An attack by ruling party lawmakers on a critical TV executive has been criticized for undermining international calls for stability and for perpetuating a local culture of macho violence.
Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.
Georgian cinema has been enjoying a renaissance, becoming a darling of the international independent film world. But it’s also running into political problems at home.
The ruling party, apparently fed up with President Salome Zourabichvili’s outspoken support for Ukraine, now says it will appeal to the Constitutional Court because she has overstepped her duties.
Journalists from the final remnants of Russia’s independent media are trying to find refuge in their southern neighbor. But there are doubts about how safe it really is.
A disengagement from the world medical community combined with conservative societal norms have led to many doctors shunning COVID jabs even as the wave of infections reaches new heights.
The suicide of a man who was forced to flee Abkhazia 30 years ago has put the spotlight on the emotional and economic plight of hundreds of thousands of Georgian IDPs.