Rustavi2

02 May

19:34
Protesters block road on Heroes’ Square

19:27
Ilia Darchiashvili meets with Gert Jan Koopman, Director General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission

16:44
Representatives of Public Defender visited 3 persons detained under administrative rules in detention centers of Tbilisi, and participants in the rally in different clinics

16:29
Venice Commission to issue its opinion on the Bill on Transparency prior to the adoption of law
15:24
European Union will spare no effort, but the ball is in Georgia’s court - Gert Jan Koopman

14:06
No rubber bullets were used on Rustaveli Avenue last night – Kaladze

13:56
Shalva Papuashvili meets with the Director-General of the European Commission for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, Gert Jan Koopman

13:32
I welcome the temporary opening of Odzisi and Karzmani crossing points on the Orthodox Easter, from 3-6 May - Head of Mission of EUMM
13:01
People of Georgia are loud and clear in their wish to become members of Euro-Atlantic family - British Embassy Tbilisi

12:34
Orthodox Church celebrates today Holy Thursday

12:27
Prime Minister meets Deputy CEO of French Development Agency

12:22
Prime Minister of Georgia meets World Bank’s Executive Director
11:50
Bureau and plenary sessions will not be held today in the Parliament

11:23
On May 1-2, 15 people were hospitalized, including law enforcement officers, some of the injured left the clinic - Ministry of Health

10:59
Austrian Airlines launched Vienna-Tbilisi-Vienna flights

10:04
Nikoloz Samkharadze meets with the US Congressmen, members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives
04:07
It undermines US-Georgia relations - Matthew Miller on the Bill on Transparency

01:20
8 persons hospitalized after being injured during rally on Rustaveli Avenue last night

00:37
Participants of the rally have currently blocked both sided of river Mtkvari

00:17
Attacking police officers and administrative buildings is not allowed by the right to assembly and demonstration - Darakhvelidze
00:15
The red level of security was activated in the Parliament from May 1

00:04
Employees of the MIA, despite having a solid legal ground, did not use rubber bullets - Aleksandre Darakhvelidze
01 May

22:58
Rubber bullets were reportedly used to disperse the rally

22:12
The police will take legal action against any fact of violation - MIA

21:13
The representatives of various units completely vacated the territory surrounding the Parliament - MIA

20:51
Participants of the rally near the Parliament started marching through the streets of Tbilisi
20:02
Parliament passes “Bill on Transparency” in second reading with 83 votes in favor, 23 against

19:18
We call on the rally participants not to carry out illegal actions and avoid calls that may become a prerequisite for violent actions - MIA

18:43
The law enforcers ensured the safe exit of the deputies and the employees of the parliament administration from the building of the legislature – MIA

18:32
Prime Minister calls on law enforcement to show maximum patience amid protest rallies
18:18
Draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” will make an important contribution to the prevention of the kind of violent actions of political minority that we saw yesterday - Prime Minister

18:03
It is better to see a few violent rallies of radical opposition now, than to see Georgia in the midst of radicalism, to leave it in a circle of polarization - Kobakhidze

17:08
Irakli Kobakhidze meets Gert Jan Koopman

16:25
Discussion of draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” resumed in Parliament amidst confrontation
15:59
European Commission Director General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations is in Tbilisi

14:35
Candidate countries and the EU have the historic opportunity to build a bigger, deeper and stronger European Union - Borrell

12:22
It is a sad reality that people were beaten in such a way, I call on the public to protect the future of our country – Khabeishvili

11:45
Levan Khabeishvili leaves clinic
11:38
Germany and the European Union are following and evaluating these events closely - Peter Fischer

11:26
11 people, injured during the rally, needed hospitalization, more than half of them are law enforcement officers - Ministry of Health

11:00
SIS investigates facts of possible abuse and exceeding official powers against the participants of the rally near the Parliament

10:48
Yellow security level to be in effect in Parliament today
10:35
On the fact of insulting law enforcement officers, attacking them and any violence, the Ministry will have a strict legal response to all such facts - MIA

10:31
He broke into the police cordon in order to interfere with the activities of the policemen, resisted them, during which he was injured – Darakhvelidze on Khabeishvili