Police officers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia used to be known for being corrupt and inefficient. One of the first acts of the new government was to fire nearly 55,000 police. New officers ...

The legacy of the Soviet Union's collapse plays a greater role in the foreign policies of Georgia and Ukraine than previous studies have suggested. Conducting foreign policy in former Soviet countries ...

ANASEULI, Georgia (Reuters) -When Lika Megreladze was a child, life in her native western Georgian region of Guria revolved around tea. Her mother worked for decades as a scientist at the Soviet Union ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TBILISI, Georgia (AP) — The ruling party in ...

Parliamentary elections in Georgia this weekend have been described as the vote "of a lifetime" that could be decisive in whether the former Soviet republic moves toward Russia or the West. Georgia — ...

TBILISI, Georgia -- All of Georgia was without power for the entire day on Monday, and officials in the impoverished former Soviet republic were struggling to determine the cause of the blackout.

TBILISI, July 13 (Reuters) - Eduard Shevardnadze, who as Soviet Foreign Minister helped bring down the Berlin Wall and end the Cold War, was buried in his native Georgia on Sunday. Shevardnadze, who ...

MOSCOW – Standing before tens of thousands of cheering Georgians in the capital, Tbilisi, President Bush yesterday hailed the former Soviet republic’s young democracy as a “beacon of liberty” that is ...

TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgia said Tuesday it wanted a new probe into the mysterious death of its first post-Soviet president, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, who was ousted in a military coup shortly after leading ...