GIORGI ARJEVANIDZE / AFP Despite increasing repression in Georgia, thousands of people ... imprisoned since the start of the pro-European movement. The day before, demonstrations were brutally ...

Its outcome pushed Georgia further into Russia's orbit of influence. Georgia aspired to join the European Union, but the party suspended accession talks with the bloc after the election.

the Path of Sanctioned Oil from Russia To Europe” on January 22 suggesting that Russian oil reaches Europe through Georgia. According to iFact in 2023-2024, 99,000 tons of Georgian-origin oil worth a ...

New flights from the UK to Georgia mean the perfect opportunity to indulge in its Unesco-listed food and drink scene, as ...

Anti-government protesters took to the streets in Georgia on Sunday where police ... On Sunday, police detained the leader of the liberal pro-European Akhali party, Nika Melia, and former Tbilisi ...

But what is really at stake is Georgia’s future. Is it to be a modern European country or, should Mr Ivanishvili have his way, a backwater under Russia’s domination? Although Mr Ivanishvili ...

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As a consequence of joining up, Canadians would see regulations and rules put in place by the European parliament. Critics have argued that the EU has onerous regulations on all sorts of economic ...

Kobakhidze said Georgia was facing "some significant challenges with the European bureaucracy" but emphasised that he was still "very optimistic" that his country would obtain EU membership by 2030.

In terms of case distribution relative to population size, Georgia saw 0.4 new applications per 10,000 people in 2024, which is close to the European average of 0.34 applications per 10,000 people.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze ...