Amid Crackdown, EU Ambassador Calls On Georgia To Stay On European Course

At a Europe Day celebration in Tbilisi, EU Ambassador Pawel Herczynski told a crowd of Georgians to "keep the course toward the EU." His comments come amid an ongoing crackdown on demonstrations against a so-called "foreign agent" bill, which protesters say will stifle civil society and hurt the country's bid to join the EU. A vocal critic of the controversial bill was detained by Georgian police at his home on May 9.