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Georgia

Georgia is a country located in the Caucasus region. It formed a part of the former Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991.The capital and largest city is Tbilisi.

Georgia is situated between the Greater Caucusus and Lesser Caucasus mountain ranges. It is a democratic republic. It is a member of the Council of Europe and the GUAM Organization for Democracy and Economic Development, along with Azerbaijan, Moldova and Ukraine.

Attorney Lee Merritt holds a poster depicting Ahmaud Arbery as he leaves the Glynn County Courthouse as jury begins deliberating whether Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William Roddie Bryan murdered Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Ahmaud Arbery murder: Killers sentenced to life in prison 07.01.2022

Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was shot dead while jogging through a Georgia neighborhood in 2020. The three white men convicted in his murder now face life in prison.
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Inside Europe 16.12.21 16.12.2021

This week: the secretive prisons that keep migrants out of Europe, Omnicron takes hold in the UK, Turkey’s balancing act over Ukraine starts to falter. Also on the show: Belarus cracks down on dual citizenship rights, a look back at Slovenia’s 6 months in the EU boss seat, the Odeuropa project recreates the scents of Europe’s past and Stalin's popularity is resurgent in Georgia.

An Ukrainian serviceman patrols at the checkpoint in the village of Shyrokyne near Mariupol, the last large city in eastern Ukraine controlled by Kiev on April 26, 2021. - With weapons in hand and their backs to the sea, Ukrainian soldiers in the war-torn east said the clashes continue despite Moscow's announcement of its troops withdrawal from Ukraine's borders. (Photo by Aleksey Filippov / AFP) (Photo by ALEKSEY FILIPPOV/AFP via Getty Images)

EU talks with former-Soviet republics with eye on Russia 15.12.2021

As tension with Russia simmers, the leaders of European Union nations met with the heads of five former Soviet republics. The so-called Eastern Partnership looks to deepen political, trade, energy and cultural ties.
ARCHIV 2007 *** TBILISI, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 29, 2021: 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. Earlier, the Georgian Justice Ministry repeatedly refused to bring Saakashvili to court due to security issues and his health condition. Saakashvili was arrested in Tbilisi on October 1, 2021, upon his return to Georgia. Irakli Gedenidze/POOL/TASS

Georgia: Ex-president Saakashvili goes on trial, decries 'torture' in prison 29.11.2021

Opposition leader and former president Mikheil Saakashvili says charges against him for his role in suppressing a 2007 protest are "trumped up." Amnesty International called his arrest "political revenge."
Attorney Lee Merritt holds a poster depicting Ahmaud Arbery as he leaves the Glynn County Courthouse as jury begins deliberating whether Greg McMichael, his son Travis McMichael and William Roddie Bryan murdered Ahmaud Arbery, in Brunswick, Georgia, U.S., November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Marco Bello

US: 3 men found guilty in the murder of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery 24.11.2021

A jury in the US state of Georgia has found three white men guilty of murder in the 2020 killing of Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery. The men had followed Arbery in a truck as he ran though a neighborhood.
KYIV, UKRAINE - JUNE 15, 2021 - Head of the Executive Committee of the National Reforms Council of Ukraine Mikheil Saakashvili attends a press conference on Day Two of the Ukraine 30. Economy Without Oligarchs Forum in Kyiv, capital of Ukraine., Credit:Evgen Kotenko / Avalon

Georgia: Jailed ex-President Saakashvili ends 7-week hunger strike 19.11.2021

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was on hunger strike for more than a month and a half after being jailed for abuse of power.
Georgian opposition supporters of former president Mikheil Saakashvili hold national and American flags and posters with his portraits during a rally in front of the prison where the former president is being held, in Rustavi, about 20 km from the capital Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021. Saakashvili was detained in Tbilisi on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2021. Doctors say former President Mikheil Saakashvili is very weak as he nears 40 days on hunger strike. He started the hunger strike after being arrested at the beginning of October when he returned to Georgia. Saakashvili, who left Georgia in 2014 and became a Ukrainian citizen, faces several charges in Georgia and earlier was sentenced in absentia to up to six years in prison. (AP Photo/Shakh Aivazov)

Georgia: Jailed ex-President Saakashvili moved to hospital 08.11.2021

Mikheil Saakashvili's partner said he has been transferred to "the most dangerous place for his life." He has been on hunger strike since his arrest upon returning from exile on October 1.
BU: Workers risk their health rummage through the trash for little pay to find recyclables ALT: A worker collecting rubbish on the Gonio landfill

Living and working on Georgia's largest garbage dump 27.10.2021

Environmentalists fear pollution from the Gonio landfill is seeping into the air, soil and waters of the Black Sea. But government plans to close it have left many waste pickers worrying about an uncertain future.

Demonstration in Tiflis für die Freilassung Michail Saakaschwili, Oktober 2021

Georgia: Thousands rally for jailed ex-president Saakashvili 14.10.2021

Supporters of jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili have come out in their thousands, demanding that he be set free. Saakashvili was imprisoned earlier this month after returning from exile.
BATUMI, GEORGIA - OCTOBER 08: Teams conduct search and rescue operation after a seven-storey building collapsed in Batumi, Georgia on October 08, 2021. Davit Kachkachishvili / Anadolu Agency

Georgia: Several dead after part of building collapses 09.10.2021

Many of the residents in the building were thought to be trapped in the rubble as rescue workers searched for survivors. The accident is suspected to be caused by unsafe renovation work.
Former Georgia's president Mikheil Saakashvili's supporters walk in front of the prison in Rustavi, outside Tbilisi on October 4, 2021. - Saakashvili has been arrested on October 1, 2021 and placed in Rustavi prison upon his return from exile ahead of local elections in the Caucasus country gripped by a political crisis. Georgian authorities have said jailed ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili will have to serve out his six-year sentence in full and warned he risked fresh charges if he did not behave. (Photo by Vano SHLAMOV / AFP)

Georgia: Supporters rally outside ex-President Saakashvili's prison as government rules out his release 04.10.2021

The Georgian government has threatened to charge Saakashvili with more crimes if he does not "behave" for his six-year sentence. The former president was convicted in absentia for abuse of power, and returned last week.
In this handout photo taken from video released by Georgian Interior Ministry Press Service, Georgian Police officers escort former President Mikheil Saakashvili after he was arrested in Rustavi, Georgia, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. The prime minister of Georgia says former President Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested. The announcement Friday by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili came about 18 hours after Saakashvili, who was convicted in absentia and has lived in Ukraine in recent years, posted on Facebook that he had returned to the country. (Georgian Interior Ministry Press Service via AP)

Georgia arrests former president upon return from exile 01.10.2021

Mikheil Saakashvili has been arrested after returning from exile in Ukraine to campaign in critical nationwide municipal elections. The still-popular politician has called on supporters to take to the streets.
May 29, 2019 - Kiev, Ukraine - Former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili seen being welcomed by his supporters after returning to Ukraine at Boryspil airport in Kiev. .President Volodymyr Zelensky restored Mikheil SaakashviliÖs Ukrainian citizenship after he was stripped by a decree of former Ukraine s president Petro Poroshenko in July 2017. Kiev Ukraine PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxONLY - ZUMAs197 20190529_zaa_s197_028 Copyright: xSergeixChuzavkovx

Georgia's exiled ex-president Saakashvili says he is back in country ahead of elections 01.10.2021

Mikheil Saakashvili said he returned to Georgia in support of the opposition as local elections get underway this weekend. Irakli Garibashvili, the current Prime Minister, had vowed to arrest Saakashvili if he returned.
Sternhausen, Scherg (Acipenser stellatus), Portraet, Oesterreich | starry sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, sevruga (Acipenser stellatus), portrait, Austria

Hydropower dams threaten Georgia's endangered sturgeons 12.08.2021

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.
Sternhausen, Scherg (Acipenser stellatus), Portraet, Oesterreich | starry sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, sevruga (Acipenser stellatus), portrait, Austria

Hydropower dams threaten Georgia's haven for endangered sturgeon 11.08.2021

Sturgeon are among the world's most threatened species. A new hydropower project threatens one of their last breeding grounds in Georgia's Rioni River.

6593991 11.07.2021 People attend an anti-governmental rally in memory of Pirveli TV channel cameraman Alexander Lashkarava, a victim of violence against LGBT+ activists and journalists on July 5, in Tbilisi, Georgia. Hundreds of protesters gathered outside the parliament building to call for Prime Minister and Interior Minister to resign over the violence by anti-LGBTQ groups protesting against the planned march and Lashkarava's death. Stringer / Sputnik

Georgia anti-LGBTQ violence: 'Nobody to protect journalists' 13.07.2021

Opposition lawmakers are demanding that the prime minister resign after the death of cameraman Alexander Lashkarava. His colleagues have told DW about the circumstances that led to his death.
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