Georgia live updates | Protests continue
We continue our live coverage of the fallout and widespread protests over Georgia’s EU accession U-turn.
We continue our live coverage of the fallout and widespread protests over Georgia’s EU accession U-turn.
Media was prohibited from taking photos or videoing the ceremony, which also featured no foreign diplomats.
We continue our live coverage of the fallout and widespread protests over Georgia’s EU accession U-turn.
The billionaire founder of the ruling Georgian Dream was sanctioned for undermining Georgia’s democracy for Russia’s benefit.
OC Media's Robin Fabbro, Mariam Nikuradze, and Shota Kincha sit down and chat about the protests against the Georgian government’s decision to halt EU integration, going on for almost a month now as the holiday season descends on Georgia. Read more: * When EU politicians say one thing, Georgian Dream leaders say another * ‘When we get in the minibus, the fun will start’ — How Georgian police torture detained protesters * Calls for a general strike in Georgia: where are t
Tbilisi’s techno clubs have taken to the frontlines of the anti-government demonstrations, including enacting a mass strike at the risk of their own livelihoods.
Activists deported back to Azerbaijan are at a constant risk of being detained on drug charges or accused of other criminal acts.
Since July, multiple republics in the North Caucasus have been subjected to multiple drone attacks.
EU politicians have taken to issuing their own corrective statements following meetings with Georgian Dream leaders.
Amid growing calls for a general strike, Georgia’s largest trade unions have remained mostly silent.
Demonstrators detained by police during the protests in Tbilisi have noted a systemic pattern of police brutality.
Since ferocious anti-government and pro-EU demonstrations flared up in Georgia at the end of last month, some Georgians living across the world have returned to their country to take to the streets and join the fight. When restaurateur Kate Gochashvili’s family reunites in Tbilisi, it is always a special occasion. Based in New York, she is the frontwoman of the family-run Georgian fusion restaurant Cheeseboat, which spans two venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Kate — known to patrons as ‘Mama
The first all-women Chechen March highlights how Chechen women are forced to live at the intersection of Islamophobia and xenophobia.
Increasing investments in renewables may seem like a positive change, battling the climate crisis and diversifying Azerbaijan’s oil-dependent economy. Yet, without a decrease in fossil fuel investments and renewables mostly exported, there may not be a change after all. Azerbaijan, an authoritarian petro-state, is hosting COP29, the global conference to grapple with the climate crisis. The challenge calls for the phase-out of fossil fuels and the tripling (at least) of renewables by 2030.
Despite verbal support for an independent Chechnya, Ukraine has abandoned Chechen fighters who have been fighting on their side against Russia for a decade. Is Russian cultural influence and propaganda the main reason behind this, and if so, what does it mean for Ukraine’s ability to stand against Russian aggression in general? In October 2022, Ukraine’s parliament recognised the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as an independent state that is ‘temporarily’ occupied by Russia, and condemned ‘t