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The White House has disinvited Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze from a prestigious reception during the United Nations General Assembly, another sign of souring relations between the two once-close allies.
The European Union may consider the temporary cancellation of its visa-free regime with Georgia if upcoming parliamentary elections in the Caucasus nation are "not free and fair," the bloc's ambassador to Tbilisi said on September 20.
Well-known Georgian transgender model Kesaria Abramidze was stabbed to death at home in Tbilisi on September 18, police said.
An EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM) patrol in Georgia was temporarily detained on September 17 near the boundary with the breakaway region of Abkhazia, the mission said in a statement.
Lawmakers in Georgia have approved restrictive new laws curbing LGBT rights and allowing for bans on things like Pride marches and culture, in a vote boycotted by the opposition that underscores a dramatically polarized political landscape ahead of national elections in October.
The United States has slapped sanctions on more than 60 Georgians, including two members of the government, who it said have "undermined" democracy and human rights in the country amid concerns in the West of Tbilisi's tilt toward Moscow.
Belarusian journalist Andrey Myaleshka, who has been residing in Georgia since fleeing political persecution in 2021, was denied re-entry into the South Caucasus country on September 16 while returning from vacation in Poland with his daughter.
TBILISI – The ruling Georgian Dream party on September 10 selected Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire and former prime minister, as its lead candidate for a parliamentary election on October 26.
Newly appointed Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha has ended a temporary representative's long-term mission to Georgia as one of his first personnel moves, suggesting the outgoing representative, Mykhaylo Kharyshin, doesn't understand the realities of diplomacy in wartime.
Georgia has no chance of becoming a member of the European Union until its "foreign agents" law is abolished and all recommendations of the European Commission are implemented, a delegation of German politicians visiting Tbilisi said on September 6.
Journalist Afqan Muxtarli -- who in 2017 was abducted in Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, and subsequently taken to Azerbaijan, where he was convicted of smuggling, illegally crossing the border, and using force against a government official -- has won a lawsuit against Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Georgian national Viktor Kipritidi was killed last week in Ukraine while fighting alongside Ukrainian armed forces against Russia's ongoing invasion, his son told RFE/RL on August 29.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has called the upcoming parliamentary elections a "choice between Europe and Russia" for the South Caucasus nation.
The United States, the European Union, and other Western states have reiterated their support for Georgia's sovereign and territorial integrity as the country marks the 16th anniversary of a brief war with Russia even as its ruling party appears to be turning back toward Moscow.
It has been a year since a disaster struck Shovi, a picturesque resort town located in the Greater Caucasus Mountains, claiming the lives of 33 people on August 3, 2023. The once vibrant resort is now covered in massive stones and gravel, and the search for one missing minor has been abandoned.
The Georgian authorities are planning to extradite Afgan Sadiqov, an Azerbaijani journalist who was detained in Tbilisi on August 3.
One of those returned to Russia in a mass prisoner swap with the West was convicted of murder in Berlin. The widow of the victim told us she was surprised and outraged when she heard her husband’s killer had been released.
A widely criticized new law on "foreign influence" that threatens to publicly discredit thousands of media and civil society groups went into effect in Georgia on August 1, two months a maelstrom of domestic protest and international warnings that it endangers integration with the West.
An international arbitration court has ruled in favor of the Georgian government in a high-profile case over the construction of the Caucasian country’s first-ever deep-sea port on its Black Sea coast.
A settlement -- containing ornamental homes from the 19th and early 20th centuries featuring ornamental wood carvings and unique decorations -- is decaying from neglect as they await restoration by the Georgian government.
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