In the Republic of Georgia, protests continue in the capital Tbilisi as demonstrators gathered outside Parliament over the weekend after the ruling Georgian Dream party appointed far-right former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili as president. But Georgia’s outgoing president Salome Zourabichvili, who backs joining the European Union, has said she won’t step down until new parliamentary elections are held, following allegations of fraud against the governing Georgian Dream party, which claimed victory in October. Zourabichvili’s term ends today. Kavelashvili was the only candidate on the presidential ballot and easily won the bid, as Georgian Dream controls the 300-seat electoral body that replaced direct presidential elections in 2017.