Mikheil Saakashvili is a Georgian and Ukrainian politician and jurist. He was the third president of Georgia for two consecutive terms from 25 January 2004 to 17 November 2013. From May 2015 until November 2016, Saakashvili was the governor of Ukraine's Odesa Oblast. He is the founder and former chairman of the United National Movement party. Saakashvili heads the executive committee of Ukraine's National Reform Council since 7 May 2020. In 2021 he began serving a six-year prison sentence in Georgia on charges of abuse of power and organization of an assault occasioning grievous bodily harm against an opposition lawmaker Valery Gelashvili.
Nino Burjanadze is a Georgian politician and lawyer who served as Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia from November 2001 to June 2008. As the first woman, she has served as the acting head of state of Georgia twice; the first time from 23 November 2003 to 25 January 2004 in the wake of Eduard Shevardnadze's resignation during the Rose Revolution, and again from 25 November 2007 to 20 January 2008, when Mikheil Saakashvili stepped down to rerun in the early presidential elections. She withdrew into opposition to Saakashvili as the leader of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia party in 2008. In October 2013, she ran in the presidential election, competing against 22 candidates. She ended third with 10 percent of the vote.
Rustavi is a city in the southeast of Georgia, in the region of Kvemo Kartli and 20 km (12 mi) southeast of capital Tbilisi. It has a population of 132,333, making it the fourth most populous city in Georgia. Its economy is dominated by the Rustavi Metallurgical Plant.
Rustavi 2 is a Georgian free-to-air television channel based in Tbilisi, that was founded in 1994 in the town of Rustavi.
Simi Garewal is an Indian actress, director, producer and a talk show host. She is the recipient of several awards including two Filmfare Awards and one Indian Television Academy Award. She is a staunch political supporter of Indian National Congress and is very vocal about it on social media.
Giorgi (Giga) Bokeria is a Georgian politician and was the secretary of the National Security Council of Georgia from November 2010 to November 2013. He is currently chairman of the Movement for Liberty - European Georgia.
Harris Kimberley Faulkner is an American conservative newscaster and television host who joined the Fox News Channel in 2005. She anchors The Faulkner Focus, a daily daytime show, and hosts Outnumbered. Additionally, she hosts her own primetime political franchise called Town Hall America with Harris Faulkner. She has received six Emmy Awards, including the 2005 Upper Midwest Emmy Awards for Best Newscaster (nominee) and Best News Special (recipient).
The Sandro Girgvliani murder case is one of the most notorious criminal cases in the modern history of Georgia. The killing, and the events that followed, generated heavy criticism of the former government, particularly the interior minister, and debate about the extent to which then President Mikheil Saakashvili had truly introduced judicial independence and a democratic culture into Georgian society.
The mass media in Georgia refers to mass media outlets based in the Republic of Georgia. Television, magazines, and newspapers are all operated by both state-owned and for-profit corporations which depend on advertising, subscription, and other sales-related revenues. The Constitution of Georgia guarantees freedom of speech. Georgia is the only country in its immediate neighborhood where the press is not deemed unfree. As a country in transition, the Georgian media system is under transformation.
Tinatin Givievna Kandelaki, known professionally as Tina Kandelaki, is a Georgian-born Russian journalist, television presenter, producer, and a co-owner of the Apostol company.
Oprah Gail Winfrey, also known mononymously as Oprah, is an American talk show host, television producer, actress, author, and media proprietor. She is best known for her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, broadcast from Chicago, which ran in national syndication for 25 years, from 1986 to 2011. Dubbed the "Queen of All Media", she was the richest African-American of the 20th century and was once the world's only black billionaire. By 2007, she was often ranked as the most influential woman in the world.
Sarah Elizabeth Cupp is an American television host, political commentator, and writer. In August 2017, she began hosting S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered, a political panel show, co-hosted by Andrew Levy, on HLN and later CNN.
DeAnna Marie Stagliano is an American television personality best known for her participation in season 11 of the ABC reality television show The Bachelor, and season 4 of The Bachelorette.
Mze TV was a Georgian television channel, launched in 2003 by Vano Chkhartishvili, a Georgian millionaire and member of the Georgian parliament from 1999 until 2007. He served as Economy Minister under President Eduard Shevardnadze from November 2001-November 2003.
Metalurgi Rustavi was a Georgian football team based in Rustavi, which has twice won the national league.
The Rustavi International Motorpark is a motor racing venue located 20 km (12 mi) south-east of Tbilisi, Georgia.
The following lists events that happened during 2015 in Georgia.
The following lists events in 2017 in Georgia.
Beka Mikeltadze is a Georgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Gwangju FC and the Georgia national team.
David Gogichaishvili is a Georgian television personality.
