A Georgian police officer has been shot dead near the de facto border with breakaway South Ossetia, the Georgian Interior Ministry said, blaming sniper fire from territory "occupied" by Russian forces.
Three Georgian opposition parties have called on other opposition groups to join together and launch protests to demand the resignation of President Mikheil Saakashvili, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.
Georgian opposition leaders have slammed the government for striking a deal with a Russian state-controlled company to manage the Enguri hydropower plant, RFE/RL's Georgian Service reports.
Russian natural-gas deliveries to Armenia via a pipeline passing through Georgian territory will be fully restored on January 13, RFE/RL's Armenian Service reports.
Journalists who turned up to cover a protest outside a Georgian courthouse got an earful from a local police chief on January 7. Demonstrators were fired up over pretrial custody ordered for two athletes accused of robbing police officers.
Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze has said the U.S.-Georgian accord signed on January 9 will help Tbilisi reclaim the breakaway territories of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
U.S. and Georgian officials have signed a bilateral charter on strategic partnership. The document is aimed at enhancing defense and security cooperation between the two countries.
As Israel widens its offensive in the Gaza Strip, demonstrations in some mainly Muslim former Soviet states have put some governments in difficult positions. Many have had relations with Israel since the collapse of the Soviet Union, but now seem to be reluctant to express support for either side in the conflict in the face of public opinion. Other countries like Russia and Georgia are taking sides more openly, according to their strategic interests.
Georgia will participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Moscow in May, Georgian public TV has announced.
As disenchantment grows with the former darling of Georgia's Rose Revolution, President Saakashvili's most strident critics are already on the lookout for a possible counterweight. Could 35-year-old Irakli Alasania be their man?
Irakli Alasania spoke to RFE/RL's Tbilisi bureau chief Marina Vashakmadze on December 25. This is an edited transcript of that interview.
A year ago, Mikheil Saakashvili was reelected president, just two months after a peaceful opposition demonstration was forcibly dispersed. Since then, a disastrous war with Russia has raised questions about his political judgment and mental stability, as several of his former closest allies went into opposition.
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