Новости за 11.05.2024

Tens of thousands of Georgians marched through the capital, Tbilisi, on May 11 in the latest display of opposition to legislation that would affect the work of foreign-backed NGOs. Protesters have been in the streets for weeks over the bill, which they say would threaten media and civil society groups. Earlier demonstrations were met with a violent police crackdown, but the May 11 protest appeared to proceed peacefully.

Iran's hard-liners won most of the remaining seats in an election runoff to give them full control over the country's parliament, authorities said May 11, while not sharing any details on turnout and as some media reported extremely low turnout.

At least 48 people have been detained in Yerevan for disobeying police orders as protests calling for the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikola Pashinian continue following word of a land deal last month with arch foe Azerbaijan.

Gordana Siljanovska-Davkova's victory over center-left incumbent Stevo Pendarovski in this week's presidential runoff was certified on May 11, clearing the way for the longtime law professor to be sworn in as North Macedonia's first female president on May 12.

The latest wave of flooding in northern Afghanistan from heavy seasonal rains has left dozens of people dead and many more injured, officials for the Taliban-led government said on May 11.

The Russian energy giant has been sidelined from sports sponsorship deals in Europe. But now Hungary's top soccer team appears ready to play ball.

The Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers were resuming talks in the Kazakh capital on May 11 aimed at a lasting peace treaty between the longtime South Caucasus rivals.

The 50-year-old partner of Russian oligarch and sanctioned former Rosneft CEO Eduard Khudainatov is reportedly the mystery buyer of four chalets in the Austrian Alpine resort of Kitzbuehel worth a combined 26 million euros ($28 million).

Dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives have written an open letter to Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze expressing "grave concern" and "strongly" urging his government to withdraw a "foreign agent" bill whose reintroduction has sparked mass protests and a tough crackdown.