Both sides in Georgia look to Trump administration for boost Which side will get to Trump first? Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 21, 2025
Georgia roiled by arrest of prominent media executive Police employ violent tactics with impunity while media manager languishes in pre-trial detention. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 15, 2025
Georgia’s two parallel realities No way of telling how the standoff ends. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 8, 2025
Georgia: A crisis before Christmas Ruling party in denial, attempting to conjure festive mood amid ongoing protests. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 19, 2024
News analysis: Georgia – the birth of dictatorship? On the road from an aspiring democracy to an aspiring autocracy. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 9, 2024
Georgia: Government using “excessive force” against protesters EU and US ready to impose strong penalties against ruling officials. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 5, 2024
Protests widen in Georgia Tug-of-war for the nation’s future grows in the wake of called-off EU integration bid. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 2, 2024
Georgia: Opposition still fighting election results as incumbent Georgian Dream party moves on President appealing to Constitutional Court over voting irregularities. Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 21, 2024
Stances of both sides hardening as confrontation plays out in Abkhazia Dissatisfaction with Russian investment deal underpins standoff. Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 18, 2024
Georgia: Widespread violations of voter secrecy documented, legal battle looms Election dispute continues in Georgia as critics connect literal dots in the voting process. Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 6, 2024
A prolonged political standoff developing in Georgia following disputed election “Election forensics … consistent with poorly conducted” voting process – pollster Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 29, 2024
Georgia: Protesters gather in Tbilisi to challenge “stolen” parliamentary vote President says accepting official results “is tantamount” to accepting a “Russian takeover.” Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 28, 2024
Parliamentary elections 2024: Choice time for Georgia The country’s geopolitical future is at stake. Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 24, 2024
Georgian-American ties hit low point in post-Soviet history With the US-Georgian relations in tatters, the upcoming parliamentary elections offer hope for recovery. Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 16, 2024
Georgia prepares for an all-against-one election With battle lines drawn in Georgia’s pivotal parliamentary vote, it is time to meet the challengers. Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 2, 2024
Georgia: Life imitating literature as youth challenges older generation Tbilisi’s streets are now quiet. But scratch the surface and the protest mood that prevailed in the spring still runs strong among many Georgians. Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2024
Incumbents touting desire to turn Georgia into a one-party state Ruling party leaders see upcoming parliamentary vote as the “Nuremburg Trials” of Georgia’s democratic system. Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 27, 2024
Georgia: “Biopiracy” results in the death of imported trees Truth becomes stranger than fiction when Georgia’s billionaire boss goes tree hunting for his private garden. Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 15, 2024
Georgia: Church plus cyanide equals intrigue Poisoning incidents point to behind-the-scenes manoeuvring in the nation’s most trusted institution. Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 23, 2024
Kutaisi Airport: Georgian migrants' gateway to Europe It's the cheapest exit from Georgia by air and the main escape hatch for the citizens of an emptying nation. Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 15, 2024
Georgia's Revenant Oligarch Georgian politics turn into a broken record as the nation's billionaire boss keeps quitting and un-quitting politics. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 18, 2024
Stalin in the Church The Soviet dictator "appeared" in Georgia's main church on Christmas, causing sound and fury. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 10, 2024
The environmental cost of Tbilisi's fireworks addiction The Georgian capital will soon be shooting away fireworks like there's no tomorrow. For some of the city's non-human denizens there indeed may not be a tomorrow. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 27, 2023
Georgia's Twelve European Labors The nation just cinched its status as a candidate for EU membership. Now it's time for a European makeover. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 14, 2023
Georgia's Hungarian dance Top Georgian MPs went to Budapest to sweet-talk Viktor Orbán ahead of the EU's expansion summit. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 7, 2023