Georgian President vetoes foreign agents bill
calling it “Russian” and obstructing Georgia on its European path
calling it “Russian” and obstructing Georgia on its European path
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze offered the youth participating in demonstrations against the foreign agent bill to select 10 …
The national currency of Georgia continued to depreciate despite the efforts of the National Bank of the Republic, which sold about $60 million at a foreign exchange auction today.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili denounced foreign politicians joining “radical anti-Government rallies” against the foreign agent bill in Tbilisi as “unfriendly acts against Georgian people”. The …
In Georgia, protests against the law on foreign agents, adopted in final reading yesterday, continue
The European Union may freeze Tbilisi's application for membership
The Russian interests section at the Swiss embassy to Georgia has issued an alert for Russian citizens in Georgia against the backdrop of Tbilisi protests against the bill on Transparency of Foreign Influence. "In the …
NATO’s spokesperson Farah Dakhlallah called adopting the "foreign agent" law a "step in the wrong direction and urged Georgia to rethink its course. "The Georgian government’s decision …
The United States will make a drastic reassessment of its relations with Georgia if the foreign agent bill becomes law in the …
The United States will impose sanctions on members of the Georgian government if the country’s democracy suffers a setback, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jim O’Brien said. "If the law advances against …
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili siad she will veto the "foreign agents" bill adopted by the country's parliament on May 14. According to her, veto of the "foreign agents" bill would be symbolic. …
The EU leadership warned Tbilisi of the serious consequences for European integration that the adoption of the bill on foreign agents could entail. The bill has just been approved in its final reading.
The Georgian Parliament adopted in the third and final hearing the bill "on transparency of foreign influence", reintroduced by the ruling Georgian Dream party on the backdrop of ongoing public protests.
A bipartisan group of U.S. House members is warning that Congress could pass sanctions on Georgia if Tbilisi moves forward with its controversial "foreign agents" bill. The bill, pushed by the governing Georgian …
The Georgian Interior Ministry has arrested 20 people, including one Russian citizen, at a rally in Tbilisi against the foreign agents law, the security service …
The Georgian Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee approved the bill on transparency of foreign influence in its third hearing on May 13. The session reviewed the draft law, which calls for registration of non-commercial …
The Prime Minister of Georgia said that the authorities can change the law on foreign agents after the president vetoes it
Head of the Central Criminal Police Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Teimuraz Kupatadze rejected what he called a “huge amount of disinformation” in local media on excessive use of force and illegal actions from law …
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk voiced concern over reports of unnecessary and disproportionate use of force against demonstrators and media personnel in Tbilisi. He urged the authorities to fully …
The Georgian parliament’s office has decided to cancel today’s plenary session and bureau meeting after protesters rallying against the foreign agent …