The political crisis in Georgia is gaining intensity as the end of the term of President Saloma Zurabishvili approaches. The disagreement between the president and the ruling Georgian Dream party reflects deeper political, social and economic problems in the country
For 11 consecutive days, protesters in Georgia have faced increasing violence as the government uses rhetoric and methods reminiscent of pressure from the Kremlin
Protests in Tbilisi over the Georgian government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union have not subsided for the fifth day in a row. The police again used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the parliament
At the protests that took place in Tbilisi in the past few days, 224 people were detained for hooliganism, resistance and resisting the police, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia announced.
Thousands of people in Georgia are protesting in the streets because of the government's decision to reject negotiations on joining the European Union. Riots broke out in the capital, Tbilisi
Georgia's prosecutor's office launched an investigation into alleged falsification of parliamentary elections and summoned President Salome Zourabishvili for questioning after she accused the ruling party of fraud
The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, said that her country is a victim of a Russian "special operation" and supported the opposition, which claims that the elections were stolen and does not want to recognize them. Mass protests are announced
In the parliamentary elections in Georgia, the ruling Georgian Dream party won 54 percent of the votes in the parliamentary elections. The opposition says it is on track to win a majority and announces protests
Georgians are choosing between two visions of the future - the pro-European opposition and the ruling Georgian Dream party, which is leaning towards Moscow.
As Georgia prepares for elections, the Georgian Dream party defends its position in power using anti-Western rhetoric and laws that restrict the work of non-governmental organizations. Meanwhile, the opposition united in calling for changes and a return to European values
The law "on family values and the protection of minors" prohibits gatherings that promote a person's right to identify with a gender "other than his biological sex", and also prohibits gatherings that advocate same-sex orientation or relationships
Ahead of parliamentary elections in Georgia, billionaire and founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, is stepping out of the political shadows to win a two-thirds majority in parliament and implement constitutional changes.
Bidzina Ivanishvili is the richest citizen of Georgia, he is the founder of the Georgian Dream party and served as Prime Minister from October 2012 to November 2013.
"While you have one Kosovo, you see, we in Georgia have two - Abkhazia and South Ossetia, so judge for yourself what kind of situation we are in," explains the political moment in which his country is a taxi driver in Tbilisi.
Week-long demonstrations on the streets of Tbilisi, a fight in the assembly, a warning from the West... Nothing prevented the Georgian parliament from passing the law on foreign agents. President Salome Zurabishvili vetoed the controversial law, even though she believes Georgian Dream will outvote it
The proposal of the controversial "law on foreign agents" has brought thousands of protesters to the streets of Tbilisi in recent days. The situation is not calming down
In Georgia, protests against the authorities have not subsided for days because of the planned law "on the transparency of foreign influence", which critics simply call a "Russian law" that distances the country from Europe
Despite efforts to join the European Union, Georgian society is conservative. Critics accuse the Prime Minister of Georgia of wanting to bring his country closer to Russia
The decision of the EU heads of state and government was confirmed by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel
The European Union must change in order to be able to receive new members, writes the respected Swiss "Noe Zircher Zeitung".
Georgians successfully pressured the government to withdraw the law that threatened civil society and the media. It is a major victory for opponents of the ruling party, which is headed by a pro-Russian billionaire who has been in power for more than a decade.
Tens of thousands of young Russians, fearing mobilization, flee to neighboring countries by car, bicycle, or on foot. Lines of kilometers are formed at the borders. The government of Kazakhstan has announced that it will not extradite conscripts to Russia. The more affluent leave Russia by plane, tickets for international destinations are mostly sold out
Currently, the only visible winner of the Ukrainian war is the NATO pact, which, due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has a permanent justification for its existence, which it has been desperately seeking since the collapse of the Soviet Union.
The USA and NATO rejected Russia's request that NATO not expand to the east, demand de-escalation in the case of Ukraine, propose negotiations on the deployment of missiles and nuclear arms control and on the concept of "security indivisibility".
Vladimir Putin told Joseph Biden that Russia "has nowhere else to retreat", that it "cannot tolerate" that missiles are placed in Ukraine that can detonate in Moscow in ten minutes, and that Russia will respond to all "hostile" moves. adequately" to answer. If there really is a military intervention of Russia in Donbass, the question of interpretation will be whether it "attacked" Ukraine, or "defends the Russian population from aggression." Behind the clanking of arms on the issue of Ukraine, however, there is something else that is subject to negotiations
