Mikheil Kavelashvili has been sworn in as Georgian president in a ceremony in Parliament in the capital Tbilisi, amid weeks of protests and the refusal of his pro-Western predecessor to…
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Georgia: Pro-Western president refuses to leave and prepares for showdown
Salome Zourabichvili’s family fled Georgia in 1921 after Soviet forces snuffed out the country’s three-year experiment with independence from Russia. A century later, Georgia’s pro-Western president is refusing to leave…
Georgia: Thousands protest in ahead of political showdown
Thousands of Georgian protesters have formed a human chain in the capital, Tbilisi, ahead of a political showdown as the new president prepares to be sworn in. The inauguration of…
USA: Authorities sanction billionaire founder of Georgia Dream party
The US has imposed sanctions on Georgia’s former prime minister and billionaire founder of the Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Ivanishvili and his…
USA: Fulton County DA Fani Willis disqualified from Trump case
The Georgia Court of Appeals has removed Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from an election subversion case against President-elect Donald Trump.The ruling reverses a previous decision from a Georgia…
UK: Authorities sanctions Georgian officials over protest crackdown
The UK has sanctioned five senior Georgian officials, including the interior minister, for their roles in suppressing pro-European protests in the Black Sea country. The individuals will face travel bans…
Georgia: Married couple among 11 Indians killed in gas poisoning
A man who should have been celebrating his birthday and a married couple were among 11 Indians to die in a Georgian ski resort at the weekend. Sameer Kumar, who only arrived…
Georgia: Twelve dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at ski resort
Twelve people have died from carbon monoxide poisoning at a ski resort in Georgia, police have said. The bodies of 11 foreigners and one Georgian national were found in a…
Georgia: Ex-Man City striker Mikheil Kavelashvili named president
A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed president by Georgia’s disputed parliament, after 17 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country’s towns and cities. Mikheil Kavelashvili, now…
Georgia: Governing party set to install new president
Georgia’s governing party is set to anoint a former footballer turned far-right politician as the country’s new president in a controversial new voting process following disputed elections in October. Mikheil…