(Reuters) – Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze called on Friday for a review of relations with the United States after Washington ordered punitive measures over the passage of a law on “foreign agents”, Russian news agencies reported. “Georgian-American relations must truly be reviewed. We’ll discuss this with the ambassador,” RIA news agency quoted Kobakhidze as […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A non-governmental organization in Georgia said Thursday it is preparing a lawsuit in the country’s constitutional court to challenge a law that critics say will stifle news media and independent organizations. The law will require media and non-governmental organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register […]
May 28 (UPI) — Georgian lawmakers were set Tuesday to override a presidential veto of a controversial law forcing Western-backed NGOs and media to register as foreign agents that opponents fear jeopardizes any chance of EU membership and takes the country down the path of closer union with Russia. Protestors gathered outside the legislature in […]
A Georgian parliament committee has rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks. The move by the parliament’s judiciary committee sets up the possibility of a vote of the full legislature on Tuesday to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the measure, which she and other critics […]
Georgia’s prime minister on Thursday said an EU commissioner had hinted he could face an assassination bid over a controversial law but the official said the conversation had been distorted. Georgian premier Irakli Kobakhidze said the unnamed commissioner told him to be “very careful”, citing this month’s assassination attempt on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, […]
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has said that a “foreign influence” Bill passed by parliament that critics have called a threat to free speech is “unacceptable”. In an interview with the Associated Press, Ms Zourabichvili criticised the ruling Georgian Dream party for pushing the Bill, which is widely seen as a threat to Georgia’s aspirations to […]
Georgia’s parliament has begun the third and final reading of a divisive bill that sparked weeks of mass protests, with critics seeing it as a threat to democratic freedoms and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. The bill would require media and non-governmental organisations as well as other non-profits to register as “pursuing […]
Several thousand Georgians marked Orthodox Easter with a candlelight vigil outside the nation’s parliament on Saturday evening. Daily protests continue against a proposed law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country’s aspirations to join the European Union. The proposed Bill would require media, non-governmental organisations and other non-profits to register […]
The parliament of Georgia has cancelled a session following massive protests against a proposed law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s bid for European Union membership. The parliament said the cancellation of Thursday’s plenary session was connected to damage the building suffered during protests on Wednesday in which police used […]
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Georgia’s Parliament on Wednesday moved a step closer to passing a law that critics fear will stifle media freedom and endanger the country’s European Union membership bid, as police used water cannons, tear gas and pepper spray against the tens of thousands of protesters who thronged surrounding streets. Dozens of people […]
Police have deployed riot tactics to disperse protesters in Georgia who rallied outside the country’s parliament in Tbilisi to protest a law that bears resemblance to Russian anti-independent media legislation. The law will require media and non-commercial organisations to register as being under foreign influence if they receive more than 20% of their funding from […]
STORY: Footage broadcast on Georgian television showed Mamuka Mdinaradze, leader of the ruling Georgian Dream party’s parliamentary faction and a driving force behind the bill, being punched in the face by opposition MP Aleko Elisashvili while speaking from the despatch box. The incident prompted a wider brawl between several lawmakers, an occasional occurrence in Georgia’s […]