
Tensions Between Georgian and Armenian Churches Escalate
The Ukrainian events have demonstrated that when religious passions enter into a conflict between two nations, those passions can divide closely related peoples as well... MORE

Is Russia Resuming a Trade War Against Georgia?
The Russian government has announced the imminent suspension of the Free Trade Regime between the Russian Federation and Georgia, which had been in place since... MORE

Georgian Prime Minister Reshuffles the Cabinet to Divert the Blame
On July 21, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili announced the first major cabinet reshuffle since the Georgian Dream (GD) coalition came to power in October... MORE

Arrest of Opposition Leader Jeopardizes Georgia’s European Integration
A Tbilisi city court has refused to release Gigi Ugulava, the former mayor of the Georgian capital, out on bail, instead sentencing him to two... MORE

Russian-backed Abkhaz Separatist Regime Steps Up Discrimination of Ethnic Georgians
On June 30, the Abkhaz separatist regime announced that it would remove from the voter lists 22,787 ethnic Georgians living in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia. The... MORE

Is Georgia getting closer to the EU, but farther from NATO?
On June 27, Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Garibashvili signed a historic Association Agreement between Georgia and the European Union (EU). People in Tbilisi celebrated this... MORE

Georgia’s Local Elections Signal Changes to the Country’s Political Landscape
On June 15, Georgia held local elections. Hundreds of seats on the councils (sakrebulos) of 59 counties (municipalities) and positions for 59 county governors (gamgebeli)... MORE

Russia Warns Georgia Against Signing Association Agreement With European Union
On May 22, Alexander Lukashevich, the spokesman for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), grimly declared that there would be consequences for Georgia if... MORE

Georgia Receives More Vague Verbal Promises From NATO
On April 30, while speaking at an event hosted by the Washington-based think tank the Atlantic Council, Georgian Defense Minister Irakli Alasania said that the... MORE

Georgia Offers Compromise to NATO Prior to the Alliance’s Summit in Wales
At a joint conference with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, Maia Panjikidze, the foreign ministers of Germany and France, Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Laurent... MORE