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Georgia’s parliament opened debate on October 18 on a motion led by the ruling Georgian Dream party to impeach President Salome Zurabishvili over her visits to European Union countries without government consent, which the country’s Constitutional Court said violated the constitution.
Georgia’s Constitutional Court ruled President Salome Zurabishvili violated the constitution by traveling to EU countries without government consent, clearing the way for lawmakers to continue their drive to hold impeachment proceedings against her.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on October 12 during his visit to Georgia that the South Caucasus nation deserves to obtain European Union candidate status, adding that Hungary was “disappointed” by the EU's refusal to grant Georgia the status last year.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said his country is willing to “instantly” begin peace talks with Armenian leaders “here in Georgia” if Yerevan agrees to negotiations following Baku’s victory last month over ethnic-Armenian separatists in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry has condemned reports that Russia plans to establish a naval base in the breakaway region of Abkhazia, calling it a "blatant violation" of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Constitutional Court of Georgia on October 3 started a hearing into a request by lawmakers to impeach President Salome Zurabishvili.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said that as of September 11, Chinese citizens can enter the South Caucasus nation without visas.
Tbilisi condemned as "completely unacceptable" comments by former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the two Georgian breakaway territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be formally annexed by Moscow "if there are good reasons."
Georgian officials say rescue teams have found another body near the site of an August 3 landslide in the resort town of Shovi, bringing the confirmed death toll to 29.
The U.S. rock band The Killers has apologized for inviting a Russian audience member on stage during a concert in Georgia.
Georgian officials say rescue teams found two more bodies near the site of last week's landslide in the resort town of Shovi, which brought the confirmed death toll to 24.
Georgian officials say rescue teams have found two more bodies at the site of last week's landslide in the resort town of Shovi, which brought the confirmed death toll to 21.
Davit Jeladze was on a family hike when a landslide swept through the Georgian resort town of Shovi on August 3. Jedladze and his 6-year-old niece Masho spent four hours battling through the mud to safety. At least 18 people were killed in the landslide.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 7 commented on the 15th anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Georgia, saying that the “wound” caused by Russia’s occupation of the country remains.
Georgian officials said on August 8 that rescue teams found the body of a woman at the site of last week's landslide in the resort town of Shovi, which brought the confirmed death toll to 19.
At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 others are missing after a landslide hit the western Georgian region of Racha on August 3.
The number of dead as a result of an August 3 landslide in the Georgian resort town of Shovi has been raised to 17, officials said on August 6.
A team of Georgian archaeologists is racing to map and record a Georgian medieval castle and church complex near the town of Yusufeli in Turkey's Artvin Province. The complex and the town are disappearing underwater as part of a controversial dam project along the Coruh River.
LGBT Pride Week organizers in the Caucasus nation of Georgia were forced to cancel a festival on July 8 after thousands of far-right protesters stormed the site of the event in the capital, Tbilisi.
An emaciated Mikheil Saakashvili reiterated his innocence from a medical clinic as the former Georgian president took part in a trial via video link for the first time since February.
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