The ruling Georgian Dream party has accused the opposition of attempting a “Maidan” coup Riot police have deployed water cannons against the increasingly violent pro-EU protests in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Friday, now more than a week into the unrest. The anti-government upheaval was sparked when the South Caucasus nation’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced Georgia would suspend membership talks with the bloc until 2028, citing “blackmail and manipulation” from EU officials. The