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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze threatened anti-government activists with further arrests as tensions remained high in the Caucasus nation following a weekend of mass protests in the country's capital, Tbilisi.
Tbilisi remained tense after a night of clashes between protesters and riot police during local elections that saw the ruling Georgian Dream party tighten its grip on power amid opposition boycotts and growing Western concern that the country is drifting closer to Moscow.
Georgian riot police used tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannon to repel anti-government protesters from the country's presidential palace
Thousands take to the streets of Tbilisi, attempting to enter the presidential palace on the day of municipal elections, as Georgian police use pepper spray and water cannons to push protesters back.
Opposition leaders in Georgia are using local elections on October 4 as a focus to reinvigorate anti-government protests that have largely fizzled out in recent months, but a call to boycott the voting has underscored divisions in their ranks.
Protesters gathered on September 9 in the Georgian capital a day after supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decision to halt European Union membership talks.
Georgian protesters continued their daily demonstrations in the capital, Tbilisi, on September 9, gathering in front of the mayor's reelection headquarters. At a protest the previous day, at least 10 people were injured after they were attacked by supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party.
Tbilisi is on edge as protesters are expected to gather in the Georgian capital on September 9, a day after supporters of Georgian Dream attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decision to halt EU membership talks.
Mzia Amaglobeli, a noted Georgian journalist and founder of the independent media outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, has been sentenced to two years in prison in what rights groups are calling a politically motivated case.
Outgoing US ambassador to Tbilisi, Robin Dunnigan, says the ruling Georgian Dream party leadership sent a private letter to the Trump administration that was “threatening, insulting, unserious, and was received extremely poorly in Washington.”
Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Russia-friendly billionaire considered Georgia's most-powerful political figure, has refused a meeting with the US ambassador in Tbilisi, which the embassy said was requested to deliver a message from the Trump Administration.
A former close associate of Georgian ruling-party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili has been arrested near the border with Armenia, authorities said, a few months after he fled the country in secret during a criminal prosecution he says is politically motivated.
A Georgian national and alleged leader of a neo-Nazi group has been extradited from Moldova to the United States to face charges that he recruited people to commit violent crimes against Jews and other ethnic minorities in New York City, the US Justice Department said.
Mariam Nikuradze holds the record among Georgian journalists for fines received while covering daily protests amid an intensifying crackdown on the media.
Protesters rallied outside parliament in Tbilisi for the latest in a months-long series of pro-democracy protests. The demonstrations began in October after elections widely considered to be undemocratic. The March 31 protest marked the anniversary of Georgia's 1991 independence referendum.
Georgian photographers are protesting the awarding of a prestigious prize to a photojournalist with the Russian TASS news agency.
A court in Tbilisi has found jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili guilty of illegally crossing the country's border, sentencing him to an additional four years and six months in prison.
Large crowds have been taking to the streets in Tbilisi, Budapest, Bucharest, and Belgrade for months in succession. RFE/RL's Georgian, Hungarian, Romanian, and Balkan services have been reporting on the demonstrations and the root causes driving them.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been sentenced to an additional nine years in prison for the large-scale embezzlement of public funds, a charge he calls politically motivated.
Kremlin-favored candidate Badra Gunba won the presidential runoff in Abkhazia, a Russian-backed breakaway region that legally is a part of Georgia, de facto election authorities said on March 2.
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