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President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili announces that she does not recognize the official results of the election, alleging that the country has been the victim of a "Russian special operation".
2024-10-27

The Parliament of Georgia initiates a motion to impeach pro-Western President Salome Zourabichvili over accusations of unauthorized overseas visits, ahead of the parliamentary election on October 26.
2024-10-7

The European Union threatens sanctions and a suspension of relations with Georgia if Georgia becomes a "one-party state" with no political opposition following the next parliamentary elections on October 26.
2024-10-4

The Georgian Parliament Speaker signs into law a wide-ranging bill that bans gender transitioning and gender-affirming care, same-sex marriage and adoption, and depictions of LGBTQ+ people in media after the President refused to sign it, which chief European Union diplomat Josep Borrell states could prevent the nation's accession to the EU.
2024-10-3

The Parliament of Georgia approves a law on "family values and the protection of minors" that would restrict LGBTQ+ rights in the country.
2024-09-17

The European Union pauses the accession of Georgia to the organization and freezes €30 million (US$32.5 million) in aid to the Georgian Ministry of Defense after the Georgian parliament passed a law requiring media and nonprofit groups to be deemed as foreign agents if they receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign sources.
2024-07-9

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

The Parliament of Georgia appoints the previous Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia as Prime Minister.
2019-09-8

Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili and his cabinet are approved by the Parliament of Georgia following the victory in the parliamentary election.
2012-10-25