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A Georgian parliament committee on Monday rejected the president’s veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has sparked massive protests for weeks. The move by the parliament’s ...
Vicky Wong - BBC News. May 18, 2024 at 11:02 AM [Reuters] Georgia's president has vetoed a divisive "foreign agent" law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests.
Spurred on by a reclusive billionaire founder, Georgia's ruling party has triggered a showdown with young, anti-Moscow protesters that is growing more tense and violent by the day. Police fired ...
In 2023 and 2024, a series of street demonstrations took place throughout Georgia largely in opposition to the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence", which would require non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to register as foreign agents or "organizations carrying the interests of a foreign power" and disclose the sources of their income if the funds they receive from abroad ...
Georgia’s parliament approved the bill on May 14, with 84 lawmakers voting in favor and 30 against, despite widespread opposition in the nation. Georgian Dream, the ruling party that helmed the ...
In September 2023, the party founded the "Anti-Maidan movement" in Georgia to counter an alleged plan of Western-funded groups and Ukraine-based Georgian politicians to stage a coup in Georgia. On April 11, 2024, the Georgian Public Registry revoked the registration of the Conservative Movement as a valid and legal political party.
By the time of elections, Georgian Dream (GD) had been the ruling party in Georgia since defeating Mikheil Saakashvili's United National Movement (UNM) in the 2012 parliamentary election. Announcing its plans to pursue a policy of joining the European Union and NATO , the Georgian Dream has also professed a more conciliatory approach towards ...
Joshua Berlinger and Christian Edwards, CNN. May 15, 2024 at 3:37 AM. Georgia’s parliament passed a highly controversial “foreign agents” bill that has triggered widespread protests across ...