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

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.

Because official statistics are nonsense, we look to personnel reshuffles to understand where the government recognizes it is underperforming. Our weekly briefing.

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.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

The EU is demanding a decrease in political polarization in Georgia. But the government and opposition are bitterly divided on how that should happen.

The announcement prompted a half-full-or-half-empty debate in Georgia, which is now closer than ever to EU membership but behind Ukraine and Moldova.

She used her first-ever veto to try to block a controversial surveillance bill as the government blusters in its response to criticism from Europe.

Democracy relies on a language of compromise and mediation. Georgia’s political elite, however, is fixated on “traitors” and “enemies.”

The news from Brussels represented a significant step forward for Georgia’s European aspirations, but Ukraine and Moldova were offered quicker paths toward EU accession.