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Georgia

Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region between Russia and Turkey. It formed a part of the former Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991. The nation is split between joining the European Union and strengthening Russian ties.

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Law enforcement officers approach a car to put out a fire during a rally against the "foreign agents" law near the parliament building Tbilisi

Georgia: Dozens arrested during 'foreign agent' law protest

Protesters clashed with police after thousands came out against controversial draft legislation.
Rule of LawMarch 8, 2023
Protesters in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, with one poster showing portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Georgian former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili

Georgia's 'foreign agent' bill undermines EU hopes

Georgian authorities are backing a Russia-style "foreign agent" bill despite criticism from Brussels and Washington.
PoliticsMarch 7, 2023
Georgien | Dreifaltigkeitskirche Gergeti in Stepantsminda

Georgia witnesses tourism boom

The country in the Caucasus region has a lot to offer from wild nature tours to gambling opportunities.
TravelMarch 7, 202302:20 min
Tbilisi, Georgia aerial skyline with old traditional houses and churches

What to see in Georgia

Georgia is the 2023 host country of ITB Berlin, the world's largest tourism trade show. It has a lot to offer visitors.
TravelMarch 7, 202313 images
People take part in a protest against the controversial 'foreign agents' bill outside the parliament building

Georgia: Lawmakers brawl over proposed 'foreign agents' law

Tempers frayed in a debate about a "foreign agents" law that critics say mirrors a draconian law in neighboring Russia.
PoliticsMarch 6, 2023
MADE Seidenstraße

Georgia – An alternative trade route

Increasingly, containers from China are being transported to Europe via Georgia.
TradeFebruary 28, 202305:46 min
Ukraine Saporischschja-Region | erntereifes Getreidefeld

Back to basics

Hand-pollination, ancient grains & organic hope
Nature and EnvironmentFebruary 23, 202329:59 min
Georgia's jailed ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili lifts his shirt to show the weight loss he suffered during imprisonment, Feb 1, 2023

Mikheil Saakashvili: Georgia court rejects release bid

The jailed former president was seeking permission to get better medical treatment abroad.
PoliticsFebruary 6, 2023
Georgian police behind yellow police line with writing in English and Georgian on it

Georgia: Former soldier kills 5 in eastern town

The shooter killed himself when police reinforcements arrived, Georgia's interior minstry said.
CrimeJanuary 20, 2023
DW Focus on Europe Sendungslogo

Focus on Europe - Spotlight on People

How welcome are Russian deserters in Georgia?
SocietyDecember 15, 202226:05 min
Russische Männer; die vor der Mobilmachung nach Georgien geflohen sind

Russian deserters in Georgia

Russian deserters in Georgia are receiving support, but many Georgians have mixed feelings.
ConflictsNovember 26, 202212:36 min
A crowded weekly market in Mumbai

Living on a planet with 8 billion other people

The world's population is set to hit 8 billion on November 15. We'll hear from one of the women behind that number.
Human RightsNovember 9, 202229:59 min
People at the Verkhny Lars checkpoint on the Russian-Georgian border

Russia restricts access to Georgia amid call-up

Officials in a Russian region bordering Georgia say the restrictions came after 20,000 people crossed in two days.
ConflictsSeptember 28, 2022
Cars queue to enter Georgia from Russia at the Verkhny Lars - Darial Gorge border crossing checkpoint

Mass departures as Russians avoid call-up

Thousands of men who don't want to fight in Ukraine arrive in Georgia.
ConflictsSeptember 28, 202202:15 min
Historic buildings in the city of Tbilisi with a large temple on top of a rock.

