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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.
Prominent Georgian journalist and director-general of the independent Mtavari television channel, Nika Gvaramia, was released from prison on June 23 after President Salome Zurabishvili pardoned him for an abuse of power conviction that many rights groups called politically motivated.
Noted Georgian opposition journalist Nika Gvaramia has been released from prison after President Salome Zurabishvili pardoned him for an abuse of power conviction that many rights groups, the United States, and the European Union called politically motivated.
Kazakh and Georgian officials say Kazakh journalist Zhanbota Tolegen was killed in the Georgian city of Telavi in late May.
Striking miners at Georgia's top producer and exporter of ferroalloys and manganese ore had not yet responded on June 19 to Georgian Manganese's effort to end a two-week labor stoppage marked by desperate protest actions by some miners, including sewing their mouths or eyelids shut.
Scottish screenwriter and director Armando Iannucci says he views Russian President Vladimir Putin as an increasingly isolated figure. In an interview with RFE/RL's Vazha Tavberidze, Iannucci said Putin "lives in a world where people get further and further away from him."
Georgia marked the 105th anniversary of the declaration of the first independent democratic republic on May 26. In Tbilisi, a demonstration was held to honor the day with both Georgian and European Union flags. It was an answer to the cabinet’s decision to opt out of displaying the EU flag.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has used a speech during the South Caucasus nation's Independence Day celebrations to criticize the government over fears it is backsliding on democratic reforms.
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