Pro-EU protesters and police clashed in Tbilisi on early Saturday (December 7) morning after a standoff near the Georgian parliament, Reuters reports.
Police used water cannons and tear gas while protesters were seen using fireworks against the police and throwing bottles and stones.
The protests near the parliament have been lasting for over a week, often resulting in riot police dispersing the rallies and forcing the protesters away from the central Rustaveli street.
The South Caucasus country of 3.7 million has been gripped by crisis since the Georgian Dream party, who returned to power in an October election the opposition says was tainted by fraud, said last week it was halting European Union accession talks until 2028, abruptly freezing a long-standing national goal of EU membership that is written into Georgia’s constitution.
