Protests continue in Georgia today, November 29. People have taken to the streets in large numbers due to the new controversial decision made by the pro-Russian government, according to Ekho Kavkaza and Tbilisi Life.

Thousands of demonstrators protesting the Georgian government's decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union have clashed with police outside the parliament building for a second straight night.

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 police and special forces began clearing protesters and barricades from the main avenue in Tbilisi after a second night of clashes, triggered by the ruling party announcement that it will delay talks with the European Union on membership.

Protesters claim that the refusal to negotiate accession to the EU by 2028 is "a betrayal of the country's interests."

Thousands of protesters have returned to the streets of Tbilisi to protest against the government's decision to suspend accession talks with the European Union. On Friday demonstrators were seen shouting "traitors" and holding photographs of journalists who they say were beaten by police in the previous night's protests.

Pro-European Union Georgians were gathering on Friday for a second night of protests, after the country's ruling party said on Thursday that it was halting EU accession talks until 2028, in an abrupt freeze to a long-standing national aim.

Police deploying water cannon and pepper spray moved against thousands of pro-European protesters massed in the centre of Tbilisi on Friday after Georgia's ruling party said it was halting EU accession talks until 2028.