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1. President Salome Zourabichvili vetoes the foreign agents law.
   2024-05-18 17:45:14 (First version)
2. President Salome Zourabichvili vetoes the proposed "Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence".
   (Current version)

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Riot police clash with protesters on the streets of Tbilisi, Georgia, after the parliament approves a controversial "foreign agent" law that requires media organizations to declare foreign funding.
2024-05-14

Georgian parliament members from the ruling Georgian Dream party fail to impeach President Salome Zourabichvili, securing only 86 of the required 100 votes, after the constitutional court ruled that Zourabichvili violated the constitution by advocating for Georgia's European Union membership during international trips without government approval.
2023-10-18

Former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike for 39 days, is moved to a prison hospital as his condition continues to deteriorate.
2021-11-8

Moldovan President Maia Sandu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili announce in a joint statement their intentions to have their respective countries pursue closer relations with the European Union, effectively rebuking Russia.
2021-07-19

Salome Zurabishvili takes office as President of Georgia. Zurabishvili is the first woman in office and the last president to be elected by popular vote.
2018-12-16

Voters in Georgia elect Salome Zurabishvili as president. She will be the first woman elected to hold the position when she assumes office on 16 December 2018.
2018-11-29

The OSCE titles the parliamentary election in Georgia as "fair and free". Partial results show a majority of votes for Georgian Dream. President Saakashvili concedes that his party, United National Movement, will move to opposition. Bidzina Ivanishvili is expected to become prime minister, and after legislative changes next year, also head of state.
2012-10-2

President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili names Interior Minister Vano Merabishvili as the country's new Prime Minister. [http:--www.chicagotribune.com-news-sns-rt-us-georgia-governmentbre85t0d6-20120630,0,7779265.story ("Chicago Tribune")]date=July 2019
2012-06-30

Approximately 10,000 protesters march in Tbilisi and Batumi calling for early elections and the ouster of President Mikhail Saakashvili.
2011-05-22

The Georgian television station Imedi sparks panic throughout Georgia by broadcasting a fake news item about a supposed invasion of Russian troops and the murder of President Mikheil Saakashvili.
2010-03-13