Meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor, Salome Zourabichvili, has insisted she won’t stand aside. Zourabichvili on Saturday joined thousands of people across the country in forming human chains to protest the installation of the new president. Speaking on Sunday, Zourabichvili said she would leave the presidential palace, but continued to insist the new presidency is illegitimate. “This … Read more
Salome Zourabichvili’s term in office ends on Sunday — but Georgia’s pro-Western president says she’s not going anywhere. Zourabichvili on Saturday joined thousands of people across the country forming human chains to protest against the installation of a new president — far-right firebrand and former footballer Mikheil Kavelashvili — set to take place Sunday. Speaking … Read more
William and Zachary Zulock will spend the rest of their lives in prison. Latin Times A Georgia couple has been sentenced to 100 years in prison without parole for sexually abusing their two adopted sons and producing child pornography, in a case described as a “house of horrors” by prosecutors. In 2022, a tip from … Read more
President-elect Donald Trump announced he will nominate Herschel Walker, the former football player whose 2022 Senate run was plagued by controversy, to serve as U.S. ambassador to the Bahamas. “Herschel has spent decades serving as an Ambassador to our Nation’s youth, our men and women in the Military, and athletes at home and abroad,” Trump … Read more
A U.S. Army installation in Georgia was locked down Saturday after a person was shot and killed in what base authorities described as an isolated incident. The shooter was apprehended and taken into custody, and an “all clear” was given around 9:45 a.m. local time, less than an hour after Fort Eisenhower went into lockdown, … Read more
Thrusting Kavelashvili — who has no higher eduction and is anti-Western despite his soccer carreer there — into the presidency “was a farce,” Lithuanian MEP Rasa Juknevičienė said on X. She visited Georgia this Thursday with a delegation from the European Parliament. “Just like in Russia, Belarus, and other autocracies.” Local media report that demonstrators … Read more
Formerly Soviet Georgia remains well within Russia’s orbit, with pro-Russian forces a powerful presence there. When the new wave of protests started on the night of Nov. 29, more than 100 people were arrested after injury of 42 ministry “employees” who participated in law enforcement, the interior ministry previously reported. The BBC estimated more than … Read more
“We must not lose anyone in this region — neither Georgia, nor Moldova, nor Ukraine. We must stand united in defending ourselves against Moscow,” he said. The sanctions also target State Security Service head Grigol Liluashvili and Tbilisi `Mayor Kakha Khaladze, a former Dynamo Kyiv football player. Several lawmakers and businessmen affiliated with Georgian Dream … Read more
RIOT cops fired tear gas and beat up men as they battled raging protesters who gathered across Georgia for a third night of violence. Brutal clashes erupted last night outside Georgia’s parliament as thousands of demonstrators protested the government’s decision to delay European Union membership. 10 A police officer uses a crowd control spray against … Read more
A string of top officials including the Georgian ambassadors to Italy, the Netherlands and Lithuania have resigned in protest at the move, as well as Deputy Foreign Minister Temur Janjali. “What we see is this resistance has really gone beyond previous public demonstrations,” said Tinatin Akhvlediani, a senior researcher with the EU foreign policy unit … Read more
