How Putinโ€™s grip on the east could influence EUโ€™s Enlargement Package

In this episode, host Giada Santana and policy analyst Teona Lavrelashvili, discuss the successes and failures of EU enlargement policy amid Eastern Europeโ€™s shifting political landscape.

EU should use โ€˜all pressuresโ€™ in response to disputed election results, Georgian president tells Euractiv

Georgian President Salome Zourabishvili calls out the Georgian Dream’s ties to pro-Russian allies threatening the country’s European path.

Georgiaโ€™s civil society defiant as concerns of voter intimidation, election fraud rise

In the months leading up to the election, the Georgian governmentโ€™s anti-corruption bureau has accused election monitors of partisanship and falling under the category of ‘foreign agents’.

โ€˜Referendum for or against Europeโ€™: Georgians head to the polls in โ€˜existentialโ€™ parliamentary election

A scenario concerning observers is that both sides are sure of victory on Saturday and could be reluctant to accept defeat.

EU could strip Georgians of visa-free access over backsliding on democracy

The South Caucasus country’s government must live up to its obligations if it wants to keep its benefits, the Commission told POLITICO.

EU announces Georgiaโ€™s accession is โ€˜stoppedโ€™ after anti-West pivot

Tens of millions of euros in financial assistance will also be frozen as part of the decision, according to Brussels’ envoy.

Georgiaโ€™s accession process to the bloc โ€˜de factoโ€™ halted, EU leaders warn

Georgia’s accession to the bloc has ‘de fact’ been halted after the country’s authorities passed a controversial Russia-style ‘foreign agent’ law, EU leaders warned on Thursday (27 June).

EU eyes targeted sanctions, visa restrictions over Georgiaโ€™s โ€˜foreign agentโ€™ law

The EU is considering a range of measures, including sanctions on top government officials, cutting financial assistance and restricting visa-free travel, in response to the Georgian government’s controversial ‘foreign agents’ law, ac…

Ball in Georgian Dreamโ€™s court as Venice Commission asks to withdraw โ€˜foreign agentโ€™ law

Georgia must repeal the ‘foreign influence’ law as it could be used to silence critical voices, according to The Council of Europeโ€™s top constitutional law body, the Venice Commission, on Tuesday (21 May). Georgian lawmakers passed the cont…

Georgiaโ€™s president vetoes controversial โ€˜foreign influenceโ€™ law

Georgian President Salome Zourabishvili on Saturday (18 May) put a mostly symbolic veto on the “foreign influence” law that sparked unprecedented protests and warnings from Brussels that the measure would undermine Tbilisi’s European aspirations.

EU urges Georgiaโ€™s ruling party to withdraw controversial โ€˜foreign agentโ€™ law

Georgia’s controversial Kremlin-style ‘foreign agent’ law ‘negatively impacts’ the country’s progress on its accession path and should be withdrawn, the EU said in a watered-down statement on Wednesday (15 May).

Georgiaโ€™s president pledges to veto โ€˜foreign agentโ€™ law as Baltic, Icelandic FMs visit Tbilisi

Georgia’s President Salome Zourabishvili assured foreign affairs ministers of the Baltic countries and Iceland on Wednesday (15 May) that she would veto the controversial ‘foreign influence’ law, though the step is unlikely to stop it…

EU scrambles to adopt common position as Georgian parliament passes โ€˜foreign agentโ€™ law

As protests grow in Tbilisi, EU member states on Tuesday (14 May) failed to agree on a common statement that would condemn the passing of the Georgian government’s ‘foreign agent’ law, which Brussels warned defies ‘European values’ and hampers the cou…