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Georgian rescuers have recovered the bodies of four people who drowned in the Inguri River after trying to sneak across the administrative border separating the breakaway Abkhazia region from Tbilisi-controlled territory, to avoid coronavirus quarantine rules.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili says he has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in isolation.
Twenty-five-year old Pegah plays music on the street, gathers with friends in the park, and dresses as she pleases -- all things that were difficult in her native Iran. After repeated arrests for violating Iran's dress code, she fled to Georgia, where she's finding her way in a more open society.
Vladimir Pozner, veteran TV journalist and commentator working for the Russian state TV had to cut short his visit to Georgia after his arrival sparked protests in Tbilisi on March 31. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
Veteran Russian journalist and television host Vladimir Pozner has cut short a visit to Georgia to celebrate his 87th birthday after harassment from local activists and opposition groups angry over his stance on Georgian territorial integrity.
Georgian Deputy Interior Minister Kakhaber Sabanadze has resigned amid media reports he ordered the intentional disruption of a gathering of opposition groups and used illegal surveillance to keep track of some politicians.
Georgian officials are investigating the death of a 27-year-old Georgian nurse to see if it is tied to her receiving AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine.
Medical workers in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, received their first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine as the country began its COVID-19 vaccination rollout on March 15. The rollout extends to several other Georgian cities, with 29 vaccination centers already open and another 58 set to open.
Georgian authorities have launched a national coronavirus vaccine rollout by inoculating medical workers with the shot produced by Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca, rejecting rising concerns over side effects.
The de facto parliament of Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia has approved a new figure to lead the next government, ending nearly six months of political deadlock and an opposition boycott.
Opposition parties have called for Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili to step down amid fresh allegations he is beholden to the ruling party's billionaire founder.
A few dozen young Georgians staged a picket in central Tbilisi on March 6 against government’s restrictions imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
Nano Mikautadze used to cover her head in public after an autoimmune disorder caused her hair to fall out. But in her 20s, she stopped wearing head scarves and decorated her scalp with a floral tattoo. RFE/RL's Georgian Service spoke with Mikautadze about how she celebrates her unique traits.
During a visit to Georgia, European Council President Charles Michel has called on the country’s political parties to engage in a dialogue to defuse an ongoing crisis sparked by last year’s general elections and exacerbated by the recent arrest of a top opposition leader.
Georgian opposition and civil rights activists have set up nearly a dozen tents in front of the parliament building in the capital, Tbilisi.
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets of their capital, Tbilisi, to protest against the arrest of opposition leader Nika Melia and a police raid on his party headquarters. Protesters also called for snap elections as they rallied outside the Georgian parliament building on February 26.
Thousands of Georgians took to the streets in the nation’s capital on February 26 to protest a police raid on the headquarters of an opposition party and the arrest of its leader.
Georgian prosecutors have charged three people for an attack on investigative television journalist Vakho Sanaia, who believes his assailants targeted him over his work.
Police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, stormed the offices of the main opposition party and arrested its leader, Nika Melia, early in the morning of February 23.
Georgian police stormed the party offices of opposition leader Nika Melia and arrested him early on February 23 in the capital, Tbilisi. Melia, who heads the United National Movement (ENM), had been accused of inciting violence at street protests in June 2019, a charge he has denied.
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