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 ...

Georgia's President Vetoes 'Foreign Agent' Law As Protesters Attacked In Tbilisi May 18, 2024 16:40 CET Updated May 18, 2024 17:39 CET By RFE/RL's Georgian Service and ...

Georgian president vetoes 'foreign agents' bill that has caused widespread protests Updated May 18, 2024 12:12 PM ET Originally published May 13, 2024 4:21 PM ET By ...

Georgia’s parliament adopted the controversial law on May 14th, which would have designated civil society organizations that receive funding from abroad as “foreign agents.” The law, which is known as ...

Georgia's president vetoes foreign agent law 05/18/2024 May 18, 2024. President Salome Zourabichvili had earlier told DW that she would reject the contentious legislation as a "symbol." ...

In backing the so-called "foreign agent" law, Georgia's parliamentarians defied weeks of large demonstrations in the capital against the legislation, which also saw thousands of people vent their ...

The law has triggered protests and threatens to derail the nation’s pro-European aspirations in favor of closer ties with Russia. By Ivan Nechepurenko Reporting from Tbilisi, Georgia President ...

On 1 August, Georgia’s bill on Transparency of Foreign Influence came into force, posing a severe threat to press freedom and democracy, with the potential to criminalise journalists and ...

In Georgia, the ruling government borrowed from Russia’s lead – after backing down from its first attempt to pass a foreign agent law in the face of massive protests, it pushed it through ...

What is Georgia’s foreign agent law? Enacted on August 1, the law requires NGOs that receive 20 percent or more of their funding from abroad to officially register themselves as “pursuing the ...

Georgia president vetoes 'foreign agent' law. Image source, Reuters. ... 18 May 2024. Georgia's president has vetoed a divisive "foreign agent" law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests.

(THE CONVERSATION) Autocracy is on the move worldwide and becoming more resilient. One of the driving forces behind this phenomenon is something scholars call “authoritarian learning,” a ...