A European court ruling opened the door for a government-friendly owner to take control of the country’s top opposition outlet, the management of which has vowed to fight.
The government has prioritized improving the country’s air transportation. But reestablishing a national airline does not appear to be in the plans for now.
The remote, Muslim-majority region is often seen as separate from the rest of Georgia. But increasingly, Pankisi residents share the same frustration as other Georgians: an overbearing, unresponsive state.
The emblematic Georgian cheese pie would be the latest casualty of the ongoing crisis between Tbilisi and Moscow, if a Communist-backed proposal is implemented.
Over the past several days Lake Sevan has turned an alarming shade of green. The algae bloom is a symptom of the dire, complex ecological situation around the country’s biggest body of water.
The campaign also has sparked a backlash against some who believe it is a European-backed effort intended to get Armenia to sign on to international conventions on preventing sexual violence.
The host expressed what many Georgians – and Russians – feel, but many worried that it could unnecessarily escalate the ongoing crisis between the two countries.
The government is introducing legislation that would make it easier to investigate businesses in Armenia, fulfilling a promise to increase transparency.
Tbilisi’s Russian expat community disputes Moscow’s narrative of a surge of Russophobia in the country, but some say that the ongoing tensions have put them in a complicated place.
Georgia’s economy is increasingly dependent on tourism, and that sector has become increasingly dependent on Russians. The losses from Russia’s tourism embargo could cost the country hundreds of millions of dollars.
Protesters are demanding the resignation of the interior minister, but he may be too indispensable to the real power in the country: Georgian Dream chairman Bidzina Ivanishvili.
The country’s Constitutional Court will rule in August whether, under the constitution, the charges under which Kocharyan is being prosecuted are valid.
The country announced a 40 percent increase to the minimum wage, on top of another increase earlier this year. Many worried the move would only spur inflation.
The reform would be a long-demanded shift from a system that allows the ruling party to amass power out of proportion to its support. Protesters were not mollified.
