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Georgia's parliament has approved acting Finance Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze as the country's new prime minister.
The nominee to become Georgian prime minister says he plans to reduce the number of ministries from 14 to 11 in order to cut costs.
Georgia's ruling party named acting Finance Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze as a candidate to become the next prime minister, a day after the resignation of the cabinet following a series of antigovernment protests in the capital, Tbilisi.
Georgia's parliamentary majority, dominated by the Georgian Dream party, announced a gathering in the party's office amid reports of a possible cabinet reshuffle in the wake of street protests.
Dozens of members and supporters of Georgia's opposition United National Movement party (ENM) have been detained as police dismantled a protest camp in downtown Tbilisi.
The father of one of the two Georgian teenagers whose deaths have triggered massive protests in Tbilisi says his meeting with the prime minister has not altered his determination to fight against the country's corrupt ruling elite.
Thousands protested after angry scenes at a court case about the killings of two teenagers in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The country's chief prosecutor has resigned, as the crowds demanded the prime minister go too.
Georgian President Georgi Margvelashvili has met with the leader of a protest in central Tbilisi a day after chief prosecutor Irakli Shotadze resigned and demonstrators increased their demands for the entire government to step down.
On May 26, Georgia marked the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the country's first democratic republic. The presidents of six countries and high-ranking guests from 20 states came to Georgia to celebrate the event.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is holding a hearing on May 23 in the case concerning the 2008 armed conflict between Georgia and Russia and its aftermath.
This is the moment a young LGBT activist was violently assaulted at a small demonstration in Tbilisi on May 17. The assailant was arrested.
Holding icons and singing hymns, people made their way through Tbilisi to mark a “day of sanctity and strength of the family” held by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
Police raids at a Georgian techno club have shattered the safety youths felt as they escaped societal prejudices
Police in Tbilisi are on high alert amid fears of street violence even after an event commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia was canceled to avoid a confrontation with opponents expected to march as part of a counterdemonstration supported by the Georgian Orthodox Church.
In a nationally televised address, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has called on protesters in the capital to remain calm and refrain from violence as demonstrators angered by police antidrug raids continued to rally in front of the parliament building.
Georgian far-right groups marched in Tbilisi on May 13 in condemnation of the rallies of club goers who have been protesting since a May 12 drug raid on two popular music clubs. (RFE/RL's Georgian Service)
Dozens of Georgians danced to the sounds of electronic music in downtown Tbilisi on May 13 in a protest against overnight drug raid against two popular music clubs in the capital.
Demonstrators who have been protesting drug raids by police in Tbilisi have continued their demonstration, after local authorities dismantled a protest camp they had set up in front of the parliament building.
Thousands of people gathered in front of the Georgian parliament building in Tbilisi on May 12 to protest an overnight antidrug raid by police on two popular nightclubs in the capital, calling on the interior minister to resign.
The Georgian Interior Ministry said its officers had detained eight "drug dealers" after storming Tbilisi's two music nightclubs, Bassiani and Cafe Gallery, in the early hours of May 12. Police arrested several protesters near the clubs at dawn as authorities tried to close off nearby streets.
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