Georgia's president has vetoed a divisive "foreign agent" law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests. On Tuesday MPs passed the controversial law which requires NGOs and independent media ...
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has vetoed the controversial law on foreign agents. However, the Georgian parliament ...
President Salome ... the legislation to laws in Russia which also crack down on entities the Kremlin deems "foreign agents," ...
President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier ... Georgian EU membership amid the controversy over the bill. Georgia's foreign agents law: Estonian FM speaks to DW ...
TBILISI — The Georgian government’s plans to brand Western-funded NGOs, media outlets and campaign groups as “foreign agents” were rejected by the country’s president ... that the proposed law would ...
Critics say the bill will restrict media freedom and obstruct Georgia’s chances of joining the European Union.
Zourabichvili had previously stated that she would veto the bill after saying that she considered the law “unacceptable.” However, her decision can be rescinded by a second vote in parliament, which ...
Georgian President Salome ... on the controversial law, but it remains unclear if this move will be made to increase the support of the ruling party and the law itself. Earlier, sources among EU ...
Georgia’s parliament has pushed through a controversial “foreign agents” law analogous to Russian legislation, overriding a presidential veto amid vocal protests. On 28 May, 66 Georgian MPs voted to ...
Georgia’s president has ... in the country. The law would require media and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to register as “pursuing the interests of a foreign power” if they receive ...