Georgia’s parliament has passed a controversial “foreign agents” bill despite widespread domestic opposition and warnings from the European Union that its enactment would imperil the country ...
Tens of thousands of protestors descended on the capital, Tbilisi, on Tuesday as the ruling Georgian Dream party passed the bill that will torpedo those European hopes.
Weeks after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Georgia applied for EU membership and was granted candidate status last year. Brussels has repeatedly warned that if the “foreign agents” ...