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BERLIN — The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland on Tuesday expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of the South Caucasus nation, cementing the ruling party’s grip in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s European Union aspirations and a victory for …

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Georgia Ruling Party Sweeps Parliamentary Elections, But Opposition Denies Fraudulent Outcome

Georgia's ruling party has won the country's parliamentary elections, despite opposition accusations of fraud. The ruling party secured 54.08% of the votes, while a union of four pro-Western opposition alliances garnered 37.58%. The results would give Georgian Dream 91 seats in the 150-member parliament, enough to govern but short of the 113-seat majority it had sought to institute a ban …