Tag: Georgia
Tension is rising again in Georgia: The controversial law on foreign funding will get the seal in the parliament today | Foreign countries
Opponents of the law started gathering at the parliament building already in the morning, and a larger demonstration is expected in the evening. 14:40•Updated 14:40 In the Georgian capital, Tbilisi,…
giant demonstration against “Russian law” on Independence Day
As Georgia celebrated its Independence Day this Sunday, May 26, opponents of the highly controversial “foreign agents” law gathered after the military parade. A massive gathering which seems to mean…
Georgia, Hungary, Serbia… Putin’s other fronts, by Marion van Renterghem – L’Express
In the war that does not speak its name between Russia and the European Union, a new front has opened on the eastern borders of the NATO zone, east of…
how Joe Biden hopes to keep the key state of Georgia – L’Express
The trip was considered decisive for the start of his American campaign: President and candidate Joe Biden was visiting this weekend in Atlanta, the capital of Georgia, a state which…
President vetoes hotly contested ‘foreign influence’ law
In Georgia, President Salomé Zourabichvili vetoed the very controversial law on “foreign agents”. This is a surprise, as she had hinted that she would use the full legal deadline of…
Hungary rejects EU text calling on Georgia to withdraw ‘foreign influence’ law
Hungary is increasingly playing the Russian card. Friday May 17, Viktor Orban’s government refused to approve a joint European Union text, calling on Georgia to withdraw its law on “foreign…
Georgia: in Gori, the difficult mobilization against the law on foreign influences
In Georgia, mobilization continues against the law on foreign influences. A law passed definitively this week and which requires NGOs and the media to declare themselves to the authorities if…
independent media threatened by new law on “foreign influence”
In Georgia, mobilization continues against the law on “foreign influence”. The latter threatens in particular NGOs financed by Western countries, but also independent media which receive funds from abroad. These…
Uncertainty in Georgia, where the government promises to crack down on any attempt to block Parliament
The demonstrators are maintaining pressure on the Georgian government, opposed for almost a month to the adoption of a bill on “foreign influence”, reminiscent of that of Russia on foreign…
Parliament votes in 2nd reading on the “Russian law” after a violently repressed demonstration
The Georgian Parliament adopted on Wednesday May 1, 2024 at second reading a controversial bill on “foreign influence”, the origin of major protest demonstrations in this Caucasian country, violently repressed…