Pro-EU protesters clash with police in Georgia (VIDEOS)

Opposition parties were outraged by the government decision to freeze European integration talks

Pro-EU protesters clashed with police in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, on Thursday evening, after the government suspended accession negotiations with the bloc.

Protesters gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue, denouncing the ruling Georgian Dream party. The demonstration was backed by several opposition parties, as well Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili.

The Interior Ministry said that protesters violated the country’s assembly laws and threw “different objects” at the officers. Three policemen were injured, the ministry said in a statement.

The police are using tear gas against the demonstrators. #happeningnow#GeorgiaProtests pic.twitter.com/yoKnHwWkMV— PUBLIKA (@Publika_ge) November 28, 2024

The situation on Chichinadze Street remains tense as more and more people seem to be arriving. A gas canister was reportedly thrown from behind the police line, which was then thrown back by the demonstrators. Meanwhile, there are reports of riot police arriving on the scene.