Georgia

City hall employees' face-off over salaries escalated in Georgia's Borjomi, riot police had to be brought in

Ruling party representatives wanted salaries increased, the opposition wouldn't have it. The tempers flared, chair barricades were built

Cryptocurrency boom in Georgia – money ‘out of thin air’ for citizens and business tycoons

Cheap electricity, liberal laws and government-awarded privileges attract ‘miners’

“Just an insect” or “the worst of all pests?” Georgian politics on the stink bug

The opposition demands renewed efforts in the fight against the brown marmorated stink bug, floats possibility of army mobilization

Georgia's EU visa waiver may be cancelled over violations by Georgian travellers

The Georgian government is toughening up laws regarding visa-free travel regulations

Tbilisi initiates emergency meeting in Ergneti

South Ossetia claims that the detained Georgians have already been released

Video of the week: The South Caucasus, 19-24 February 2018

Summary: a death in a conflict zone; an attempt to fire a journalist for criticism; a burning of Soros effigy; an anti-corruption fight and a pension rise for war veterans

“I am so angry I can't breathe.” Georgia: stories of people injured at work

Experts say Georgia’s labour legislation allows for too many loopholes to exploit people and fails to protect workers

Georgian nationalists burn George Soros effigy in Tbilisi

They demanded that the Soros Foundation withdraw from Georgia

Georgian citizen dies in South Ossetian police custody, Tbilisi demands international investigation

The authorities of South Ossetia say that the man was an active participant in the 2008 war. Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) says it has evidence that he was on a mission in Iraq at the time

Snipers in Kiev: by order of Saakashvili or Berlusconi?

Why does the Italian documentary about Georgian snipers in Kiev cause doubt?

The manager of a chain of Turkish schools in Georgia has been released from prison, but the fate of the schools remain unclear

The Turkish schools are associated with the Turkish dissident Fetullah Gülen and may face political pressure

Politicians protest against representation of Abkhazia as independent state at Prague exhibition

Georgian citizens refused entry to Germany

Several days before the event, a German official demanded that visa-free travel for Georgia be cancelled

Video of the week: The South Caucasus, 12-17 February 2018

Summary: another scandalous statement made, a female politician assaulted, a former president deported, labour laws amended, paedopholia and corruption revealed

Op-ed: Georgia-NATO, 10 years of walking in circles

How can Georgia become a NATO member? Is it time for a more creative approach?

Georgian army in for serious reforms in 2018

A combat center similar to the military base in Hohenfels, Germany, will be launched in Georgia in May

Georgian trade unions collect signatures in an effort to amend labour legislation

41 people died and 63 were injured due to safety violations in 2017

Mikheil Saakashvili deported from Ukraine to Poland

Saakashvili says he will continue his political struggle from Poland