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Now playing Next Georgia Conservationists rush to save Georgia’s colchis boxwood trees from extinction Colchis boxwood trees, native to forests in the Caucasus region are under threat. Scientists in Georgia are now trying to protect young boxwood trees in a bid to preserve the plant for generations to come. 23/04/2022
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Now playing Next Georgia Georgia is not trying to appease Russia, its president tells Euronews "Georgia, having part of the territory occupied, being on the frontline, does not exactly behave as a country that is a member of NATO and is protected in many different ways," Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's president, told Euronews. 15/03/2022
Now playing Next Georgia Former Georgian President Saakashvili ends hunger strike The former leader said his supporters needed to be prepared following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 10/03/2022
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Now playing Next Travel News People of Georgia take to the streets in solidarity with Ukraine Over the years, Russia has tried again and again to take Georgia. Here's what's happening in Tbilisi. 01/03/2022
Now playing Next Georgia Jailed ex-Georgian leader back on hunger strike over medical treatment Jailed ex-Georgian president back on hunger strike to demand medical treatment. 21/02/2022
Now playing Next Georgia Caucasus elderly face severe loneliness, worsened by pandemic Loneliness among the elderly in countries like Georgia has become a problem, made worse bz the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. 13/02/2022
Now playing Next See Georgia rescues ancient wooden skate tradition in snowy mountain race Locals of the remote, picturesque town of Mestia, deep in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, are reviving an ancient local tradition for a new generation. 09/02/2022
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili transferred back to prison The 54-year-old had been undergoing treatment in hospital after a prolonged hunger strike. 30/12/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Opposition vow 'mass hunger strike' until Saakashvili is released "We will not stop until Saakashvili is free, until Georgia is back to its European path," said one demonstrator. 22/12/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe On the border with South Ossetia, families are victims of a frozen war Over a decade since the conflict with Russia, the prospects of re-unification appear to be slim. 06/12/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia's former president appears in court on abuse of power charges Mikheil Saakashvili has been imprisoned since he returned to Georgia in October to try and bolster opposition forces. 29/11/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Jailed Georgian ex-president to end 7-week hunger strike A lawyer for Mikheil Saakashvili said that the jailed former Georgian president has agreed to end a seven-week hunger strike that has caused him neurological damage. 19/11/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Former Georgian President Saakashvili passes out amid hunger strike Mikheil Saakashvili has been on hunger strike during his imprisonment. 17/11/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Georgia's Saakashvili moved to prison hospital amid hunger strike Georgia's jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili has been moved to a prison hospital weeks after he began a hunger strike. 08/11/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe In Georgia, a baptist bishop fights for LGBT rights “Hundreds of millions of people are born LGBT. I cannot believe in a God that would create a single person without the right to love and be loved." 04/11/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Second round of contested Georgia municipal elections takes place Georgians from 20 constituencies head to the polls to cast their votes in a highly contested second round of municipal elections which will determine the mayors and city council members for those areas. 30/10/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Jailed Georgia ex-leader Saakashvili 'getting weaker every day' Mikheil Saakashvili said he considers himself "Putin's prisoner", according to Ukraine's Public Defender. 29/10/2021
Now playing Next Uncovering Europe Fear and loathing in Tbilisi as homophobic attack pain remains raw ILGA Europe ranked Georgia 32 out of 49 countries in the region over progress around LGBT issues. 26/10/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Thousands call for release of Georgia's ex-president Saakashvili Saakashvili announced a hunger strike hours after his arrest and his doctor said this week that his condition was deteriorating. 15/10/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Saakashvili’s health deteriorating on hunger strike, says doctor Georgia's penitentiary service has dismissed the claims and says Saakashvili’s health is "satisfactory". 11/10/2021
Now playing Next Georgia Two children among those rescued from collapsed building in Georgia Two children have been rescued from the rubble after a residential building partially collapsed in the Georgian city of Batumi. 08/10/2021