Protests in Georgia continue for a third night after the EU negotiations were suspended

Protesters took to the streets of Tbilisi for the third night in a row to protest the government’s decision to suspend EU accession talks.

A large number of riot police have been deployed in the country’s parliament, which is the center of the ongoing protests, where the police have used water cannons and tear gas in recent days.

Demonstrations are also held in the cities of Batumi, Kutaisi, Zugdidi and other regions of Georgia.

Georgia’s pro-EU president Salome Zourabisvhili has told the BBC she will remain in office until new parliamentary elections are held.

He said he will retain his role as president, even though the newly elected parliament in the country says it will elect him on December 14.

Zourabisvhili said the current Parliament is “illegitimate” after opposition MPs were accused of fraud in last month’s election.

Hundreds of civil servants have signed letters showing their opposition to the government’s decision to suspend negotiations with the EU, saying that this is against the needs of the country of Georgia.

Georgian embassies in Bulgaria, the Netherlands and Italy also resigned.

Since 2012, Georgia has been ruled by Georgian Dream, a group that critics say has tried to move the country out of the EU and closer to Russia.

The party claims to have won last month’s election, but opposition MPs are boycotting the new Parliament, accusing it of fraud.

On Thursday, the European Parliament supported a the solutiondescribing the election as the latest stage in Georgia’s “growing democratic crisis” and saying the ruling party is “fully responsible”.

After this decision, the prime minister of Georgia said that his government “decided not to raise the issue of joining the European Union in the process until the end of 2028”.

A group of people, writers and journalists were protesting outside the country’s radio station in the capital Tbilisi accusing them of being the mouthpiece of the country’s ruling party.

Activist writer Lasha Bugadze said: “Public radio must be freed from the influence of the Russian people and the oppression of the state.

“The public broadcaster is covering all of Georgia and they’re driving our people away with propaganda, people who may not be sure what’s going on,” he said.

Four coalitions of opposition parties and parties that won seats in last month’s parliamentary elections but refused to take their mandate citing widespread vote rigging issued a joint statement, calling for new elections under international supervision.

“Parties with the legitimate authority of the people of Georgia will face the illegitimate regime of the Georgian Dream and organized violence against peaceful protesters and journalists,” the statement read.

The US condemned the “excessive use of force” in Georgia and called on all parties to ensure that the protests remain peaceful.

“Georgians strongly support integration with Europe,” the State Department said in a statement.

About 150 people were arrested following the November 29 protests in the capital Tbilisi. The police used water cannon, tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the protesters.

In the morning of November 30, the police operation intensified as they started chasing the protesters, kicking them and hitting them with sticks.

The country’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said 50 police officers were injured at the hands of “violent protesters who threw Molotov cocktails, pyrotechnics, glass, and stones at the police”.

Kobakhidze also criticized European politicians for “throwing a lot of insults” at the Georgian government.