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        <title><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell - Former Freelance]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Abu Dhabi’s Eagle Hills Plans $6 Billion Georgia Projects in Global Push]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-01-27/abu-dhabi-s-eagle-hills-plans-6-billion-georgia-projects-in-global-push</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Zainab Fattah]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jan 2025 14:06:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Dream Billionaire Ivanishvili Is Sanctioned by US]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Dec 2024 18:00:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Georgian oligarch and founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party Bidzina Ivanishvili gives a speech during a gathering at the party&apos;s headquarters after exit polls were announced during parliamentary elections in Tbilisi on October 26, 2024. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP) (Photo by GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Selects New President, Affirming Shift Away From West]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-14/georgia-election-pro-russia-footballer-set-to-become-president</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 14 Dec 2024 03:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[After Revolution and War, Is Georgia Echoing Ukraine’s Uprising?]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The latest protests in Tbilisi are a reminder of the Maidan movement in 2013, but the government is in no mood for compromise. ]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-04/georgia-protests-how-they-echo-ukraine-s-uprising-against-pro-russia-leader</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 08:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protesters rally outside parliament in Tbilisi on Dec. 2. Photographer: Zurab Tsertsvadze/AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian President Warns Frustration in Pro-EU Protests Is Building]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-03/georgia-protests-president-warns-frustration-is-growing</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 15:06:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Top Court Rejects President’s Bid to Challenge Elections]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 11:47:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Police forces are seen deployed outside the parliament building as protesters rally for the fifth straight night against the government&apos;s postponement of EU accession talks until 2028, in central Tbilisi on December 2, 2024. </media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Premier Rules Out Talks With Opposition After EU-Protest Clashes]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-02/georgia-premier-rules-out-talks-with-opposition-after-eu-protest-clashes</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia&apos;s prime minister, at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The United Nations climate change conference, COP29, runs through Nov. 22.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Lari Touches Two-Year Low After Clashes Between Police and Protestors]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-02/georgian-lari-touches-two-year-low-after-clashes-between-police-and-protestors</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Dec 2024 12:15:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Protesters, Police Clash as President Vows to Stay]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-12-01/georgia-protesters-police-clash-again-as-president-vows-to-stay</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Dec 2024 03:55:46 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - Protesters light a fire at the base of a makeshift barricade erected in a street in Tbilisi during demonstrations against the government&apos;s decision to delay European Union membership talks amid a post-election crisis, early on December 1, 2024. The Black Sea nation has been rocked by turmoil since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in an October 26 parliamentary election that the pro-European opposition said was fraudulent. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP) (Photo by GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE/AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian President Pledges to Stay On After Violent Clashes]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-30/georgian-police-begin-clearing-streets-after-protesters-regroup</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 30 Nov 2024 03:41:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Premier Condemns Violence After EU Talks Frozen]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-29/georgian-protesters-clash-with-police-after-eu-talks-were-frozen</link>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 29 Nov 2024 07:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Police clash with protesters outside parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 28. Photographer: Giorgi Arjevanidze/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Ruling Party Delays EU Membership Talks Until 2028]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/georgian-ruling-party-delays-eu-membership-talks-until-2028</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 15:15:34 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protests over the results of the parliamentary election in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Nov. 25.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Ruling Party Approves Cabinet With Kobakhidze as Premier]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-28/georgia-ruling-party-approves-cabinet-with-kobakhidze-as-premier</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:19:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Ruling Party Proposes Ex-Footballer for President]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-27/georgian-ruling-party-proposes-ex-football-player-for-president</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 27 Nov 2024 07:37:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, left, and Mikheil Kavelashvili. Source: Georgian Dream</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia to Elect President on Dec. 14 as Lawmakers Defy Boycott]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-26/georgia-to-elect-president-on-dec-14-as-lawmakers-defy-boycott</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Nov 2024 09:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protestors in Tbilisi on Nov. 25.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Ruling Party Opens Parliament Defying Opposition Boycott]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-25/georgia-ruling-party-opens-parliament-defying-opposition-boycott</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 2024 10:09:22 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Protestors gather in front of the Georgian Parliament, amid the first session of the new parliament, in Tbilisi on Nov. 25</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Premier Set to Retain Post as President Challenges Election Result]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-21/georgian-premier-set-to-retain-post-as-president-challenges-election-result</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:00:03 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia&apos;s prime minister, at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. The United Nations climate change conference, COP29, runs through Nov. 22.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgian Police Break Up Opposition Protest Camp in Tbilisi]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 08:10:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Georgian demonstrators face police officers during a protest against the results of the last month&apos;s parliamentary elections in Tbilisi on Nov. 19.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Georgia Summons President for Talks in Election-Fraud Probe]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-30/georgia-summons-president-for-questions-in-election-fraud-probe</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 10:11:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Salome Zourabichvili during a protest outside parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on Oct. 28. Photographer: Diego Fedele/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Orban Courts EU Ire by Endorsing Disputed Georgia Election Vote]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-29/orban-tells-georgia-government-to-ignore-eu-s-election-criticism</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Helena Bedwell]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2024 09:48:40 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Viktor Orban, left, and Irakli Kobakhidze in Tbilisi on Oct. 29. Photographer: Vano Shlamov/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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