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in EuropeGeorgia election showdown as opposition seeks to overturn outcomes
A hotly anticipated go to by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to Tbilisi on Monday evening, she stated, “takes place completely within the framework of bilateral relations between Hungary and Georgia. Prime Minister Orbán has not acquired any mandate from the EU Council to go to Tbilisi.” Orbán moved to congratulate Georgian Dream earlier than […] More
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in EuropeGeorgia election marred by intimidation and interference, observers warn
Two international election observers who spoke to POLITICO on situation of anonymity mentioned they’d personally witnessed irregularities within the counting and bodily violence at polling stations. “Reports of irregularities in Georgian elections give rise to grave concern,” mentioned Margus Tsahkna, international minister of Estonia in a message posted on-line. “Closely following the evaluations of worldwide […] More
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in EuropeGeorgia’s ruling party on track for victory amid prices of election rigging
The outcome comes after opposition events cried foul over what they mentioned amounted to systematic efforts to affect the outcome by the more and more authoritarian authorities, which has vowed to ban its opponents from taking on their seats and outlaw rival factions if re-elected with a ample majority. “They are stuffing poll packing containers, […] More
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in EuropeAzerbaijan, EU human rights feud escalates as COP29 looms
Plenty of MEPs went even additional, calling for the EU to axe a cope with Azerbaijan to greater than double pure fuel purchases. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed the pact in 2022 to assist Europe ditch Russian vitality. The settlement fuels human rights abuses and permits Russia to launder its fossil fuels […] More
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in EuropeMoldova and Georgia ring alarm bells for the EU
“We are speaking about as much as 20 p.c of corrupted votes, and an estimated €150 million interference operation by Russia,” stated Valeriu Pasha, program manager on the Moldova-based think-tank WatchDog.MD Community. “Without this huge vote bribing the end result would look completely completely different. So in these very harsh circumstances, the truth that we […] More
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in EuropeRussia may do cope with Georgia over occupied areas, hints overseas minister
“They have stated that they need historic reconciliation,” Lavrov stated of the ruling Georgian Dream party. “What kind this reconciliation takes is as much as the states of Abkhazia and South Ossetia to resolve … If there may be curiosity from all sides in normalizing these relations … we’re prepared to assist.” Responding to the […] More
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in EuropeItaly prepares new crackdown on migrant rescue efforts
Under the proposed laws, which was scrutinized at a Cabinet assembly in Rome on Friday and is ready to be permitted subsequent week, search-and-rescue plane departing or touchdown in Italy should inform the authorities of any emergency instantly and comply with their directions. Failure to conform might result in fines, seizure or confiscation of the […] More
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in EuropeUS sanctions Georgian officers for undermining democracy
Also going through sanctions are two distinguished figures related to far-right Georgian media outlet Alt-Info, which has known as for assaults on pro-democracy crowds, journalists and the LGBTQ+ group. At the identical time, the U.S. State Department confirmed it would impose visa restrictions on greater than 60 Georgians and their households attributable to their complicity […] More
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in EuropeEU warns Georgia to not ban opposition events
Georgia’s hopes of becoming a member of the bloc have been dashed in current months after Brussels successfully froze its membership utility in response to a brand new Russian-style legislation that can model Western-supported NGOs and media shops as “overseas brokers” and a heavy-handed crackdown on pro-democracy protests. The Commission handed the South Caucasus nation […] More
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in EuropeGeorgia goes ‘North Korea’ with bombshell plan to ban most important opposition events
That comes days after the ruling Georgian Dream party threatened to dissolve the biggest opposition grouping in parliament, the United National Movement (UNM) which was based by former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. In addition to the UNM, the opposite pro-Western factions with seats in parliament face being shuttered, Kobakhidze stated, as a result of “in […] More
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