Georgian riot police deployed tear gas and rubber bullets against demonstrators protesting a government decision to delay pursuing European Union accession. Thousands rallied in the capital of Tbilisi on Friday and cities across Georgia after prime minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced the decision amid a post-election crisis that saw the country’s

Georgia’s interior ministry has said that 107 people were arrested during Friday’s protests in the capital Tbilisi sparked by the government’s decision to delay the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union.

Violent clashes in Georgia between the police and protesters in recent weeks and "unacceptable" police brutality against the demonstrators present clear grounds for the European Union to impose sanctions,

The European Union is threatening the Georgian government with sanctions in light of the violence against pro-European protesters. Possible measures will be examined at the foreign ministers' meeting next Monday,

Georgia's capital Tbilisi has resounded with the crackle of fireworks late into the night for the past week - their eruptions becoming a symbol of the large pro-EU protests that have plunged the South Caucasus country into crisis.