The leaders of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Monday met European Council chief Charles Michel to push their EU membership bids, with Michel hailing the summit as a "milestone", news wires reported. Seeking to emerge from Moscow's orbit, the eastern European nations set up the Associated Trio diplomatic format in May to jointly advance their bid to join the European Union.

Several thousand people protested in front of the Georgian parliament on Sunday evening, demanding that the ex-Soviet nation’s prime minister resign over the death of a journalist who was attacked and beaten by anti-LGBT protesters, AP reported. Cameraman Alexander Lashkarava was found dead in his home by his mother earlier Sunday, according to the TV Pirveli channel he worked for.

Georgian police on Tuesday arrested a top opposition leader and used tear gas in a violent raid on his party headquarters, further deepening a political crisis sparked by last year's disputed parliamentary elections, AFP reported from Tbilisi.

Georgia’s PM Giorgi Gakharia announced his resignation on Thursday following a court ruling that ordered the arrest of a man who leads the ex-Soviet nation’s top opposition party. Gakharia said in a televised address that he was stepping down because of disagreements within his own team over the decision to arrest Nika Melia, chairman of the United National Movement opposition party, AP reported.

Bidzina Ivanishvili, the head of Georgia's ruling party and its richest citizen, said on Monday he was quitting politics, two months after a parliamentary election his opponents allege was rigged, Reuters reported.

Democrat Raphael Warnock ousted an incumbent Republican Wednesday in the first of two critical runoff elections in Georgia that will decide control of the US Senate at the outset of Joe Biden's presidency, networks projected.

Thousands of protesters rallied in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Saturday to back opposition calls for a re-run of the parliamentary election, held on 31 October, news wires reported. The opposition accuses the ruling Georgian Dream party and its supporters of vote buying, making threats against voters and observers, and of violations during the count. Eight opposition parties including the UNM have said they would boycott parliament.

Police in Georgian capital Tbilisi fired water cannon and tear gas against hundreds of protesters gathered outside the Central Election Commission (CEC) on Sunday to support a call by opposition parties for a rerun of parliamentary elections, held on 31 October, Reuters reported. The opposition is demanding the resignation of the CEC chief Tamar Zhvania, saying the elections were rigged.

Georgia faces political crisis after the opposition refused to recognise the results of parliamentary elections, held on Saturday, news wires reported. According to the Central Election Commission, the ruling Georgian Dream party was well out in front with 48.1%t after the votes at nearly all of the polling stations were counted. The largest opposition party, the United National Movement, was in second place on 27.1%.

Greece will take over from Georgia today the Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe for the next six months. The handover ceremony will take place on line, due to conditions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic.