http://www.rferl.org/archive/Georgia/latest/659/659.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Georgia http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Georgia/latest/659/659.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:09:52 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL At least 17 people have been injured by violence that broke out in Georgia's capital before the start of a rally to mark the International Day Against Homophobia. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-gay-rights-protests/24988972.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-gay-rights-protests/24988972.html Fri, 17 May 2013 10:12:21 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service The head of Georgia's influential Orthodox Church has called on authorities to ban a gay-rights rally set to be held in the capital, Tbilisi. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-patriarch-gay-rights/24988151.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-patriarch-gay-rights/24988151.html Thu, 16 May 2013 13:57:29 +0000 Georgia Georgia's prime minister says sexual minorities in his country "have the same rights as any other social groups." http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-lgbt-equal-rights/24986492.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-lgbt-equal-rights/24986492.html Wed, 15 May 2013 07:28:20 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service Georgian Prosecutor-General Archil Kbilashvili told journalists that eight top investigators from his office, the Interior Ministry, and the Military Police, will look into "possible criminal activities during and after the war" between Georgia and Russia in August 2008. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-war-investigation/24985760.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-war-investigation/24985760.html Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:10 +0000 Georgia Georgia's defense minister says three Georgian soldiers were killed and several injured in a combined attack by militants in southern Afghanistan in the second-bloodiest encounter for Georgian forces in that country since they joined the international coalition effort there. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-afghanistan-troop-deaths/24984994.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-afghanistan-troop-deaths/24984994.html Mon, 13 May 2013 17:45:28 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service Georgia's Deputy Interior Minister Gela Khvedelidze has been arrested for allegedly blackmailing a journalist. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-deputy-minister-blackmail-allegations/24984312.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-deputy-minister-blackmail-allegations/24984312.html Mon, 13 May 2013 09:02:01 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL The ruling Georgian Dream coalition in Tbilisi has nominated Education Minister Georgi Margvelashvili as its presidential candidate in Georgia’s October 2013 presidential election. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgian-dream-names-presidential-candidate/24983645.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgian-dream-names-presidential-candidate/24983645.html Sun, 12 May 2013 10:18:51 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service Stefan Fuele, the European Union commissioner for enlargement and neighborhood policy, has called on the EU-hopeful countries of the Eastern Partnership and the Western Balkans to do more to prove their commitment to democratic values. Correspondent Daisy Sindelar spoke to Fuele during his visit to RFE/RL headquarters in Prague on May 9. http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html http://www.rferl.org/content/interview-fuele-eu-enlargement-fule-stefan/24981706.html Thu, 09 May 2013 17:11:21 +0000 Features Daisy Sindelar Georgia's influential Orthodox patriarch issued an Easter message urging the government to ban abortion to address growing demographic problems. While the government opposes the church's hard-line approach, lawmakers understand the need to address the growing problem of gender imbalance caused by sex-selective abortions. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-sex-selection-abortion/24979979.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-sex-selection-abortion/24979979.html Wed, 08 May 2013 07:57:52 +0000 Georgia Temur Kiguradze, Robert Coalson Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili harshly criticized Georgian government's statements on possible resumption of natural gas imports from Russia. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-gas-imports-russia-saakashvili/24979474.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-gas-imports-russia-saakashvili/24979474.html Tue, 07 May 2013 14:43:32 +0000 Georgia Georgia's parliament is expected to begin debating a ban on abortion after the Georgian Orthodox Church's patriarch called for the procedure to be made illegal. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-abortion-debate-religion/24977938.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-abortion-debate-religion/24977938.html Mon, 06 May 2013 09:50:57 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service Georgian athletes will take part in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics in Russia. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-sochi-olympics/24974800.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-sochi-olympics/24974800.html Thu, 02 May 2013 12:00:24 +0000 Georgia Georgian Agriculture Minister David Kirvalidze has temporarily stepped down from his post after several of his ministry’s top officials were detained on corruption charges. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-minister-steps-down/24974580.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-minister-steps-down/24974580.html Thu, 02 May 2013 09:09:43 +0000 Georgia RFE/RL's Georgian Service Critics say Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili's government is softening its stance to Russia and risking Georgian security. But officials counter that their approach is more pragmatic -- and will be more effective in dealing with Georgia’s powerful adversary to the north. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-foreign-policy-ivanishvili-saakashvili/24971738.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-russia-foreign-policy-ivanishvili-saakashvili/24971738.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:41:35 +0000 Georgia Brian Whitmore Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili says his government is working on "rectifying mistakes committed by the previous government." http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-foreign-ivanishvili-saakashvili-russia-west/24971641.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-foreign-ivanishvili-saakashvili-russia-west/24971641.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:27:15 +0000 Georgia Half a year after losing power, President Mikheil Saakashvili’s United National Movement is a shadow of the juggernaut that once dominated Georgian politics. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-politics-saakashvili-party/24970833.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-politics-saakashvili-party/24970833.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 11:36:41 +0000 Georgia Brian Whitmore Irakli Alasania served as Georgia's UN ambassador before resigning in late 2008 and joining the opposition to President Mikheil Saakashvili. He is now defense minister in Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili's coalition government. RFE/RL correspondent Brian Whitmore caught up with Alasania in Tbilisi to discuss the new government's approach to Russia. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-alasania-russia-interview/24970223.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-alasania-russia-interview/24970223.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 10:49:22 +0000 Georgia On the heels of the largest KFC in the world in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, comes a spectacular new McDonald’s restaurant in Georgia’s Black Sea port city of Batumi, designed by Harvard-educated architect Giorgi Khmaladze. http://www.rferl.org/content/incredible-mcdonalds-batumi-georgia-architecture/24966153.html http://www.rferl.org/content/incredible-mcdonalds-batumi-georgia-architecture/24966153.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:14:02 +0000 Transmission http://www.rferl.org/content/incredible-mcdonalds-batumi-georgia-architecture/24966153.html#relatedInfoContainer Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili has held talks in Strasbourg, France with the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), Jean-Claude Mignon. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-ivanishvili-pace-mignon-talks/24965080.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-ivanishvili-pace-mignon-talks/24965080.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:20:53 +0000 Georgia Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has offered a "hand of friendship" to rival Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanisvhili and his supporters. http://www.rferl.org/content/article/24963159.html http://www.rferl.org/content/article/24963159.html Sat, 20 Apr 2013 03:57:47 +0000 Georgia Several thousand people have rallied in central Tbilisi in support of Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-political-rally-saakashvili/24963109.html http://www.rferl.org/content/georgia-political-rally-saakashvili/24963109.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:05:05 +0000 Georgia The U.S. State Department has released its "Country Reports On Human Rights Practices" for 2012, highlighting crackdowns on civil society, struggles for democratic change, and threats to freedom of expression. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-human-rights-reports-countries/24963086.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-human-rights-reports-countries/24963086.html Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:54:48 +0000 Features RFE/RL