https://www.rferl.org Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty is an international news organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries https://www.rferl.org/Content/responsive/RFE/en-US/img/logo.png https://www.rferl.org en Copyright 2026 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:49:53 +0200 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL All 23 Georgian crew members aboard a Malta-flagged tanker struck by Iran of the Iraqi coast have been rescued, a relative of one of the sailors told RFE/RL's Georgian Service. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iraq-oil-tanker-georgia-crew-attack-blaze-casulaties/33702837.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-iraq-oil-tanker-georgia-crew-attack-blaze-casulaties/33702837.html Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:02:10 +0100 IranNewsGeorgiaIraqThe Rundown StoriesMiddle East Protests have been held in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, and in other cities around the world to denounce the mass killing of protesters in Iran. Exiled Iranians and supporters have demonstrated outside their country's' embassies following a brutal crackdown on anti-government rallies. https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protest-abroad-mass-killing-georgia-tbilisi-paris-london-toronto/33649711.html https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-protest-abroad-mass-killing-georgia-tbilisi-paris-london-toronto/33649711.html Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:46:17 +0100 IranGeorgiaVideo ArchiveVideosThe Rundown Stories The Turkish Defense Ministry said a military cargo plane flying back to Turkey from Azerbaijan has crashed near the border just inside Georgian territory. https://www.rferl.org/a/33587423.html https://www.rferl.org/a/33587423.html Tue, 11 Nov 2025 14:32:09 +0100 NewsAzerbaijanGeorgia Just two days after the European Union slammed Georgia for backsliding on democratic reforms, the country's Prosecutor-General’s Office opened a series of criminal cases against leading opposition politicians. https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-georgia-opposition-criminal-charges-eu/33583073.html https://www.rferl.org/a/saakashvili-georgia-opposition-criminal-charges-eu/33583073.html Thu, 06 Nov 2025 16:41:06 +0100 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Georgia’s government has reacted angrily to a critical assessment from the European Union over the country’s backsliding on democratic reforms on the way to joining the bloc, accusing Brussels of interfering in domestic affairs. https://www.rferl.org/a/tbilisi-accuses-eu-political-interference-damning-enlargement-report/33582199.html https://www.rferl.org/a/tbilisi-accuses-eu-political-interference-damning-enlargement-report/33582199.html Wed, 05 Nov 2025 15:47:10 +0100 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Georgia's ruling party will ask the Constitutional Court to outlaw the three largest opposition parties, which are all strongly pro-Western, a senior member of the ruling Georgian Dream party said on October 28. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-opposition-parties-papuashvili-ban-constitutional-court/33573960.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-opposition-parties-papuashvili-ban-constitutional-court/33573960.html Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:03:27 +0100 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Opponents of Georgia's ruling party protested in Tbilisi on October 26, marking one year since parliamentary elections that international monitors said were seriously flawed. The Georgian Dream party's decision to halt EU accession talks soon after the election set off a movement of nightly protests that has continued uninterrupted for 333 days. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-opposition-protests-anniversary-elections/33571309.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-opposition-protests-anniversary-elections/33571309.html Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:08:06 +0100 GeorgiaVideo ArchiveVideos Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze threatened anti-government activists with further arrests as tensions remained high in the Caucasus nation following a weekend of mass protests in the country's capital, Tbilisi. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-dream-protests-kobakhidze-zourabichvili-eu/33550386.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-dream-protests-kobakhidze-zourabichvili-eu/33550386.html Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:32:32 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Tbilisi remained tense after a night of clashes between protesters and riot police during local elections that saw the ruling Georgian Dream party tighten its grip on power amid opposition boycotts and growing Western concern that the country is drifting closer to Moscow. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-arrests-election-burchuladze-kobakhidze/33550089.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-arrests-election-burchuladze-kobakhidze/33550089.html Sun, 05 Oct 2025 03:37:51 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Georgian riot police used tear gas, pepper spray, and water cannon to repel anti-government protesters from the country's presidential palace. The clashes erupted in Tbilisi on October 4 after a large demonstration on the day of local elections. Opposition leaders used the vote to try to reinvigorate protests against the ruling Georgian Dream party which it has accused of being pro-Russian and authoritarian. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protesters-clash-tear-gas/33549721.