One legacy of the Soviet-era is the continued existence of factory towns and villages which sprang up in their hundreds throughout the 20th century. Under the Soviet Union, these population centres ...

TBILISI, August 12. /TASS/. Businessman Kibar Khalvashi, who became the owner of the Rustavi 2 TV channel on July 18, has announced his decision to put it up for sale. "I decided to sell Rustavi 2 on ...

A bitter tug-of-war for control of Georgia’s top TV channel, Rustavi2, has impacted not only the country’s media-freedom credentials, but also raised nagging questions about the integrity of its legal ...

TBILISI -- Georgia’s Rustavi-2 television station has fired several prominent journalists and producers, raising concerns by some critics that a former opposition media outlet could be muzzled. Paata ...

In a new, dramatic twist in the standoff over Georgia’s leading national TV broadcaster Rustavi2, the Tbilisi City Court has dismissed the current management of the channel. Critics term the decision ...

Europe's top human rights court has prolonged its suspension of an attempt by the government in Tbilisi to put the country's biggest independent television station under the control of an alleged ...

BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 24. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is strengthening Georgia’s private manufacturing sector with a US$ 65 million loan to Rustavi Azot, Trend reports ...

UPDATE: On March 7, the seven-member Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights extended the interim measure suspending the enforcement of the Supreme Court's March 2 decision "until further notice ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has launched an international tender to select a consulting firm to prepare a feasibility ...

Georgia's president has suggested that his country's democratic image and international reputation are at stake as a row rumbles on about the country's main opposition television channel. Rustavi 2 ...

RUSTAVI, GeorgiaRUSTAVI, Georgia — Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Monday outside a prison where former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has been held since his arrest after returning to the ...