Georgia: Popular with Russians, despite political tensions

The country remains popular with Russians today, despite complicated Russo-Georgian relations and the war in Ukraine.
TravelSeptember 21, 2022
Giorgi Bidzinashvili demonstrates a tooth belonging to an early species of human, near the village of Orozmani

Dig unearths 1.8-million-year-old human tooth

The 1.8-million-year-old early human tooth was found in Georgia, home to one of the earliest prehistoric settlements.
ScienceSeptember 9, 2022
BG USA Nach dem Urteil des Oberste Gerichtshofs zum Abtreibungsrecht | Proteste in Boston

Rallying resistance

In this week's show, we hear about how different groups around the world are fighting back: Mexican women helping American women with their unwanted pregnancies; the trans community in Brazil fighting ostracization and oppression with sewing machines and the church; and how one Ugandan freedom fighter is using her privilege, and her internet connection, to stand up for those without it.
Human RightsAugust 24, 202230:00 min
Demo in Tiflis für EU-Eintritt von Georgien

Georgia: EU frustration

Frustration in Georgia over the failure of its EU candidacy.
SocietyAugust 4, 202204:51 min
Demonstrators hold banners during a public rally in front of the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia, Monday, June 20, 2022, to show support for the country's EU membership bid

Georgia pro-EU protesters force meeting with PM

Protesters calling for a stronger pro-European course have forced a meeting with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
PoliticsJuly 4, 2022
View of the International Criminal Court, or ICC in The Hague

Arrest warrants issued for war crimes in Russia-Georgia war

The ICC has issued arrest warrants for three people, including two Russians, for suspected war crimes.
CrimeJune 30, 2022
Doku | Schwarzer Tee, grüner Anbau

Tea - New ideas for a traditional drink

After water, tea is the most-consumed beverage in the world.
SocietyJune 25, 202225:10 min
Demonstrators hold banners and lights during a public rally in front of the Parliamentary building in Tbilisi, Georgia

Georgians rally for European future

The European Commission has recommended EU candidate status for Ukraine and Moldova. But Georgia feels left behind.
PoliticsJune 21, 2022
Khatuna Jakeli

Snowdrops from Georgia

Khatuna Jakeli from Georgia earns her living collecting snowdrop bulbs in the Caucasus.
SocietyJune 4, 202212:35 min
DW Dokumentationen | Schneeglöckchen aus Georgien

Georgia: The Business of snowdrops

Georgia exports 22 million snowdrops each year - despite species protection and trade regulations.
BusinessJune 2, 202205:28 min
A view of the South Ossetian national flag over the city of Tskhinval

South Ossetia shelves plan for referendum to join Russia

The leader of South Ossetia, the breakaway region of Georgia, has scrapped plans to hold a referendum on joining Russia.
PoliticsMay 31, 2022
Flag of South Ossetia overlooking Tskhinval

Georgia: South Ossetia calls for referendum to join Russia

South Ossetia's self-proclaimed government said it was time for the region to "unite once and for all" with Russia.
ConflictsMay 13, 2022
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Ukraine war rattles Georgia

DW asked Georgia's president, Salome Zourabichvili, how Western allies can support her country.
ConflictsMay 4, 202203:08 min
Male IT specialist plugging in a fiber optic cable (symbolic picture)

IT specialists caught in the crossfire of war

After the breakup of the former Soviet Union, the IT sector had been thriving in Ukraine and Belarus. But then came war.
BusinessMarch 16, 2022
Irakli Garibashvili

Georgia formally applies for EU membership

The application comes after the European Parliament backed a similar move from Ukraine amid a Russian invasion.
PoliticsMarch 3, 2022
Ruling Georgian Dream party chair Irakli Kobakhidze

Georgia to 'immediately' apply for EU membership

The move comes after Ukraine called for EU membership amid Russia's ongoing invasion.
PoliticsMarch 2, 2022
A Ukrainian serviceman patrols at the checkpoint in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol

EU, former-Soviet republic leaders eye Russia

As tension with Russia simmers, the leaders of EU nations met with the heads of five former Soviet republics.
PoliticsDecember 15, 2021
Focus on Europe Magazine

Georgia's tea culture gets a reboot

New life is being breathed into Georgia's ancient tea culture.
SocietyDecember 13, 202102:14 min
Georgien die Kathedrale in Tbilisi

Georgia: Long farewell to its Soviet legacy

Thirty years after the fall of the Soviet Union, many young Georgians are gravitating towards the West.
SocietyDecember 2, 202104:35 min
Georgia's ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili, a defendant in the 7 November 2007 rally dispersal and attack on Imedi TV office case, appears at a hearing at Tbilisi City Court

