Georgian President Salome ... Protests erupt in Georgia over controversial 'foreign agents' bill Georgia edges closer to Russia with controversial foreign agents law Georgia stirs controversy ...

TBILISI, May 18 (Reuters) - Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has announced that she has vetoed a draft law on foreign agents ... controlled by Georgia's ruling party and its allies.

Watch: A brawl broke out in ... a divisive "foreign agent" law that has sparked weeks of mass street protests. However, the bill now faces a likely veto by Georgia's president, which the ...

Sold to the public as increasing transparency, the legislation has been utilized to persecute Georgia ... a very similar foreign agent law on May 28, 2024, after overcoming a presidential ...

The Georgian parliament will begin the procedure to override President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto on the foreign agents ... leaders say the law contradicts European values. Georgia's ruling ...

The law was proposed by the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party ... Georgian President Mikhail Kavelashvili has signed a law on foreign agents, one which mirrors America’s FARA ...

Georgia’s President Salome ... from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence” or face a fine. Opponents say the bill was modeled after similar laws in Russia that the Kremlin ...