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  2. What is Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ bill, and why ... - AOL

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    Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN. May 15, 2024 at 6:37 AM. Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across ...

  3. Georgia's president says a controversial foreign influence ...

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    Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said Thursday a “foreign influence” bill passed by parliament that critics call a threat to free speech is “unacceptable” and can't be modified. In ...

  4. 50,000 protest Georgia’s foreign agent bill as US sounds ...

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    Reuters. May 11, 2024 at 6:29 PM. About 50,000 opponents of a “foreign agents” bill marched peacefully in heavy rain through the Georgian capital on Saturday, after the United States said the ...

  5. National Bank of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    The National Bank of Georgia was established on the basis of the Georgian Republican Bank of the State Bank of the USSR in 1991. Georgia's first central bank was established in 1919. Its first manager was Yason Lordkipanidze, who headed the bank from 1919 to 1924.

  6. 2023–2024 Georgian protests - Wikipedia

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    Civil society organizations objected to the bill as a violation of fundamental human rights such as freedom of press. In response, the People's Power movement said that the bill was based on the "American model", referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act in the United States. Georgian Dream leader Irakli Kobakhidze criticized both the US ...

  7. Georgian Dream - Wikipedia

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    In March 2023, Georgian Dream supported a draft foreign agent law presented by the People's Power movement, which would have labeled civil society and media organizations which receive more than 20% of their total revenue from abroad as "foreign agents". The draft law was criticized by the US State Department, United Nations and European Union.

  8. Georgia (country) - Wikipedia

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    Georgia (Georgian: საქართველო, romanized: sakartvelo, IPA: [sakʰartʰʷelo] ⓘ) is a transcontinental country in Eastern Europe and West Asia.It is part of the Caucasus region, bounded by the Black Sea to the west, Russia to the north and northeast, Turkey to the southwest, Armenia to the south, and Azerbaijan to the southeast.

  9. Bank of Georgia - Wikipedia

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    Website. bankofgeorgia.ge. bankofgeorgiagroup.com. Bank of Georgia Group PLC ( LSE : BGEO) is a UK incorporated financial services holding company with its registered office in London, England, and its corporate headquarters in Tbilisi, Georgia. [2] [3] Bank of Georgia is the main operating subsidiary of Bank of Georgia Group, a UK-based [4 ...