Georgia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday announced deep and substantial changes to the Serbian foreign policy in the wake of Monday's Council of Europe (CoE) vote on the so-called Kosovo's application for membership in the organisation.

This was decided at today's extraordinary session of the Committee of Ministers, confirmed for "Kosovo Online" the Head of the Mission of Serbia in the Council of Europe, Aleksandra Djurovi.

BELGRADE - The Council of Europe (CoE) Committee of Ministers decided on Monday to launch the procedure of reviewing the so-called Kosovo's application for admission to the CoE.

Many are believed to have died in Ukraine, but those who survived six months earned a presidential pardon and are now returning to their hometowns, only to spread terror in them again, as Blic quotes the British Guardian.

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied Sunday in the Georgian capital Tbilisi as the Black Sea nation's government faces mounting accusations of backsliding on democracy.

Demonstrators gathered outside the Georgian parliament for a rally organised by the country's main opposition force, the United National Movement (UNM), founded by jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili.

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the West is doing this in order to open a second front because the war in Ukraine "is not developing in favor of Kyiv".
"We see constant attempts by Washington, Brussels and London to convince the Georgian leadership of the need to open a so-called second front," Naryshkin said during his visit to Belarus, according to CNN.

TBILISI - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic met with Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili on Monday during an official visit to Tbilisi.

The parties confirmed mutual support concerning their countries' European integration, as well as readiness for intensive cooperation and experience-sharing.

TBILISI - Serbian Parliament Speaker Vladimir Orlic met with Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili in Tbilisi on Monday.

Garibashvili said Serbia and Georgia shared the same positions and together advocated and respected international law.

Moscow on Friday accused foreign countries of fomenting mass protests in Georgia, likening them to an attempted coup designed to sow tension on Russia's borders.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that several days of demonstrations in the Georgian capital Tbilisi reminded him of a Ukrainian uprising that ousted a Kremlin-friendly government in 2014.

Georgia's ruling "Georgian Dream" party and the country's government have announced they are withdrawing the draft law on "foreign agents," which has sparked tensions in the country and fears of undermining democracy and pluralism.