Protesters used fireworks against riot police in Tbilisi late on Saturday as they gathered across Georgia for a third straight night of demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.

The government’s decision to suspend its bid for European Union membership has driven thousands of protesters into the streets.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Tbilisi on Thursday, November 28, to protest the government's decision to suspend EU accession talks for four years. Police began dispersing the crowd after midnight,

More than 40 people have been hospitalised in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi following a fourth straight night of protests against the government’s suspension of European Union negotiations.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered outside the parliament Saturday night, throwing stones and setting off fireworks, while police deployed water cannons and tear gas.

Georgia has suspended its bid to join the European Union, prompting thousands of protesters to take to the streets, where they clashed with police in the capital of Tbilisi.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Sunday urged rally participants in Tbilisi protesting the Georgian Government’s recent decision on the suspension of the country’s European Union accession talks until 2028 “not to go beyond peaceful demonstration”.

Protesters are once again assembling outside Georgia's parliament to oppose the Georgian Dream party's plan to postpone EU accession negotiations until 2028. Source: Ekho Kavkaza (Echo of the Caucasus),

Protesters rallied in Georgia’s capital for a fourth straight night on Sunday and there were signs that opposition was spreading across the country to the government’s decision to suspend talks on joining the European Union.

Protesters gathers across Georgia for the fourth night after police used water cannon yesterday in a crackdown.