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Georgia's next election will be referendum for or against Europe: President Zourabichvili

Georgia has erupted in protest once again, as the ruling Georgian Dream party pursues a "foreign agents" bill in parliament – something that has left a question mark hanging over the country’s European ambitions. The EU granted the ex-Soviet nation candidate status to join the bloc last December. We speak…

France 24

Georgia Pro-EU Protesters Erect Barricades Outside Parliament After Crackdown

Pro-EU demonstrators in Georgia built barricades outside parliament on Wednesday after police used tear gas and rubber bullets against thousands of protesters rallying for a third week against a controversial "foreign influence" bill, an AFP reporter saw.

International Business Times

Georgian police crack down on pro-EU protesters, making dozens of arrests

Georgia arrested 63 demonstrators at a late-night rally, officials said Wednesday, after police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at thousands of pro-EU protesters who oppose a controversial “foreign influence” bill.

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Georgia Will Fail As Independent State Outside EU: Jailed Ex-leader

Georgia's imprisoned opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili has warned that Tbilisi's failure to secure European Union membership would put at risk its very existence as an independent nation.

International Business Times

Sarah Jessica Parker has London celebs starstruck and queuing for pics

SJP was the star of an Ambassador Theatre Group party at Kensington Palace

Evening Standard

Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashivili says Nato must not hesitate to admit Ukraine

The former leader – who is serving a prison sentence decried as politically motivated – says the alliance cannot show the same weakness it did in the wake of a 2008 declaration saying Kyiv and Tbilisi could join but offering no path. Russia invaded Georgia months later

The Independent UK

Georgia condemns Ukraine for its protests over health of former president Saakashvili

Georgia’s Foreign Ministry is criticizing Ukraine for urging the Georgian ambassador to return to Tbilisi for consultations over the poor health of imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili, who is also a Ukrainian citizen

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Russia-Ukraine war: 12 children among 38 people wounded by Russian missile strike – as it happened

Missile strike targeted a military funeral in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, local official says

The Guardian - AU

Health fears for jailed, emaciated ex-Georgia leader Saakashvili

Supporters fear that former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili has been poisoned after losing about 60kgs in weight.

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 496

As the war enters its 496th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Emaciated and imprisoned, ex-president Saakashvili tells Georgian court he is spiritually fit

Georgia’s imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili appeared severely emaciated on Monday in videolink testimony to a court considering an abuse-of-power case against him

The Independent UK

Georgians dream of EU membership as their leaders move closer to Putin

Ruling party says it is pursuing a European future but rails against Brussels, Ukraine and ‘LGBTQ+ propaganda’

The Guardian - UK

Gaunt and ghostly, Georgia’s jailed ex-president nears death in hospital

Mikheil Saakashvili warned of Putin’s ambitions 15 years ago. Now he tells of torture by a regime that panders to Moscow

The Guardian - UK

US puts sanctions on four Georgian judges over ‘significant corruption’

US does not mention case of Mikheil Saakashvili but move coincides with protests in Tbilisi over ex-president’s detention

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Georgia releases detained protesters after dropping 'foreign agents' law

Authorities in Georgia said Thursday that demonstrators detained during anti-government rallies had been released, after the Caucasus country's ruling party announced it was dropping the contentious laws that sparked the rallies.

Reuters

Former Georgian president Saakashvili can be treated in Poland, says Polish PM

Warsaw has proposed to the Georgian government that former president Mikheil Saakashvili be treated in Poland, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, aiming to solve a dispute over the jailed former Georgian leader's treatment.

Reuters

Georgian court rejects appeal to release ex-leader Saakashvili on health grounds

A Georgian court on Monday rejected an appeal to release former President Mikheil Saakashvili from prison on health grounds, a decision the ex-leader said was akin to a "death sentence."

Reuters

Jailed ex-Georgian leader appears in court by video link, seeking urgent medical treatment

Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia, appeared in court via video link on Wednesday to show how much weight he had lost while incarcerated, as associates renewed calls for him to be freed for urgent medical treatment.

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Jailed ex-leader of Georgia moved to intensive care -spokesman to Georgian TV

Mikheil Saakashvili, the jailed former president of Georgia, is being transferred to an intensive care unit after his health worsened, his spokesman and political ally Giorgi Chaladze told Georgian television on Tuesday.

Reuters

Ukraine's Zelenskiy urges Georgia to help former leader Saakashvili

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Georgia on Monday to allow its jailed former president to go abroad for treatment to safeguard his health.

Reuters

Georgia's Saakashvili renews, then calls off hunger strike over court delays

Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili declared a new hunger strike then abandoned it within hours on Wednesday as he faced further delay in a legal bid to get medical treatment abroad.

The Independent UK

Georgian opposition says ex-president possibly poisoned

The main opposition party in Georgia has filed a court case calling for the imprisoned ex-president of the country to be released for medical examination overseas because of concerns he is suffering from poisoning

The Conversation

Ukraine war: I've just returned from Georgia where they are angry about the conflict and fear an invasion

Arriving in the middle of the night at my Tbilisi hotel recently for a research project, I was told that my reservation had been rescinded and the hotel was now fully booked. A huge busload of Russian men had arrived at the hotel before me and were willing to pay…

Al Jazeera

The Georgian village facing Russian ‘creeping occupation’

Khurvaleti is increasingly affected by Russian forces demarcating the ‘border’ of breakaway state South Ossetia.

Al Jazeera

Georgia jails critical pro-opposition journalist Nika Gvaramia

Judge sentences anchor and owner of pro-opposition Mtavari TV to three-and-a-half years in prison.

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