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Tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets on October 28 after President Salome Zurabishvili accused the country’s ruling party of employing Russian-style tactics in parliamentary elections whose official results she refuses to recognize.
Georgian journalists said they faced intimidation and violence while covering the country's crucial parliamentary elections on October 26. European election observers said on October 27 that the vote took place in a “divisive” environment with widespread intimidation and instances of violence.
Pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili said she will not recognize the results of parliamentary elections held on October 26 and called for protests in Tbilisi on the evening of October 28.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban will visit Georgia on October 28-29, the government in Tbilisi said on October 27.
Pro-Western Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who has broken with the ruling Georgian Dream party, said she will not recognize the results of parliamentary elections held on October 26 and alleged that the country has been the victim of a “Russian special operation.”
Georgia's pro-Western opposition leaders say they will not recognize the results of the country's parliamentary elections. The country's ruling Georgian Dream party won just over 54 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results. Georgia's opposition parties received around 37 percent.
Georgian politicians cast their ballots in the October 26 parliamentary elections. "Our predictions are very optimistic," Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said. Pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili said the elections "will be a victory … of all of Georgia."
Electronic voting is being used for the first time in Georgia's parliamentary elections on October 26. The polls are being closely watched after the ruling Georgian Dream party faced protests over its law on "foreign influence," seeking to tighten control over civil society and the media.
The pro-Russian Georgian Dream party is set to extend its control of parliament, according to preliminary results of the country's October 26 elections, but the stark difference in exit polls triggered cries of a "stolen election" from the pro-Western opposition.
Georgia's ruling party held its final campaign rally on October 23, three days ahead of a crucial parliamentary election that is seen as a vital test for the South Caucasus nation. RFE/RL's Anton Kokaia explains what's at stake.
Nata Talikishvili, a transgender activist in Georgia, was attacked in Tbilisi on October 20, just a month after the killing of another transgender woman, Kesaria Abramidze, reflecting the worsening climate for LGBT rights in the South Caucasus country.
Tens of thousands of pro-Europe Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi on October 20 to rally against the ruling Georgian Dream party, which has been accused of being Russia-friendly, ahead of parliamentary elections that will likely decide the direction of the South Caucasus nation’s future.
Tens of thousands of pro-Europe Georgians took to the streets on October 20 to rally against the ruling Georgian Dream party ahead of the parliamentary elections that could decide the direction of the South Caucasus nation’s future.
Georgian security officials have issued a warning about an alleged plan to distribute fake video and audio recordings to spark unrest ahead of key parliamentary elections later this month.
Georgia is famous for its heady wines, but many vineyard owners in the Kakheti region are swapping vines for hazelnuts because of declining prices for grapes. One vineyard owner told RFE/RL that, after 50 years growing grapes, he had to make the heartbreaking decision to start growing nuts.
Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadiqov, arrested in Georgia in August at Baku’s request, has been transferred to a prison medical facility due to his deteriorating health following a hunger strike that began on September 21, his wife, Sevinc Sadiqova, told RFE/RL on October 8.
German prosecutors in the land of Saxony have opened a preliminary investigation into reports that far-right lawmaker Jorg Dornau used prisoner labor at his farm in Belarus.
Georgia’s ruling party, which has raised the ire of the United States and European Union with moves seen as bringing the Caucasus nation closer to Russia, has revived its bid to impeach pro-West President Salome Zurabishvili weeks before a general election.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on October 3 signed into law a bill that rights groups, the opposition, and the international community say drastically curbs the rights of the country's LGBT community.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has refused to sign into law a bill approved by parliament last month that rights groups and many opposition politicians say drastically curbs the rights of the country's LGBT community.
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