Thousands protest in Georgia as new president sworn in
Thousands protest in Georgia as new president sworn in

Georgians took the road in the capital Tbilisi as a new president allied with the ruling Georgian Dream party was inaugurated, reports BBC. Mikheil Kavelashvili, a former footballer, has been sworn in during a critical political period after the government suspended its application to join the...

New Georgian president sworn in
New Georgian president sworn in

Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, was sworn in as president of Georgia on Sunday amid a political crisis after the government froze European Union application talks in a move that sparked major protests. Outgoing President Salome Zourabichvili, a pro-EU critic of the ruling...

Sanctions imposed on Georgia’s ruling party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili
Sanctions imposed on Georgia’s ruling party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili

Bidzina Grigoris Dze Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of Georgias ruling party, Georgian Dream, has been sanctioned for undermining the democratic and Euro-Atlantic future of Georgia in favor of the Russian Federation. The U.S. Department of State, through Secretary of State Antony...

Georgia gets US, UK sanctions over human rights abuses against protesters
Georgia gets US, UK sanctions over human rights abuses against protesters

Georgias Ministry of Internal Affairs is facing mounting international scrutiny as the United States imposes sanctions on key officials for alleged serious human rights violations. Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and Deputy Head of the Ministrys Special Tasks Department...

Far-right loyalist elected president amid unrest in Georgia
Far-right loyalist elected president amid unrest in Georgia

Pro-EU protesterstook to the streets inGeorgiaon Saturday as anelectoral college dominated by the ruling party chose a new president known for his vehement anti-West views. Former soccer star and current politicianMikheil Kavelashvilireceived 224 votes out of a possible 300 from the electoral...

Mass protests enter fourth night in Georgia as tens of thousands took to streets
Mass protests enter fourth night in Georgia as tens of thousands took to streets

Mass nationwide protests in Georgia over EU talks suspensions entered fourth straight night as tens of thousands of Georgians took to the streets again on Sunday evening. National media outlets reported demonstrations in at least eight cities, and protesters setting up roadblocks, as well as...

Georgia mom charged as son walks alone
Georgia mom charged as son walks alone

A mother is facing possible jail time as her 10-year-old son was found walking alone to town, reports Fox News. The son was found walking less than a mile away from familys home in Georgia. Fannin County Sheriffs Office said that the mother, Brittany Patterson, 41, was arrested on suspicion...

Massive victory of four Bangladeshis
Massive victory of four Bangladeshis

Four Bangladeshi-Americans have achieved a huge margin victory amidst the heroic victory of the Republican Donald Trump in the US presidential elections. All of them were elected as state level representatives in the US. However, so far, no Bangladeshi-American has been elected in US Senate or...

Seven swing states set to decide the 2024 US election
Seven swing states set to decide the 2024 US election

US Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump are hurtling toward their Tuesdays presidency election showdown, one of the closest contests in modern American history, reports BSS. And in the handful of critical states framing the 2024 race, there is little daylight between...

Ruling Georgian Dream party wins election
Ruling Georgian Dream party wins election

Georgiasruling Georgian Dream party won Saturdays parliamentary election,receivingmore than 54% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Sunday. The result is a setback forthose Georgians who would like their country to integrate into the EU, as the Georgian Dream party is seen as tending...

Georgia vote: Fears of rigged election and return to Kremlin’s orbit loom large
Georgia vote: Fears of rigged election and return to Kremlin’s orbit loom large

At the Joseph Stalin Museum in Gori, the small Georgian town where the Soviet leader was born, a line of guides is waiting to tell you the story of the local boy who made it big. They can list the birthdays of Stalins family and recite the poems he wrote as a schoolboy. But on other things, they...