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Washington's envoy will be thrust into a rancorous election season in which she’ll be expected to mediate between the government and opposition.

International law requires Tbilisi to invite the Russian diplomat to an upcoming meeting. But it would violate Georgian law, and the public reaction would be volatile.

Iranians are one of the largest groups of immigrants in Georgia, but have come under increasing pressure in their new home.

Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have varying relationships with the two feuding countries, but all have something to lose if the conflict turns hot.

The prospects for completing the massive deep-sea Anaklia port project, potentially a key node of China-Europe trade, are now uncertain.

Armenia and Azerbaijan have taken relatively pro-Tehran lines in the new crisis, while Georgia is sticking close by Washington.

Georgia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan: Our economics correspondent recaps the big stories he’s followed this year.

New Year’s is the main winter holiday in the post-Soviet world, after the communists took Christmas customs and melded them into the more secular January 1. But Georgia’s mekvle tradition long predates this shift.

The Georgian government held a mass demonstration partly to claim that its supporters can outnumber protesters, a well-established tactic in Georgia’s political playbook.

The Georgian parliament’s hall reeked of “dung” and had to be evacuated following a stink bomb attack by protesters opposing the ruling party.

Before it took power seven years ago, the Georgian Dream party asked citizens to put their wishes for the country in a box. Now, as the party is girding for critical elections, Eurasianet peeks inside.

Georgia’s behind-the-scenes ruler has made his most extensive comments to date on Georgia’s ongoing political crisis, also indulging in long digressions into psychoanalysis and motherhood.

Russian media have suggested that reversing the flight ban to and from Georgia may be contingent on how Tbilisi’s political crisis plays out.

Police dispersed another demonstration in Tbilisi in what is turning into a contest of endurance between government and protesters in Georgia.

“In Georgia, people used to go to demonstrations organized by politicians. What we achieved is that now politicians come to the demonstrations organized by people.”

Georgia has recently seen a burst of protest activity around political, cultural, and geopolitical issues. But a new poll highlights how the economy is by far Georgians’ biggest concern.

Thousands of protesters attempted to shut down parliament after the government promised and then reneged on electoral reform. Police removed the demonstrators, but the political crisis seems far from finished.

Georgians again took to the streets after the government backed down on a promise to reform an election system that gives a big leg up to the ruling party.

A Chinese delegation visited the breakaway region of Georgia for investment talks, eliciting diplomatic pushback in Georgia.

The Oscar-nominated “And Then We Danced” faced violent opposition from far right groups, and police were forced to guard theaters throughout the weekend.

Georgia and Russia are about to enter some electric negotiations. This and more in our monthly Russian business bulletin.

The church is rocked by “sodomy” allegations, power struggles and a poisoning conspiracy.

Political and business leader Bidzina Ivanishvili plans to restore an abandoned Georgian spa resort, where Joseph Stalin used to frolic in radioactive waters, to its former glory.

From openhanded hospitality to fierce blood feuds, centuries-old customs are fading in Svaneti as the remote Caucasus highland becomes a trendy tourism destination.