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protesters-clash-tear-gas/33549721.html Sat, 04 Oct 2025 19:39:15 +0200 VideosGeorgia Thousands take to the streets of Tbilisi, attempting to enter the presidential palace on the day of municipal elections, as Georgian police use pepper spray and water cannons to push protesters back. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-police-election-clashes/33549697.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-protests-police-election-clashes/33549697.html Sat, 04 Oct 2025 18:55:26 +0200 GeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Opposition leaders in Georgia are using local elections on October 4 as a focus to reinvigorate anti-government protests that have largely fizzled out in recent months, but a call to boycott the voting has underscored divisions in their ranks. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-local-elections-opposition/33547318.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgian-local-elections-opposition/33547318.html Fri, 03 Oct 2025 08:38:47 +0200 FeaturesGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Protesters gathered on September 9 in the Georgian capital a day after supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decision to halt European Union membership talks. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-demonstration-protesters-elections-georgian-dream/33526076.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-demonstration-protesters-elections-georgian-dream/33526076.html Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:43:26 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Georgian protesters continued their daily demonstrations in the capital, Tbilisi, on September 9, gathering in front of the reelection headquarters of Mayor Kakha Kaladze. At a protest the previous day, at least 10 people were injured after they were attacked by supporters of the ruling Georgian Dream party. Protesters have been holding regular rallies for nearly a year, and their activities are ramping up ahead of local elections in October. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-tbilisi-opposition-protest/33526071.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-tbilisi-opposition-protest/33526071.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 23:52:34 +0200 GeorgiaVideo ArchiveVideos Tbilisi is on edge as protesters are expected to gather in the Georgian capital on September 9, a day after supporters of Georgian Dream attacked protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations over a government decision to halt EU membership talks. https://www.rferl.org/a/tbilisi-clashes-activists-georgian-dream/33525926.html https://www.rferl.org/a/tbilisi-clashes-activists-georgian-dream/33525926.html Tue, 09 Sep 2025 17:30:17 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Mzia Amaglobeli, a noted Georgian journalist and founder of the independent media outlets Netgazeti and Batumelebi, has been sentenced to two years in prison in what rights groups are calling a politically motivated case. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-journalist-mzia-amaglobeli-prison-sentence-media-rights/33496097.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-journalist-mzia-amaglobeli-prison-sentence-media-rights/33496097.html Wed, 06 Aug 2025 16:00:04 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Outgoing US ambassador to Tbilisi, Robin Dunnigan, says the ruling Georgian Dream party leadership sent a private letter to the Trump administration that was “threatening, insulting, unserious, and was received extremely poorly in Washington.” https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-leadership-threatening-letter-trump-administration/33466235.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-leadership-threatening-letter-trump-administration/33466235.html Mon, 07 Jul 2025 13:55:06 +0200 FeaturesGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories Bidzina Ivanishvili, the Russia-friendly billionaire considered Georgia's most-powerful political figure, has refused a meeting with the US ambassador in Tbilisi, which the embassy said was requested to deliver a message from the Trump Administration. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-ivanishvili-us-ambassador-dunnigan-tbilisi/33427606.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-ivanishvili-us-ambassador-dunnigan-tbilisi/33427606.html Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:19 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories A former close associate of Georgian ruling-party founder Bidzina Ivanishvili has been arrested near the border with Armenia, authorities said, a few months after he fled the country in secret during a criminal prosecution he says is politically motivated. https://www.rferl.org/a/bidzina-ivanishvili-bachiashvili-arrest-flee-armenia-georgia/33425361.html https://www.rferl.org/a/bidzina-ivanishvili-bachiashvili-arrest-flee-armenia-georgia/33425361.html Tue, 27 May 2025 10:46:32 +0200 NewsGeorgiaThe Rundown Stories A Georgian national and alleged leader of a neo-Nazi group has been extradited from Moldova to the United States to face charges that he recruited people to commit violent crimes against Jews and other ethnic minorities in New York City, the US Justice Department said. https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-moldova-chkhikvishvili-indictment-violent-crime-justice-department/33422907.html https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-moldova-chkhikvishvili-indictment-violent-crime-justice-department/33422907.html Sat, 24 May 2025 04:37:12 +0200 NewsGeorgiaMoldovaThe Rundown Stories