Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Tbilisi on Saturday. They protest against the "foreign agents" law, which the authorities are trying to adopt.
The demonstration lasted all day and lasted until late at night. Opponents of the law on "foreign agents" will spend the night of May 12-13 outside the building of the Parliament of Georgia.
On May 13, at 9 a.m. Tbilisi time, a meeting of the legal committee of the parliament should be held, where the scandalous bill will be discussed in the third final reading.
The meeting of the session and voting in the third reading in the parliament should be held on May 14.
The European Union and the United States warned Tbilisi that the adoption of this pro-Russian law is taking Georgia away from the EU and NATO.
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The United States sees opportunities to achieve peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia, US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs James O'Brien said at a briefing in Baku today. He stressed that "the settlement of the conflict will be beneficial for the entire region, at the same time it will bring economic benefits."
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On June28, about 50 secondary school teachers who have not been re-certified gathered in front of the Ministry of Science and Education to express their dissatisfaction. They complained about the conditions of the certification exam. According to the protesters, there were technical problems in computers during the exam, and the time allotted for answering questions was very short. At the same time, according to the teachers, despite the fact that they answered many questions, their scores were underestimated.
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On June 28, the President of Azerbaijan signed an order on the dissolution of the Milli Majlis and the appointment of early parliamentary elections for September 1. The initiator of the early elections was the ruling Yeni Azerbaijan party. On June 21, at the suggestion of deputies from this party, the parliament adopted an appeal to the president with a request to dissolve parliament and call early elections, since the next elections coincided in November with the global climate conference COP29 in Baku.
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Jamil Hasanli, chairman of the National Council of Democratic Forces, has criticized the recent decisions to dissolve the Milli Majlis (National Assembly) of Azerbaijan and the subsequent approval by the Constitutional Court, labeling them as unconstitutional and politically motivated.
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