Wines for the Weekend: These wines from Georgia and South Africa have gained a following in wine circles

Mikheil Kavelashvili inauguration marks final step in what critics call state capture by pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili

Kavelashvili has alleged western agencies are seeking to drive Georgia into war with Russia

Worldview: Attacks include sabotage, assassinations, parcel bombs, cyber attacks, electoral interference, social media disinformation campaigns and the testing of military preparedness

Opposition leaders detained by courts amid crackdown on pro-EU groups

Ruling Georgian Dream party says ongoing demonstrations represent attempt to stage a revolution

Tbilisi’s crackdown on opposition parties and protesters prompts Ukraine to impose sanctions on Georgian officials ‘handing over the country’ to Russia

Incident occurred following six nights of protests against a government decision to suspend talks on the country joining the European Union

Constitutional court in Black Sea state rejects claims that parliamentary election was rigged

Clashes in Tbilisi after ruling party shelves EU accession talks following contentious election

Several diplomats in western capitals have resigned over Russia-leaning government’s decision to take EU accession talks ‘off the agenda’

Police used tear gas, pepper spray and force on Friday morning as groups rallied near the parliament building in Tbilisi

Georgia facing potential constitutional crisis after president and opposition parties boycott first session of new parliament in protest at allegedly rigged elections

The renowned former ballerina Nina Ananiashvili has spent 20 years transforming the State Ballet of Georgia, which is about to make its first visit to Dublin

Ruling party Georgian Dream defends ballot as clean as opposition plans potentially long protest campaign

Russian troops run border fences through people’s land and seize those who stray into South Ossetia

Government insists EU bid still on track despite scathing report from Brussels

Embattled Ukraine warns that Georgia and Moldova are being pulled back towards Moscow

EU warns Tbilisi of risks to membership path and US decries ‘democratic backsliding’

Ruling party rejects any re-run of ballot as EU warns of ‘very worrying’ time in Black Sea state