EU member states moved a step closer to giving Ukraine visa-free access after ambassadors gave the bloc's executive authority the green light for new talks on easing the rules.
Georgia's United National Movement has embarked upon an intensive evaluation of the factors that contributed to its defeat in recent elections, a process that individual members say is "perfectly normal" and presages neither a split in the party's ranks nor its disintegration. (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
The European Commission on November 16 is proposing pre-screening for everyone who enters the EU's Schengen zone from a third country, even if that country's citizens normally enjoy visa-free travel.
Mikheil Saakashvili announced he was launching a new force to clean up Ukrainian politics, four days after resigning as governor of Odesa region. Saakashvili was president of Georgia, 2008-2013, and came to Ukraine after its pro-Western "Maidan" revolution in 2014. (RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service)
The next Eastern Partnership Summit will take place in Brussels in November 2017, according to a draft report prepared by EU member states and seen by RFE/RL.
Mikheil Saakashvili, a onetime Georgian president who resurrected his political career in nearby Ukraine, has announced the launch of a new Ukrainian political party and called for early elections just days after resigning his governor's post in Odesa.
Georgian Defense Minister Levan Izoria says that after several months of consultations, it has been decided to preserve conscription into the army, but in a slightly different format than before.
Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili resigned from his position as governor of Ukraine's Odesa region with a fiery speech in which he lambasted Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko for supporting corrupt clans and said the ideals of the country's 2014 revolution had been betrayed.
The boisterous former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has resigned as governor of Ukraine's turbulent Odesa region, accusing the Ukrainian president of dishonesty and the central government of sabotaging crucial reforms.
The second round of voting in the Georgian parliamentary elections has confirmed expectations that the ruling Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia party will have a constitutional majority in the new parliament. But what will it do with it? (The views expressed in this blog post do not necessarily reflect the views of RFE/RL.)
Georgia's ruling political party, Georgian Dream, has secured a constitutional majority in the second round of parliamentary elections held on October 30.
Georgians have gone to the polls on October 30 for a second round of parliamentary elections to decide the outcome of one-third of the seats in the 150-seat legislature.
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