TBILISI: Thousands of pro-EU Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi on Friday on the anniversary of a government decision to shelve the country’s accession to the bloc that triggered mass protests. Georgia has been gripped by political crisis since a parliamentary vote last year — which the opposition denounced as rigged in favor of the ruling Georgian Dream party and rejected the results. The government’s announcement on November 28, 2024 that it would not seek the opening of EU membership talks with Brussels until 2028 led to mass protests.

The protest movement triggered by the halt in Georgia's EU integration now faces an unyielding government. With its top leaders jailed, the opposition warns that the country is…

TBILISI: Thousands of pro-EU Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi on Friday on the anniversary of a government decision to shelve the country’s accession to the bloc that…