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South Ossetia has opened up a bit. Residents on the de facto boundary with Georgia hope it lasts.

The surprise trip comes amid a period of geopolitical turmoil in the region, as Russia is getting set to annex several parts of Ukraine.

Men seeking to avoid being sent to Ukraine are flocking out of the country, and Georgia is one of the few options that doesn’t require an exorbitant air ticket.

Georgians want to help Ukrainians fleeing the war, but there are political and economic hurdles in the way.

In South Ossetia, meanwhile, the authorities have remained completely silent on the issue. Most residents in both territories hold Russian citizenship, raising the prospect they could be drafted.

The issue has touched Abkhazian sensitivities about the intentions of its overbearing ally, Russia. And the controversy isn’t going away.

More than a fifth of Georgians have emigrated to seek work, a new study finds. That is furthering a labor shortage at home.

The 21-year-old Napoli breakout has become a rare source of national unity. The inevitable result: political attempts to ruin Georgians’ good vibes.

When cars die in the U.S., they often find a second life in the Caucasus.

The EU wants Georgia’s government and opposition to cooperate on passing key reforms. But persistent polarization makes that an uncertain prospect.

The country had been enjoying an idyll of free, Georgian-dubbed access to Hollywood’s best and latest. But the government is finally cracking down.

A group of ruling party MPs claims to have gone rogue to speak the “truth” about the country’s relations with the West.

Javakheti, a region once notorious for neglect and separatist tendencies, is steadily building ties with the rest of Georgia.

Armenian exports to Russia are up nearly 50 percent in the first half of the year, and land transport routes via Georgia are overloaded.

Online battles between patriotic Russians and Georgians have raged, while some opposition figures are calling for a visa regime for Russians.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

Many have asked whether the crash, which killed eight people, and the fatal paragliding incident that necessitated the rescue flight, were preventable.

The country’s pro-Europe elite sees a millennia-old history of belonging to Europe. Will it matter for Georgia’s EU aspirations?

Land ownership is a sensitive issue in Abkhazia. The deal also sparked controversy in Georgia proper, where critics accused the government of closing its eyes to Russian expansion.

The unprecedented attacks on Georgia’s Western partners have drawn rebukes from Brussels and Washington.

The annual focus on Pride parades makes queerness a geopolitical issue. And that does not help Georgia’s LGBTQ community, which faces violence and economic marginalization.

While the country’s public defender says the group’s activities violate the constitution, others argue that banning it could set a dangerous precedent.

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.

With the clock ticking for Georgia to meet the standards for EU candidate status, is forming committees going to be enough?

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.