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The European Commission will delay its next assessment of Georgia's progress toward meeting the priorities required before it can be considered for EU membership, giving the country more time to make its case before the bloc.
Tens of thousands rallied in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on July 3 to urge reforms that would bring the Caucasian country closer to joining the European Union. An EU summit told Georgia in June that it had to improve its media freedom, judiciary, and electoral system to become an EU candidate.
Tens of thousands of Georgians rallied on the streets of Tbilisi, angered by what the opposition sees as the government’s failure to make progress on reforms that can boost the Caucasus country’s hopes of joining the European Union.
A political movement born of a violent crackdown on protesters three years ago and its diffuse leadership have shown all along that they're not afraid to swing and miss.
A blogger from Russia's North Caucasus facing terrorism charges that she says are an attempt to stop her investigative reporting has been allowed to enter Georgia after being stranded for more than two weeks in a neutral zone at the Russian-Georgian border.
In an interview with RFE/RL ahead of a concert in Tbilisi, Ukrainian rock star and activist Svyatoslav Vakarchuk spoke about Russia's invasion of his country and its impact on the artist's work and daily life.
Tens of thousands of Georgians have taken to the streets again to rally in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi in favor of European Union membership and against the current government.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, on June 20, in a show of support for the country's EU membership bid after the European Commission recommended deferring its candidacy.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Tbilisi on June 20 in a show of support for Georgia’s EU membership bid after the European Commission recommended deferring its candidacy.
Ilia Eloshvili, the deputy mayor of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, has been found dead at his house.
The new de facto leader of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has suspended a referendum on joining the Russian Federation announced by his predecessor.
Environmental activists in Georgia say the country's land, water, and atmosphere is contaminated with plastic bags. A plastic bag ban was introduced in 2019, but the activists say the legislation was quickly relaxed by the state. RFE/RL Georgian Service reporter Zurab Modebadze investigated.
Noted Georgian opposition journalist Nika Gvaramia has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term on corruption charges that he and his supporters reject as politically motivated.
Jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been transferred from a detention center to a private medical institution in Tbilisi for treatment.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze has proposed moving jailed former President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose health has deteriorated in recent weeks, to a civilian medical clinic for treatment.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili needed assistance to leave the courtroom at his trial on an illegal border-crossing charge on April 20, raising fears over his state of health.
Georgia is marking National Unity Day, the anniversary of the deadly dispersal by Soviet troops of pro-independence rallies in Tbilisi on April 9, 1989.
The leader of Georgia's Moscow-backed separatist region of South Ossetia, Anatoly Bibilov, says the de facto independent territory is looking to hold a referendum on joining Russia, a move Tbilisi called "unacceptable."
As Russia finds itself increasingly bogged down in Ukraine, social media appeals have emerged in Georgia, a country all too familiar with Russian military aggression, urging people there to retake South Ossetia and Abkhazia, lands lost in the 2008 war with Russia.
Jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili says he will end a hunger strike that he started last month to protest the government's refusing to provide adequate health care after receiving a request to do so by Georgians fighting against Russia in Ukraine.
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