With the dissolution of the Soviet Union came rapid societal shifts. In Georgia, people called for the end of the Russification of their country and their culture.

Eduard Shevardnadze was key to fighting back the linguistic challenge from Moscow in 1978 (AFP) Thirty years ago, thousands of angry Georgians took to the streets of Tbilisi in defense of their native ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (July 7, 2010) -- The newly constructed Georgia National Guard Language Training Center recently opened its doors at the Clay National Guard Center in Marietta, Ga., and provides the ...

Was an 18th-century king of Georgia, Erekle II, a “traitor”? That was the recent claim of Levan Berdzenishvili, one of Georgia’s more liberal commentators. Berdzenishvili was revisiting a pivotal ...

The former Soviet state of Georgia has found an unusual way to hit back at Russia, which invaded Georgia in 2008. The Caucasus nation is changing its official second language from Russian, which has ...

Discontent is rising within Georgia's Armenian community, the country's largest ethnic minority, driven by complaints concerning the central government's language policy, as well as perceptions of ...

TBILISI (Reuters) - With Alexander Pushkin's framed visage on the wall and creased editions of fellow Russian literary giants on dusty shelves, Natela Chokhonelidze's office recalls a very different ...

The FINANCIAL — English is the most widespread language in the world according to experts. Estimates say that there are more than 350,000,000 native English speakers and more than 400,000,000 speakers ...

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — A northeast Georgia county says it’s exempt from providing Spanish language ballots for at least another five years. The Times of Gainesville reports that Hall County officials say ...