"We were a village before, now it's like London or Paris," jokes an elderly resident. Among the glass and steel of modern Batumi, a small traditional community is fighting to survive – preserving the city's rich history along the way.
Far out in the suburbs of Tbilisi, residents attach giant crosses to the roofs of their apartment buildings. They light up the night sky and are a beacon for taxi drivers. No one is quite sure how the tradition got started.
The Pavlenko family are among the millions who have fled Ukraine since Russia invaded their country on February 24. Now living in Poland, they are struggling to adjust to their new life as refugees, clinging to three mementos from home that remind them of their former lives.
An early supporter of Georgia's COVID-19 vaccination drive, Megi Bakradze died after an extremely rare reaction to the AstraZeneca vaccine. Amid a recent surge in cases, reverberations from her death are still being felt. And seven months later, her family still wants answers as to how she died.
A New Cross To Bear For Georgia s Parliament russiaherald.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from russiaherald.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.