Cradled in a steep valley, Borjomi is a mix of Russian Imperial architecture and Soviet tower blocks, and attracts those ...

1868 – The U.S. Congress enacted legislation granting an eight-hour day to workers employed by the Federal government. 1868 – ...

Time heals all wounds, it is said, and that certainly is the case in Russia. Moscow has unveiled a new statue of Joseph ...

Nato members are currently expected to spend 2% of their national income, or GDP on defence. The US and countries which are ...

Bolnisi isn't on most people's radar, but that's precisely what makes it such an interesting destination. Just an hour's ...

Gutsy, ambitious and colourful at every turn, Alice Murphy discovers that Georgia's ancient capital is many things at once.

Not long after Georgia declared its independence in 1991 and the Soviet Union collapsed, thousands of ethnic Georgians came to live in these abandoned sanatoriums, fleeing a bloody dispute over ...

The Soviet Union stretched across Asia and Europe and ruled more than 15 republics. Unfortunately, the era of centralized control came crashing down in 1991. This resulted in redrawn borders and ...

A map shows the country of Georgia in the Caucasus region, on Russia's far southwest border, with the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia labelled. iStock/Getty ...

Days of protests have rocked Georgia following the government’s controversial decision to delay the former Soviet country’s bid to join the European Union. Tensions have been brewing for ...

For much of the period since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, Georgia has leaned strongly towards the West and tried to loosen the influence of Russia, to which it lost a brief war in 2008.