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Georgian President-elect Mikheil Kavelashvili speaks at his swearing-in ceremony at the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Irakli Gedenidze/Pool Photo via AP)

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Kavelashvili is inaugurated as Georgia's president, complicating its path toward EU
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press
Sun,12/29/24-4:07AM , 118 Reads
TBILISI, Goergia (AP) — Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of Georgia on Sunday, cementing the ruling party's grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victo
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Demonstrators use firecrackers against police during a rally against the government's decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union for four years, outside the parliament's building in Tbilisi, Georgia, early Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Zurab Tsertsvadze)

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Protesters gather for third night of demonstrations after Georgia announces suspension of EU talks
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press
Sat,11/30/24-3:33AM , 293 Reads
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — Protesters gathered across Georgia on Saturday night in a third straight night of demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.
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Outside Georgia's parliament building in Tbilisi, demonstrators hold a noisy protest as lawmakers prepare to override the president's veto of a divisive media law. ((The legislation would require news media and non-governmental organizations that get more than 20% of their budget from abroad to register as “carrying out the interests of a foreign power.” ))

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Georgian parliament overrides presidential veto of the divisive foreign influence bill
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press
Tue,05/28/24-7:50AM , 93 Reads
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The Georgian parliament on Tuesday overrode a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” bill that has prompted weeks of massive protests by critics who say it will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili gestures while speaking during an interview with The Associated Press, in Tbilisi, Georgia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. Zourabichvili said Thursday that a "foreign influence" bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is "unacceptable." (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

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Georgia's leader says a divisive media bill passed by lawmakers is unacceptable and she'll veto it
By SOPHIKO MEGRELIDZE - Associated Press
Thu,05/16/24-5:51AM , 108 Reads
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — A controversial media bill passed this week by Georgia's parliament is “unacceptable” and will be vetoed, President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday, reaffirming her opposition to a measure that critics describe as a
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