Many have asked whether the crash, which killed eight people, and the fatal paragliding incident that necessitated the rescue flight, were preventable.
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 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.
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.
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.
As signals from Brussels appear to foreshadow bad news for Tbilisi, the government is preemptively making excuses and the president is working on damage control.
Students are protesting that they can’t afford to return to the capital to resume their studies in person because rents have gotten so high, a trend many blame on the recent Russian influx.
The body cited Bidzina Ivanishvili’s “Kremlin links” just as the country is waiting for news from Brussels on whether it will be granted EU candidate status.