Tamuna Chkareuli is a Caucasus-based journalist and documentary photographer with a keen interest in social issues and urbanism. She's been reporting for RFE/RL since 2021.
An ambitious and controversial deep-sea port on Georgia’s western coast could be a bellwether for whether Georgia continues to further integrate with the European Union and the West or pivots toward closer ties with Russia and China.
As a nearly $1 billion Chinese megaproject looks to transform Georgia’s timeless landscape, local leaders hope it can become a flagship for more Chinese investment in the country.
The Georgian Orthodox Church is the most influential conservative force in the country -- anti-gay, anti-drug, and seemingly equivocating on the Ukraine war. The church often finds itself in lockstep with Georgia's ruling party.
Thousands of women came out on the streets of Tbilisi on March 8 to protest a controversial law, but also to mark International Women's Day. They urged the state to do more to prevent gender-based violence, a fair alimony system, and for better educational and career options for girls and women.
With the absence of air travel, Ukraine's railway network has been crucial during the war. At first, the night trains ferried refugees to safety; now they take a stream of people in and out of the country. Brought together from across Ukraine, everyone on the night train has a story to tell.
"We were a village before, now it's like London or Paris," jokes an elderly resident. Among the glass and steel of modern Batumi, a small traditional community is fighting to survive – preserving the city's rich history along the way.
At the beginning of August, a program in Georgia offering free housing to Ukrainian refugees ended. Many of its grateful beneficiaries, their savings already drained, are now scraping around for a new place to stay.
Far out in the suburbs of Tbilisi, residents attach giant crosses to the roofs of their apartment buildings. They light up the night sky and are a beacon for taxi drivers. No one is quite sure how the tradition got started.
The Pavlenko family are among the millions who have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded their country on February 24. Now living in Poland, they are struggling to adjust to their new life as refugees, clinging to three mementos from home that remind them of their former lives.
An early supporter of Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination drive, Megi Bakradze died after an extremely rare reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Amid a recent surge in cases, reverberations from her death are still being felt. And seven months later, her family still wants answers as to how she died.
An ancient skeleton excavated at a site near Tbilisi has been kept at Georgia's National Museum for nearly a century -- but archaeologists are now giving it a closer look. They say the woman who was buried with jewelry and a sword is the oldest female warrior ever identified.
A giant metal cross that was bolted to the entrance of Tbilisi’s parliament building remains standing more than a week after violent anti-LGBT protests broke out.
