Georgia's speaker said on Friday, after meeting with opposition groups against the backdrop of a massive rally in the capital, authorities would not change the date of next year's elections set for the fall.

Around 100,000 opposition supporters, more than during the 2003 'rose revolution,' are rallying in front of Tbilisi's parliament to demand early parliamentary polls, but are ruling out a new 'revolution.'

Scotland were defeated 2-0 by Georgia in Group B of UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying.

Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has been in office for almost four years following the heady days of the Rose Revolution. But it appears Georgians are disillusioned with his tenure. In this background report from Washington, VOA Senior Correspondent André de Nesnera looks at the state of Georgian politics.

Abkhazia demands that Tbilisi withdraw its troops from the breakaway Georgian region's border, a spokesman for the Abkhazian president said on Tuesday.

Relations remain tense between Russia and Georgia several weeks after Georgian forces killed two Russian military officers in the Georgian separatist region of Abkhazia.

A court in Tbilisi released Georgian ex-defense minister Irakly Okruashvili on bail set at 10 million lari (over $6 million), the deputy prosecutor general told the press on Monday.

NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says the door is open for the former Soviet republic of Georgia to join the alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer was uncommitted when discussing Georgia's prospects of joining NATO during his visit to the South Caucasus country on Thursday.

Representatives of Georgia's united opposition gathered Wednesday in the Chess Palace in downtown Tbilisi to discuss the possible abolishment of the presidency in the country.

Several thousands of protesters gathered today in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi, to support former Defense Minister Irakli Okruashvili, who was arrested Thursday (September 27) on corruption-related charges.

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili demanded Thursday a change in the format of talks on Abkhazia and the replacement of peacekeepers in the secessionist republic of the South Caucasus nation.