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Georgia’s billionaire political power broker Bidzina Ivanishvili has introduced a Euroskeptic former soccer player as his ruling party’s nominee for a disputed presidential vote next month, despite mounting constitutional disagreements and a postelection boycott in the Caucasus nation.
Thousands of people gathered outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi to protest ahead of the first session of the newly elected parliament, scheduled for November 25. Speaking to RFE/RL's Georgian Service, protesters said October's pivotal parliamentary elections were rigged.
Georgia's new parliament met for its first session since the Moscow-friendly Georgian Dream party won elections last month that ignited calls for fresh polls amid accusations the balloting was rigged, as protesters gathered outside and pelted the building with eggs.
Opposition parties in Georgia organized a new postelection protest on November 23. Protesters in the capital, Tbilisi, demanded a rerun of controversial parliamentary elections held in late October. Authorities had acknowledged some irregularities and partially revised the results.
Hundreds of Georgian police have forced demonstrators for a second night in a row out of the area near Tbilisi State University where they were protesting the results of last month's parliamentary elections and calling for a repeat of the vote.
Protesters in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, told RFE/RL they were "strong" and remained determined after police violently dispersed a sit-in demonstration near Tbilisi State University on November 19. Using pepper spray, police dismantled tents and detained more than 10 people.
Georgian police violently dispersed a days-long protest at the State University in Tbilisi, arresting several people and taking down the tents where demonstrators calling for fresh elections had taken shelter from the cold during the night.
The de facto leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway Abkhazia region has signed his resignation amid ongoing protests by opposition supporters against a property deal with Russia.
Pro-EU demonstrators continue to camp out streets of the Georgian capital, vowing not to budge until new parliamentary elections are held, with the country’s president -- who backs the protesters -- saying she will file suit in the Constitutional Court to challenge the reported voting results.
Students held a "disobedience campaign" in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, overnight on November 17-18. The students, opposition groups, and Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili claim parliamentary elections on October 26 were rigged.
Student groups in the Caucasus nation of Georgia united in a manifesto condemning the disputed October 26 parliamentary elections – which gave the Russia-friendly Georgian Dream party the victory – as anti-government groups vowed a "disobedience campaign" in central Tbilisi for the next 24 hours.
The situation remained tense on November 17 in Georgia’s Russia-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia with the self-styled president saying no compromise had been reached with the opposition.
Georgia and Ukraine drew 1-1 in their fifth-round meeting of the UEFA Nations League group stage. The match was played in pouring rain at Adjarabet Arena in the Georgian Black Sea coast city of Batumi.
Georgian opposition politician Davit Kirtadze splashed black liquid in the face of Giorgi Kalandarishvili, head of the country's Central Election Commission, on November 16 as he was preparing to announce the validated results of parliamentary elections disputed by the opposition.
Georgia's Central Election Commission (CEC) on November 16 validated the results of last month's disputed elections despite weeks of protests by the opposition and accusations of widespread fraud and Russian interference.
The embattled leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed separatist region of Abkhazia, Aslan Bzhania, was quoted as saying on November 16 that "legitimate authorities" control all of Abkhazia except the parliamentary complex that opposition protesters wrested control of a day earlier.
Student-led protests targeting disputed elections in Georgia continued on November 15, with the Georgian Dream government that claimed victory expecting the election watchdog's summary of the voting and opposition critics and President Salome Zurabishvili refusing to recognize the results.
A student-led protest was held in the Georgian capital on November 15 over the results of an election in October that confirmed the ruling Georgian Dream party's hold on power. Opposition parties say the results were manipulated by the ruling party with help from the central election commission.
Opposition leaders in Georgia's Moscow-backed breakaway region of Abkhazia claimed late on November 15 that lawmakers were mediating as a dispute continued with the region's leadership after opposition supporters stormed the local parliament over a controversial proposed deal with Moscow.
The European Court of Human Rights has registered a complaint against Georgia's "foreign agents" law.
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