Critics of Tbilisi's hardline drug policies say laws were being exploited to justify heavy-handed policing
Tbilisi lawmakers are seriously considering a fast-track approach put forward by a Washington think tank following nearly a decade of frustrated efforts to join NATO
Lawyer and LGBT activist seeks seat on Tbilisi city council
Giorgi Margvelashvili talks to VOA about Vice President Mike Pence's recent visit to the country
Vice president says America first does not mean America alone
Efqan Muxtarli, a well-known critic of Azerbaijan's ruling Aliyev family, is charged with illegal border crossing and smuggling - a wad of cash that was stuffed
More than a quarter-century after Georgia gained its independence from the Soviet Union, press-freedom advocates say they are still fighting for an open media climate, like those in EU and NATO states
EU and Georgian officials deny any such connection
Landslide vote a significant geopolitical achievement for those backing former Soviet republic's full European integration
The New Political Center-Girchi party planted marijuana seeds as part of campaign calling for marijuana legalization, decriminalization of many drugs
Renowned political economist addresses question of governance, nation-building, security and democratization in Ukraine
