Protesters are once again assembling outside Georgia's parliament to oppose the Georgian Dream party's plan to postpone EU accession negotiations until 2028. Source: Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus),

EADaily, November 29th, 2024. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili arrived at the venue of the protest action in the center of Tbilisi, reports Interpress.ge .

Georgia’s prime minister says the country will suspend negotiations on joining the European Union in view of what he described as “blackmail and manipulation” from some EU politicians.

Protesters clashed with police in Georgia's capital of Tbilisi on Thursday after the government suspended talks on its bid to join the European Union for four years.

In downtown Tbilisi on Thursday evening, clashes erupted during a protest against the government's decision to suspend EU accession talks until 2028, local media reported. Among the protesters was the country's president,

Police used water cannons on Chichinadze Street, near the parliament building. Before the dispersal, clashes erupted between law enforcement officers and demonstrators. Read also: EU and Josep Borrell urge Georgia to investigate and address election violations Reports indicated that police used pepper spray,