Salome Asatiani is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Georgian Service.
"Politics means nothing" to protest leader as he seeks Georgian government's resignation amid alleged coverup after son's death.
An unsolved police killing in 2006 continues to cast a long shadow over Georgia's efforts to become a transparent, law-based state.
In an April 25 interview in Prague with RFE/RL's Georgian Service, President Giorgi Margvelashvili said he has hope that Russia will understand that an independent and sovereign Georgia "does not pose any threat to Russia's vital interests."
As Bob Dylan turns 70 on May 24, his fans in Georgia are remembering a few strange days in July 1985 -- days which their idol spent in Tbilisi, the capital of what was then the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic.
The European Court of Human Rights has found Georgia guilty of denying financial compensation to a family that suffered Stalin-era repression. The landmark ruling could pave the way for other repression victims in Georgia to seek damages and raises difficult questions about the historical responsibility for Soviet crimes.
Sukhumi has repeatedly rejected Tbilisi's peace proposals, even as Moscow deepens its own presence in the region. Some say it's time for a different approach.
Four years ago, Putin skirted the reality that most irked Moscow about NATO expansion -- that the Baltic states had successfully broken away from Russia's sphere of influence.
The country's first post-Soviet president returned to politics to inject some drama into an otherwise humdrum election. Is Levon Ter-Petrossian exhibiting his interest in Armenia's future or simply settling scores?
A month into Mikheil Saakashvili's second term as president, Georgia and Russia have already made unexpected moves toward warmer ties. And a surprising player is apparently helping to ease the transition -- the Georgian Orthodox Church.
It may be too much to expect Georgia's newly energized opposition to immediately strike a deal on cooperating with its rivals in Mikheil Saakashvili's government. But at the very least, the two sides are finally talking.
Four years ago, Mikheil Saakashvili was on top of the world. At the time, few would have predicted the young and charismatic leader would fail to serve a complete first term -- and that public unrest would force him to early elections. So what went wrong?
November 29, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Authorities in Berlin have detained former Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili after Tbilisi issued a request for his arrest through the international police agency Interpol.
The Rose and Orange revolutions ushered in a wave of optimism that Western-style democracy would take root. But in Georgia and Ukraine, high hopes and great expectations have been replaced with apprehension.
Georgia's opposition coalition has put forward a candidate to face Mikheil Saakashvili in early presidential elections in January. But is the opposition united enough to defeat the embattled but still powerful president?
After police attempted to forcefully shut down dwindling antigovernment rallies, thousands of protesters returned to the streets to battle with police, leading to allegations of Moscow's involvement, the shutdown of a leading opposition television channel, and finally a declared state of emergency.
For Georgians, it's becoming a familiar scene: hordes of demonstrators protesting against the government and demanding change. But now, it's President Mikheil Saakashvili, the leader of the "Rose Revolution" of 2003, who's become a target of popular protest.
Israel and the Council of Europe have criticized the Belarusian president for recently calling a formerly Jewish village in Belarus a “pigsty” that was “scary to enter.” But were his remarks just a crude slip -- or an attempt to reach out to homegrown anti-Semites?
A nation finds its values in the spotlight after a young dance teacher finds his homosexuality is too "real" for reality television
The unfolding scandal that began with former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili has focused on a new key figure -- Badri Patarkatsishvili, one of the richest men in Georgia and a onetime associate of Russian tycoon Boris Berezovsky.
October 8, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Georgia was rocked today when the former official who publicly accused President Mikheil Saakashvili of ordering the assassination of a political opponent recanted in a videotaped confession broadcast on national television. <br>
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