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During a visit to Georgia, European Council President Charles Michel has called on the country’s political parties to engage in a dialogue to defuse an ongoing crisis sparked by last year’s general elections and exacerbated by the recent arrest of a top opposition leader.
Georgian opposition and civil rights activists have set up nearly a dozen tents in front of the parliament building in the capital, Tbilisi.
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets of their capital, Tbilisi, to protest against the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia and a police raid on his party headquarters. Protesters also called for snap elections as they rallied outside the Georgian parliament building on February 26.
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets in the nation’s capital on February 26 to protest a police raid on the headquarters of an opposition party and the arrest of its leader.
Georgian prosecutors have charged three people for an attack on investigative television journalist Vakho Sanaia, who believes his assailants targeted him over his work.
Police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, stormed the offices of the main opposition party and arrested its leader, Nika Melia, early in the morning of February 23.
Georgian police stormed the party offices of opposition leader Nika Melia and arrested him early on February 23 in the capital, Tbilisi. Melia, who heads the United National Movement (ENM), had been accused of inciting violence at street protests in June 2019, a charge he has denied.
Thousands of representatives of different opposition parties and civil rights activists rallied in front of Georgia's government building on February 23, demanding the immediate release of opposition leader Nika Melia.
The Georgian parliament has approved a new government led by Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili following the surprise exit last week of a prime minister from the same ruling party angry over its handling of accusations targeting an opposition leader.
A court in Georgia has sentenced a Russian citizen to four years in prison for involvement in an alleged plot to kill a Georgian journalist.
Police in downtown Tbilisi have brawled with dozens of opposition and civil rights activists who unsuccessfully tried to set up a tent in front of the parliament building.
Georgia’s ruling party has nominated Irakli Gharibashvili to take over as prime minister hours after Giorgi Gakharia handed in his resignation following a court ruling that ordered the arrest of the head of the Caucasus country's main opposition force.
A Georgian court has ruled to place the head of the country's main opposition force in pretrial detention in a case denounced by the opposition as a political witch hunt.
A new Georgian documentary tells the tale of a billionaire's quest to move 200 massive trees, at huge expense and with great difficulty, across land and sea to a private park. Taming The Garden, by the filmmaker Salome Jashi, premiered at this year's international Sundance Film Festival.
Dozens of Georgian nationals suspected of being members of organized criminal groups have been apprehended in several European Union countries.
The de facto Supreme Court in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has sentenced a Georgian national to 12 1/2 years in prison on charges of the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer and illegally crossing the border.
Hundreds have taken part in a rally in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, calling for an easing of coronavirus restrictions. The January 30 protest outside the main government building was organized by owners of gyms, restaurants, and hospitality businesses.
Hundreds have rallied in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to protest against measures introduced by the government to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Hundreds rallied in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on January 24 to call for the government to relax coronavirus-related restrictions. The rally's main slogan was "Open Up The Country!" The protesters pledged to continue to rally until the government reopens schools and tourism-related businesses.
The man who created Georgia’s ruling party more than eight years ago says he’s leaving politics. But few in Tbilisi believe his announcement.
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