Police clashed with protesters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi early on Friday, after the country’s ruling party said the government would suspend talks on European Union accession and refuse budgetary grants until 2028.

Police clashed with protesters in the Georgian capital Tbilisi early on Friday, after the country's ruling party said the government would suspend talks on European Union accession and refuse budgetary grants until 2028.

Demonstrators took to the streets on Thursday to protest a decision by the Georgian government earlier in the day to suspend accession talks with the European Union until the end of 2028. In Tbilisi,

Protests erupted in Georgia on Thursday after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the country would not pursue European Union accession until 2028, accusing Brussels of "blackmail."

Georgia's ruling party said on Thursday that the country would suspend talks on European Union accession until 2028, while also refusing budgetary grants from Brussels, effectively halting its application to join the bloc,

Citizens in major Georgian cities took to the streets on 28 November, protesting the ruling Georgian Dream party's decision to halt the country's EU integration process until the end of 2028. Source: European Pravda,

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"This is just the beginning of a very negative path for Georgia," says Professor Grigol Julukhidze in an interview with us, regarding the country's relations with Brussels and the European Union. On Thursday,