It is suffering from a crippling trade embargo and is locked in a war of words with its neighbour, Russia. Things are so bad for Georgia that the tiny Caucasus state has decided only one thing can rescue its image: Jennifer Lopez.
The government has offered the American dancer turned singer, actor and fashion icon $500,000 ( £273,000) to go to Georgia to celebrate Independence Day in the capital, Tbilisi, on May 26. |