Protesters used fireworks against riot police in Tbilisi late on Saturday as they gathered across Georgia for a third straight night of demonstrations against the government’s decision to suspend negotiations to join the European Union.

Protests on the evening of 1 December have continued outside the Georgian Parliament’s building in Tbilisi and next to the country’s public broadcaster’s building. The police have used water cannons,

The government’s decision to suspend its bid for European Union membership has driven thousands of protesters onto the streets.