Georgia

Meet Salome Zourabichvili of Georgia – she wants her country in Europe, not swallowed by Russia. And she has a fight on her hands

In Georgia, the 8,000-year-old tradition of winemaking is seen as a gift – and act of defiance

As the country’s courts become more Russian, the real Georgia can be found out on the streets

As the country heads towards a Russian-style autocracy, the website is pushing it as an 'undiscovered gastronomic haven of £2 wine'

When the government suspended the country’s bid for EU ascension, protesters took to the streets. But now their demands have evolved

After the crisis of October’s parliamentary elections, president Salome Zourabichvili has been the country’s most prominent voice of dissent

Georgia’s new pro-Moscow president is determined to fight his own people – meanwhile, his pro-EU predecessor has left office and gone into the streets to join the protests

A fine balance between popular anger and state violence engulfs Tbilisi every evening

In Tbilisi, weeks of despair have turned into rage as the authoritarian government ignore Georgians' cries for EU integration

Georgia’s disputed election has been hailed as a victory for Vladimir Putin, but murals in the capital paint a different picture

As a “stolen” election damages their country’s European dream, Georgians fear their divide with the west is becoming irreversible

The diaspora voted heavily for change. But rigged results at home have the authoritarians claiming victory

Conveniently, the Georgian press saw no reason to focus on the change of government in Britain

Be it football or politics, Georgians know the importance of unity

Thousands of Georgians are protesting against the "Russian law", refusing to give up their hopes of joining the EU

People in Tbilisi are protesting Georgia’s Russification. Instead, they want to be part of the EU

The icon of St Matrona of Moscow and Stalin has caused a remarkable division of opinion in Georgia, culminating in an act of vandalism

A real-life zoo breakout is the first in a series of tumultuous events to befall the refugee hero of Leo Vardiashvili’s impressive debut novel

Joining the European family is what Georgians have wanted for decades

The promotion of conservative or even hard-right ideas across Europe is a threat

Moscow is in a hurry to get into Georgia – again

The city's graffiti sketches out Georgia's role in the conflict in Ukraine

The government wants to get close to Russia, but the people want the EU. The demonstrators have won the first round in the streets of Tbilisi – but what comes next?

A film that has won plaudits abroad has been unofficially blacklisted in Georgia, where it was made. Its silence speaks volumes about the country’s democratic decline

Georgia spawned Stalin, the monster who forever poisoned the legacy of the Russian Revolution. But it also produced a tantalising alternative vision of what that revolution could have led to. JUSTIN REYNOLDS explores the forgotten history of the fleeting Democratic Republic of Georgia, which offered a flicker of hope before it was extinguished Post-Revolutionary Russia […]