Georgia

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

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

My Europe Series

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

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

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

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

Georgia

Georgia's ruling party wins local elections

Saturday's election was overshadowed by the return from exile and arrest of former president Mikheil Saakashvili, convicted in absentia in 2018 of abuse of office.

04/10/2021

Georgia

Georgia's ruling party leads after early results in local elections

Mayoral contests in the four largest cities likely will need runoffs after the vote, overshadowed by the arrest on Friday of exiled former president Mikheil Saakashvili.

03/10/2021

Georgia

Detained ex-leader Saakashvili says 'freedom' at stake in Georgia vote

The former president's arrest has considerably raised the stakes in Saturday's vote, seen as a test for the increasingly unpopular ruling party Georgian Dream.

02/10/2021

Georgia

Georgia's ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili arrested upon return

The south Caucasus nation's ex-leader, detained upon his return from exile, has called for people to vote against the ruling party in this weekend's local elections.

01/10/2021

Georgia

Georgia's ex-President faces arrest if he returns for local elections

Mikheil Saakashvili, who is based in Ukraine, says he plans to return to Georgia to help "save the country".

28/09/2021

Focus

Eco-tourism in Georgia, a boost for the economy and for the environment

In partnership with Batumi Georgia

Georgia's Colchic rainforests and wetlands have just been recognised by UNESCO and added to its World Heritage List. The country is now looking to further protect the unique biodiversity of this area whilst boosting the economy with eco-tourism.

28/09/2021

Focus

Batumi: The gateway to UNESCO’s new natural world heritage sites in Georgia

In partnership with Batumi Georgia

Tornike Rijvadze, the government chairman of the Autonomous Republic of Ajara in Georgia tells of the region's plans to boost eco-tourism and make it the place to visit.

28/09/2021

Moments

Georgia’s bizarre festival of boulder tossing is called Kvirikoba

A look at religious rituals and some bizarre sporting traditions in Georgia's Svaneti region.

22/08/2021

Georgia

US donates half a million Pfizer vaccine doses to Georgia

Half a million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia early on Saturday.

24/07/2021

Georgia

Euroviews. Georgia is still a long way off showing it adheres to EU values | View

"The recent violence in Tbilisi against a planned gay pride parade and some journalists reporting the event, one of whom has now died, show just how far Georgia still needs to go to adopt EU and UK values."

22/07/2021

Georgia

Tributes paid to Georgian journalist who died after beating

Hundreds of journalists gathered in Georgia to pay tribute to a cameraman who died after being beaten last week by far-right activists.

13/07/2021

Georgia

Georgia: Thousands demand president resigns over journalist's death

Cameraman Alexander Lashkarava was beaten by a mob while covering an anti-LGBT march.

12/07/2021

Georgia

Tbilisi Pride march cancelled after violent anti-LGBT demonstrations

Organisers of the 2021 Pride March in the Georgian capital city, Tbilisi, have cancelled the parade over security fears after violent anti-LGBT demonstrations.

05/07/2021

Georgia

Georgia and EU celebrate political agreement exclusively on Euronews

After mediation from the EU's Charles Michel, Georgia's future now firmly looks to Europe. The Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili, alongside the European Council, chose Euronews as the platform of choice to celebrate the news.

19/05/2021

Georgia

Euroviews. Georgia's future is European | View

Georgia's president Salome Zourabichvili and European Council president Charles Michel hail the deal they say has ended the country's political crisis.

19/05/2021

Georgia

Georgia frees jailed opposition leader Nika Melia after EU posts bail

Melia was arrested in February after police stormed the headquarters of the main opposition party, sparking international criticism and aggravating the political situation within the country.

11/05/2021

Georgia

Opposition parties in Georgia sign deal to end political crisis

Several opposition parties have agreed to enter parliament, which they had been boycotting since elections last year.

20/04/2021

Sport

Judo Grand Slam: Georgia, Canada & Mongolia on Top at Tbilisi 2021

Day three of the Tbilisi Grand Slam had some spectacular moments to remeber. Three countries won two gold medals: Mongolia (third place), Canada (second place) and Georgia (first place), while 22 have medallists and 36 placed athletes in the final block.

28/03/2021

Sport

Judo Grand Slam: relentless technique on Day 2 in Georgia

Canada comes out strongly with two finalists, including a title, while Brazil and Belgium beat the odds in two still hotly contested categories.

27/03/2021

Sport

Judo Grand Slam: Georgian judoka take early lead in Tbilisi

Slick judo displays all around leave five countries with five gold medals at the close of day 1 at the International Judo Federation's 2021 Grand Slam in Tbilisi, Georgia.

26/03/2021