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Georgia's Supreme Court on February 10 sentenced opposition leader Gigi Ugulava to 3 years and 2 months in prison on charges of misusing public funds while he was mayor of the capital, Tbilisi.
Georgia's prosecutorial council has nominated former Prosecutor-General Irakli Shotadze to take back the post, despite opposition from human rights defenders.
Georgian opposition groups have postponed a rally in the capital, Tbilisi, due to a deadly fire in the central town of Baghdati that claimed six lives, including four children, a pregnant woman, and an elderly female.
Kupata, a former stray whose name means "sausage" in Georgian, accompanies groups of kids as they cross the street and barks at cars to keep them away. His protective behavior has made him a celebrity in Batumi and earned him honors from the local tourist board.
Georgia's government has released a letter written by four U.S. Congressmen expressing concerns over the government's failure to deliver on promises of democratic reforms and a police crackdown on protesters over the issue.
Hundreds of opposition activists in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia are continuing their protest demanding that separatist leader Raul Khajimba to resign.
Protesters stormed the offices housing the de facto presidential administration in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia demanding the resignation of separatist leader Raul Khajimba on January 9.
The de facto parliament in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia has called on the separatist region's leader, Raul Khajimba, to step down.
Christians paraded through the city streets of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to celebrate Orthodox Christmas on January 7. The traditional annual march known as Alilo features costumes and floats depicting Christ's nativity scene.
Prominent Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili has been released from prison in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, ending the high-profile case but leaving in place a months-old border cutoff that international groups say is endangering lives.
Prominent Georgian doctor Vazha Gaprindashvili has been sentenced to one year and nine months in prison in the breakaway region of South Ossetia, his family and lawyers say.
A son of Georgia's first President Zviyad Gamsakhurdia is in a critical condition after a violent attack in the capital, officials and medics say.
Protesters in Georgia say police drove a 15-year-old boy to take his own life after subjecting him to psychological abuse during questioning.
The scale of the judicial picks, and lingering questions surrounding their qualifications, feed fears about a dangerous consolidation of power in the hands of billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili and his Georgian Dream party.
A Georgian physician who was arrested by Russian border guards in Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia in November has gone on trial for "illegally crossing the border" to treat a patient.
Police in Tbilisi have detained 12 protesters, including the leader of opposition New Georgia party, Giorgi Vashadze, after they tried to block the entrance to the parliament building.
Dozens of opposition activists have gathered in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, but were unable to rally in front of the parliament building as planned after police cordoned off the site.
Riot police in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, used water cannons to disperse protesters outside the country's parliament on November 26. It was the latest in a series of confrontations between the government and opposition over the country's electoral system.
Several thousand people gathered in the center of the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, after the ruling party ruled out electoral reforms despite opposition protests. Supporters of opposition groups marched from Tbilisi's Republic Square to the parliament building on November 25, blocking traffic in the city's main thoroughfare.
After issuing a 30-minute ultimatum before dawn, Georgian police used water cannons to disperse protesters near parliament and detained several activists, hours after thousands assembled in the capital demanding electoral reforms.
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