Tag: Georgias
Georgia’s ruling party wants to ban opposition parties
Proposal from the ruling party • “Would be the end of Georgia’s democracy” The ruling Georgian ruling party, Georgian Dream, wants to shut down the opposition if they win the…
Strange situation: Georgia’s NBA star tried his own basket to make it to the Olympics | Sport
Goga Bitadze surprised with his performance in the Olympic qualifying tournament. A special situation was seen in the basketball Olympic qualifiers, when Georgia tried to keep its dream of the…
EU leaders: Georgia’s EU accession process stalled due to agent law | News in brief
The Agency Act forces media and organizations receiving foreign funding to register as promoters of foreign interests. The law has been called pro-Russian. Georgia’s EU membership process is effectively at…
Georgia’s bang – beat Portugal 2-0
Georgia needed to win to advance to the round of 16 in Germany. Then the national team took the opportunity to get off to a flying start in Gelsenkirchen. After…
Soccer: Georgia’s first point in a European Championship play-off – 95th-minute stunner
In the fifth minute of added time, Georgia got into a three-on-one conversion and substitute Saba Lobjanidze was given a free-kick but shot over after the ball bounced up. That’s…
Georgia’s controversial “agent law” has gone into effect
share-arrowShare unsaveSave expand-left full screen One of many demonstrations in Tbilisi against the new law. Picture from last week. Photo: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP/TT Georgia’s controversial “agent law” has now come into…
Georgia’s parliament convenes to discuss controversial bill | Foreign countries
Despite widespread protests, the bill on the registration of media and non-governmental organizations receiving funding from outside Georgia was approved. In Georgia, the country’s parliament will approve a controversial bill…
Georgia’s ruling party says it will withdraw ‘foreign agents’ bill that led to violent protests
The disputed bill was seen as a copy of a Russian law that was feared to move Georgia closer to an authoritarian society. The opposition announced that it would continue…
Georgia’s ex-president is not released
The ex-president has been hospitalized since late last year after going on hunger strike – an act the country’s Justice Minister Rati Bregadze called “self-harming behavior” with “the simple goal…
More than 120,000 protesters march in Georgia to join EU – “Europe is Georgia’s choice and aspiration”
Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia have applied for EU membership this spring. The European Commission has given the green light to Ukraine and Moldova, but it was decided to postpone Georgia’s…