Nino Tarkhnishvili has worked in the Tbilisi bureau of RFE/RL's Georgian Service since 2009. Her work focuses on health, human rights, education, minorities, and other social issues.
Several Thai women who came to Georgia to be surrogate mothers have said they were held hostage in Tbilisi and their eggs were harvested. The case has highlighted the shady aspects of the surrogacy industry in Georgia, which has boomed in recent years.
U.S. tourist Bryan Bingham was detained by Georgian security forces at a demonstration in Tbilisi against the so-called foreign agent law. He says he was beaten by police. At the protests, a Russian activist is now trying to help Georgians in their battle against the controversial legislation.
According to numerous accounts told to RFE/RL's Georgian Service, unidentified individuals have been making threatening phone calls to the children of activists and politicians protesting against the "foreign agent" law.
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 critics say will hurt the country's bid to join the EU.
The death of a teenager in Georgia has sparked not only shock but also questions about whether the girl, a victim of sexual abuse, was given proper counseling and support, a frequent complaint in the traditionally conservative Caucasus country.
A Georgian convict in Russia says he went to Ukraine not to fight against Ukraine but to surrender and win his release and return home.
Fifteen years since the start of the 2008 war between Georgia and Russia, many Georgian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine against Russian forces. For many of them -- and for those who lost their lives -- Russia's invasion is part of their own "unfinished battle."
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili dropped a bombshell when he suggested that Georgia will shut down a lucrative trade in helping foreigners have children because of e-mail-order babies and abuses by same-sex couples.
Nana Malashkhia, 47, became an icon of the March demonstrations in Georgia after she was seen waving a European Union flag while being blasted by a water cannon. She told RFE/RL about how she came to be at the heart of the protests.
Vadim Chkhetiani is recovering from a wound suffered on the battlefield in Ukraine fighting against invading Russian forces as a member of the Ukrainian armed forces. He's one of the lucky ones. Many Georgians have suffered losses recently around Bakhmut, which has been pummeled by Russian fire.
Legal in only a handful of countries, the business of birthing-for-pay brings cash and conflicting feelings to the Caucasus.
Georgian political party's church ordains priests to allow them a way out of conscription.
Lado Apkhazava barely missed out on the prestigious Global Teacher Prize. But that's not denting enthusiasm in his native Georgia, where his innovative approach to empower students has won him many fans.
Women in Georgia have launched a campaign to protest the practice of "virginity inspections" for young brides. Women can currently pay for a voluntary inspection when their future husbands want documented assurance of their chastity. But critics say the procedure is demeaning and that virginity tests are no longer an appropriate measure of a woman's morality in 21st-century Georgia.
The firing of a highly praised education official just a day after her son attended a mass opposition rally has sparked outrage in Georgia.