Georgian ex-president Saakashvili goes on trial

Opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili says the charges against him are "trumped up."
PoliticsNovember 29, 2021
Mikheil Saakashvili at a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine in 2021

Georgia: Saakashvili ends hunger strike

Saakashvili was on hunger strike for more than a month and a half after being jailed for abuse of power.
PoliticsNovember 19, 2021
Supporters of Mikheil Saakashvili protest outside the prison where he is being held

Georgia: Jailed ex-President Saakashvili moved to hospital

The former Georgian leader was jailed upon returning from Ukrainian exile on October 1.
Rule of LawNovember 8, 2021
Thousands gather in Tbilisi to demand the release of imprisoned former president Mikheil Saakashvili

Thousands of Georgians rally for Saakashvili

Supporters of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili have come out in their thousands, demanding that he be set free.
PoliticsOctober 14, 2021
Teams conduct search and rescue operation after a seven-storey building collapsed in Batumi, Georgia

Georgia: Several dead after part of building collapses

Many of the residents in the building were thought to be trapped in the rubble as rescue workers searched for survivors.
CatastropheOctober 9, 2021
Supporters of Georgian ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili rally outside his prison

Georgia: Supporters rally outside Saakashvili's prison

The government has threatened to charge Saakashvili with more crimes if he does not 'behave' for his six-year sentence.
PoliticsOctober 4, 2021
An electoral official and voters in face masks at a polling station during Georgia's municipal elections

Georgia ruling party wins polls after ex-president's arrest

European election observers have cited allegations of vote buying and other irregularities by the ruling party.
PoliticsOctober 4, 2021
Mikheil Saakashvili (c) escorted by Georgian police officers

Georgia arrests former president upon return from exile

Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested after returning from exile to campaign in critical nationwide elections.
PoliticsOctober 1, 2021
Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili surrounded by supporters in 2019

Georgia's exiled Saakashvili says he is back in country

Saakashvili said he returned to support Georgia's main opposition party as local elections get underway this weekend.
PoliticsOctober 1, 2021
Ölpreise I Pumpe arbeitet in einem Ölfeld

'Reality check': IPCC and phasing out fossil fuels

We talk about the IPCC's grave warning to the world and why we urgently need clean energy alternatives, hear of solar success in Brazil's favelas, travel to one of Georgia's longest rivers where hydropower is clashing with precious wildlife habitats, and listen to Texans on how they feel about wind power picking up in the oil state.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 12, 202130:00 min
Sternhausen I Fisch

Hydropower dams threaten Georgia's endangered sturgeons

Mountainous and home to many glacier-fed rivers, Georgia is ideal for hydropower. Although it already generates more than 80% of its electricity this way, consumption is increasing and the government wants to build more dams. But Georgia is also a biodiversity hotspot and conservationists are concerned that plans for two new dams could threaten one of the world's most ancient fish.
Nature and EnvironmentAugust 12, 202108:16 min
Protest in Tiflis following the death of cameraman Alexander Lashkarava early July

Journalists under threat: August's 10 most urgent cases

One Free Press Coalition's August list focuses on the dangerous work environment of photo and video journalists.
Press FreedomAugust 2, 2021
Georgia Anti-Government Protest

Georgia anti-LGBTQ violence: 'Nobody to protect journalists'

Opposition lawmakers are demanding that the prime minister resign after the death of cameraman Alexander Lashkarava.
Human RightsJuly 13, 2021
Activists hold posters during a rally in memory of Lashkarava

Journalist beaten in Georgia anti-LGBTQ attack dies

Authorities are opening a probe into Alexander Lashkarava's death as anger towards the government builds.
Press FreedomJuly 11, 2021
Protesters storming the building housing the LGBTQ campaigners' offices

Organizers cancel Georgia Pride march amid violence

LGBTQ activists in Tbilisi say mobs had attacked their office, forcing an end to Georgia's first Pride march.
EqualityJuly 5, 2021
Elder georgian women

Sunny prospects in Georgia

Can local energy cooperatives help fight air pollution and deforestation in Georgia with a solar-powered fix?
Nature and EnvironmentMay 22, 2018