RFE/RL's Georgian Service is a trusted source of politically and financially independent journalism in a country where much of the media is aligned with the government or the opposition.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed a preliminary agreement to continue U.S. backing for Georgia's military as he kicked off a three-country visit to the Black Sea region to show support for allies and partner states in the face of Russia's "destabilizing actions."
Drone footage showed the streets of the Georgian capital gleaming with mobile-phone lights as thousands of people came out to show support for jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili on October 14. He was detained after returning to the country earlier this month.
Thousands of people have gathered in the center of the Georgian capital demanding the release of jailed former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose detention earlier this month deepened a protracted political crisis in the South Caucasus country.
Jailed former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili, who has been on a hunger strike since October 1, needs treatment in hospital as his condition is worsening, his doctor said in an October 10 television interview.
The bodies of nine people, including three children, have been recovered from a residential building that partially collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi.
A seven-story residential building partially collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi, with several people understood to be trapped under the debris. Local media sources reported on October 8 that some 300 rescuers were searching for around 10 people at the site.
Georgian police have detained several supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili who were protesting in front of the detention center where the former president is being held.
A residential building partially collapsed in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi on October 8, leaving an unidentified number of people trapped under the debris.
Supporters of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili rallied for his release from the Rustavi penitentiary where he is being held. Saakashvili was sentenced to prison in absentia in 2018 for abuse of power during his presidency, but he says the charges against him are politically motivated.
Georgia's ruling party has won nationwide municipal elections that outside observers said were well-run but tainted by irregularities -- a victory overshadowed by the arrest of returning former President Mikheil Saakashvili, whose supporters have staged protests for his release.
Near-final results from Georgia show the ruling party well ahead of challengers after nationwide local elections amid high tensions, allegations of electoral fraud, and early claims of victory by the South Caucasus country's two main political forces.
After the Georgian elections ended on October 2, different polling agencies released exit polls with contradictory results. Both the ruling Georgian Dream party and the opposition United National Movement claimed victory.
Voters went to the polls to elect mayors and local councils on October 2 in Georgia. In the capital, Tbilisi, a mobile team brought the ballot box to voters quarantined with COVID-19. The elections are viewed as a test for the Georgian Dream party that has ruled the Caucasian country for nine years.
An ancient skeleton excavated at a site near Tbilisi has been kept at Georgia's National Museum for nearly a century -- but archaeologists are now giving it a closer look. They say the woman who was buried with jewelry and a sword is the oldest female warrior ever identified.
Tensions are high in Georgia as ballots cast for mayors and local councils across the deeply polarized South Caucasus country are being counted, amid early claims of victory by both the ruling party and the main opposition force, as well as allegations of electoral fraud.
Thousands of documents purportedly showing a massive program of state surveillance of clergymen, journalists, diplomats, and others have set fingers pointing as the ruling Georgian Dream party faces critical local elections in the South Caucasus county.
Georgian authorities have announced the arrest of former President Mikheil Saakashvili in Georgia, hours after he said he had returned from exile on the eve of local elections regarded as critical to the South Caucasus country's political makeup.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has said he will return to help "save the country" on October 2, the day local elections are being held in Georgia.
Richard Arinze Ogbunuju, a Nigerian who has lived in Georgia since 1996, is the first Black candidate to run for mayor of Tbilisi. Ogbunuju has witnessed some xenophobic reactions from Georgian voters, but he believes the capital is ready for a groundbreaking leader.
The European Union has summoned Georgia's envoy to Brussels, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, after leaked files alleged the country's security agency spied on the bloc's diplomats and others.
Load more
