgia, where pro-western protesters have continued to face a violent crackdown Georgia police accused of beating protesters against...
Thousands protest against ‘foreign influence’ bill in Georgia
Demonstrators converge on Tbilisi to denounce government-backed law likened to Russia’s silencing of dissent Thousands of protesters marched through central Tbilisi on Saturday at a...
