Tag: Georgia

  • New Georgian President Takes Office as Predecessor Refuses to Step Down

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    Mikheil Kavelashvili has been sworn in as Georgia’s new president in a ceremony held at the Parliament in Tbilisi. This comes amid ongoing protests and the refusal of his pro-European Union predecessor, Salome Zourabichvili, to accept the legitimacy of his election. In a defiant speech to hundreds of supporters outside the presidential palace on Sunday,…