The Georgian men’s national team celebrate after winning their match against Portugal, setting themselves up for a last-16 tie against Spain.
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Georgia’s football team has surpassed expectations as political turmoil rumbles on at home.
A protester wearing a Georgian and European flag faces off with policemen blocking a street near the Parliament building in Tbilisi, Georgia, May 14 2024.
David Mdzinarishvili / EPA
A selection of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
Georgians attend a protest against a bill on ‘foreign agents’ near the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi, Georgia, on April 16 2024.
David Mdzinarishvili / EPA
Roman wines may have looked and tasted better than long assumed. The answer lies in their use of clay jars, a technique still used in modern winemaking in Georgia.
Foreign agent laws claimed as a tool to fight back against foreign interference can also be used to silence critics and repress law-abiding NGOs, independent media and individuals.
A Reaper drone like the one downed over the Black Sea costs about US$56 million, according to the Pentagon.
EPA-EFE/Airman 1st Class William Rio Rosado
A selection of our coverage of the conflict over the past fortnight.
Marina Tauber, vice-president of Moldova’s Russia-friendly Shor Party, leads a demonstration in the capital, Chisinau, against the pro-western government and low living standards.
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Russians fleeing over the border into Georgia are encountering hostility as well as support.
A group of Russians smile at the border crossing Verkhny Lars between Georgia and Russia on Sept. 23, 2022. Long lines of vehicles have formed at border crossings into Georgia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilization to bolster his troops in Ukraine.
(AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)
Russians crossing land borders into Mongolia, Kazakhstan and Georgia to avoid being drafted into the Ukraine war are experiencing very different receptions.
A view of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.
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The war in Ukraine has added new momentum to the argument of expanding the EU eastward. However, institutional and political obstacles to making this dream reality abound.
A demonstrator holds a pro-Ukraine sign during a protest against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Almaty, Kazakhstan — a former Soviet republic that has largely stayed neutral during the conflict — in March 2022.
(AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)
It is commonplace these days to invoke the fears that Russia’s aggression against Ukraine has awoken in Eastern Europe. With the 2008 invasion still fresh in the minds, the Black Sea nation of Georgia…
Stage two: the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, meeting with defence minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin, April 2022.
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