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According to UEFA's decision, the Georgian national team will play one UEFA-sanctioned match behind closed doors. The information was released by the Georgian Football Federation.

The protest rally outside the Parliament continues. Rustaveli Avenue remains closed to traffic.

Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, responded to the statement made by German MEP Michael Gahler regarding Bidzina Ivanishvili.

According to Fair Elections (ISFED), the Tbilisi City Court and Tbilisi Appellate Court have upheld the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) resolution that "significantly restricts election observation."

The attitude of the European Commission toward Georgia’s internal processes is completely unacceptable; it is colonialist behavior. This was stated by Ilham Aliyev, the President of Azerbaijan, during the "New World Order" forum in Baku.

If I’m not mistaken, Ivanishvili is also a French citizen. If he has any assets in France, certain measures might be taken. This was stated by MEP Michael Gahler during the session of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs.

“At this moment, we are witnessing the failure of the European Union to respond to the repression being carried out by ‘Georgian Dream’—or rather, the ‘Georgian Nightmare’,” said MEP Nathalie Loiseau during the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee session.

For months now, Georgians have been protesting on Rustaveli Avenue, and comparing them to the Soviet Union is incorrect. This is what the German Ambassador to Georgia, Peter Fischer, wrote on his X (Twitter) account.

After the falsified parliamentary elections, the violence against peaceful protesters, and the subsequent political repressions, it is difficult to speak about Georgia’s progress on the path to the European Union – said Lithuanian MEP and the European Parliament’s standing rapporteur on Georgia, Rasa Juknevičienė, during the presentation of the draft 2024 report on Georgia at the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee meeting.

“Thirty-six years ago, on Rustaveli Avenue, 21 innocent and peaceful people gave their lives for the idea of Georgia’s independence. It was a great manifestation of devotion and self-sacrifice for the homeland, which awakened and strengthened the national spirit and the belief in independence within us,” said Metropolitan Shio, Locum Tenens of the Patriarchal Throne, Metropolitan of Senaki and Chkhorotsku, during his sermon following the memorial service for the victims of April 9, 1989.

“The current actions of ‘Georgian Dream’ are aimed at provoking civil confrontation – the declared government of ‘Georgian Dream’ and its honorary chairman will not escape responsibility for inciting division among the population and for the hybrid war being waged against their own citizens!” – reads a statement by the Party For Georgia.

Tina Bokuchava, Chairperson of the “United National Movement,” believes that the upcoming resolution of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) will likely repeat the “harsh wording adopted during the January session, when members of Ivanishvili’s regime were denied participation in the Assembly’s work.”

“We are witnessing the birth of a one-party system, and behind all this stands one man,” said the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, during her speech at the Senate of the Czech Republic.

A confrontation occurred in Zugdidi between citizens gathered at the April 9 Memorial and the police.

“Now, 36 years later, on the same day and on the same avenue where blood was shed for freedom, Georgians are once again standing in the streets,” – stated the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, in her address to the Senate of the Czech Republic.

“Many of those standing there [on Rustaveli Avenue] know well that, back in the day, it was Rodionov who tried to occupy Rustaveli Avenue, and now it’s the Burchuladze-Rodionovs trying – the same person who called himself part of the ‘Russian gang.’ Can you imagine someone being, pardon the expression, dragged out and then others placing tulips there?” – said Mamuka Mdinaradze, Chairman of the Georgian Dream parliamentary faction.

“We, the family members of political prisoners, were curious to see what outcome our very first announced protest would bring

"They are trying to artificially sow hatred in Georgia through grants and NGOs, using Soviet methods. Therefore, this law is not about grants, it is about opposing hatred,” – said Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, commenting on the planned amendments to the “Law on Grants,” which would require foreign grants to be approved by the government or an authorized official appointed by it.

This day was a major turning point for our country. Georgia on April 9 was one thing, and Georgia on April 10 became a mentally different country,” — said Zviad Dzidziguri, one of the leaders of the party “Gakharia - For Georgia,” on PalitraNews’ program Dgis Newsroom, reflecting on the events of April 9, 1989.

In 1989, Rodionov’s soldiers tried, but they couldn’t destroy the idea of independence. Today, on Rustaveli Avenue, Rodionov’s spade-wielding soldiers have been replaced by people who have lost their sense of homeland, waving foreign flags, who are attempting, with the same ruthlessness, to shatter Georgia’s idea of independence — this was stated by Speaker of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili.

“Today, Georgian Dream doesn’t even dare to mention the Russians – as if it were Martians who invaded this country and butchered people 36 years ago. That so-called ‘foreign force’ had a very specific name back then – Soviet Russia,” said opposition politician Gigi Ugulava during an ongoing rally on Rustaveli Avenue, speaking to journalists.

"Only Russians and their servants bring war and violence! Shame on you – so-called Government of Georgia! Those ruthless soldiers were Russians, not some 'foreign force,' and you don’t even dare say it!" – Georgia’s fifth President, Salome Zurabishvili, wrote on social media.