The Latest Breaking News from Georgian Dream

Europe’s recommendation to grant Georgia candidate status for EU membership is “a very major step” that is goading the country’s political leaders to coalesce around a “new consensus” in favour of a European future, Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili told FRANCE 24.

Salome Zourabichvili’s meetings in Berlin and Brussels violated constitution, party leader says

Lawmakers in the former Soviet republic voted Friday to drop their "foreign agents" bill, which critics view as a threat to democracy as well as the country's push to join the European Union.

Meanwhile, Moscow accuses the US of stoking anti-Russian sentiment among the thousands who protested against the bill.

The Georgian government has been forced to withdraw its controversial “foreign agent” law after days of mass protests against what many saw as Russian-inspired legislation which would limit press freedom, making its chances of ever joining the European Union near impossible.

Critics of withdrawn ‘foreign agents’ bill feared it would undercut bid for EU membership

An EU delegation welcomed the decision to drop the controversial draft law and encouraged Georgia to resume reforms.

Police use water cannons and tear gas as thousands gather in Tbilisi in protest against a proposed foreign agents law.

Police fire teargas at protesters rallying against ‘Russian law’ critics say could harm efforts to join EU