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November 7, 2008, Tbilisi, Georgia (AFP Photo / Zviad Nikolaishvili) 08.11.2008, 05:04

Thousands demand Saakashvili resignation

Several thousand protesters have turned out in Georgia's capital Tbilisi to voice their discontent with the current leadership and to demand early presidential and parliamentary elections. They picketed the national parliament and the presidential residen

15.11.2008, 15:22

Georgian ‘saboteur’ killed in Abkhazia

Georgia has confirmed the death of one of its policemen in the border area with Abkhazia. Earlier Abkhaz officials said that one Georgian man was killed and two more injured in clashes with Abkhazian border guards.

Tbilisi, November 22, 2003 (AFP Photo / Sergei Supinsky) 23.11.2008, 19:50

Roses are red, Georgia is blue

With its two breakaway republics completely lost, its army scattered following defeat in the ‘five-day war’, its key industrial assets on sale, its President’s ties all chewed, and freedom of speech on its territory in s

11.06.2009, 14:06 24 comments

Child saved from Jehovah’s Witness parents

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has demanded that a four-year-old-girl be saved from almost certain death. The girl’s parents, who are Jehovah's Witnesses, were preventing hospital doctors from treating her.

Thousands of opposition supporters rallied at stadium in Tbilisi, 26 May (AFP Photo / Vano Shlamov) 26.05.2009, 22:25 2 comments

Georgian opposition gathers for final push

Tens of thousands of opposition demonstrators have gathered in a stadium in the Georgian capital Tbilisi demanding President Mikhail Saakashvili and his current parliament step down.

AFP Photo / Tengku Bahar 07.06.2010, 05:34 2 comments

Indian politicians trying to play ‘caste card’ in ballots

India is in the midst of counting its 1.2 billion people, which is the largest national census in the world. Also, for the first time since 1930s, officials may ask people which caste they belong to.

12.01.2010, 15:14 2 comments

Gays taking center stage in Georgia

The first-ever performance centering on homosexual relationships has been staged in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, despite negative reaction from the authorities.

30.06.2010, 09:21 1 comment

Azeri minority report from Georgia

The members of Azerbaijani community in Georgia are raising their voices to have their rights recognized as they believe they are being treated as second-class citizens while being one of Georgia's largest ethnic groups.

07.05.2009, 03:26

“Georgian presidents change, but not through elections” – expert

Ironically, though being a window of democracy, Georgia sees its leaders change in non-democratic ways, Sergey Strokan, political analyst from the Russian Kommersant newspaper, notes.

30.05.2010, 09:37

Ruling party holds lead in Georgian elections

The ruling United National Movement is winning the municipal election in Georgia, with 60% of vote, according to exit polls done by the U.S. Edison Research.

Georgia’s ‘Scarface’: the rise and fall of Saakashvili

Published: 07 November, 2008, 19:34
Edited: 08 November, 2009, 00:38


A year after mass anti-Saakashvili protests were held in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi the struggle of the country’s opposition continues. RT sums up Georgia’s recent history and tries to take a glimpse into the countr

 
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