Lucy Papachristou

The election result in the highly-anticipated Georgia poll is being disputed, with both sides of politics claiming victory...

Georgia's ruling party won nearly 54pc of the vote in Saturday's parliamentary election, the electoral commission said on Sunday, as opposition parties disputed the result and vote monitors reported significant violations.

Felix Light e Lucy Papachristou O partido governante Georgian Dream recebeu mais de 54% dos votos nas eleições parlamentares da Geórgia no

Tbilisi — Georgia's governing party and opposition parties claimed victory in a parliamentary election on Saturday that they say will determine if

Felix Light and Lucy Papachristou The ruling Georgian Dream party won more than 54% of the vote in Georgia's parliamentary election on

TBILISI, Georgia -- Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili called on Sunday for people to take to the streets to protest the results of Saturday's disputed parliamentary election, which the electoral commission said the ruling party had won.

GEORGIA-ELECTION/ (UPDATE 4, TV, PIX):UPDATE 4-Thousands protest in Georgia as opposition challenges election results

· 4-min read By Lucy Papachristou and Felix Light

For some Georgians who supported the ruling Georgian Dream party in Saturday's disputed parliamentary election, the aspiration to go West towards the European Union had to be balanced by the brutal reality of the need to keep the peace with Russia.

By Lucy Papachristou (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers in the Vologda region north of Moscow have proposed restricting the sale of alcohol to