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Published in: oDR: FeatureHow a Georgian mineral water plant got swept up in Russia’s war
Borjomi is one of the country’s few international brands. Now Western sanctions have left it in crisis
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Published in: 50.50: News‘They came armed with stones’: Violent mob storms Tbilisi Pride offices
Georgia’s Pride march cancelled after protesters attacked activists, journalists and passers-by
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Published in: 50.50: NewsGeorgia grants legal gender recognition to trans woman for first time
In a historic first, the conservative country of Georgia granted an appeal by a trans woman to change her gender on...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia’s growing cultural divide: a sign of far-right populism?
One year on since Georgia’s far right publicly announced themselves, how has their agenda developed?
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Published in: oDRAfgan Mukhtarli: behind bars, but not forgotten
This fearless journalist was abducted from the streets of Tbilisi and wound up in an Azerbaijani jail cell. We need...
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Published in: oDRAfgan Mukhtarli: after the abduction
My husband was kidnapped on the streets of Tbilisi and ended up in an Azerbaijani jail cell. Four months on, I’ve...
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Published in: HomeTorture was once 'normal' in Georgia's prisons — this is how they 'effectively abolished' it
Georgia's prisons used to be dirty and dangerous. Prisoners recounted beatings and NGOs reported institutionalised...
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Published in: 50.50Georgian migrant mothers: never to return home?
Older women migrants are locked into perpetual domestic work in New York, endlessly deferring retirement and...
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Published in: oDRVictory Day in Tbilisi
For Georgians, this Soviet commemoration doesn’t just bring up the past — it brings up the present too.
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Published in: HomeEnding impunity in Europe?
The International Criminal Court needs support in order to succeed with its investigation of Georgia and Russia.
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Published in: oDRThe curious case of Georgia’s Rustavi-2
A scandal in Georgia over the country's largest opposition TV station has polarised the country, raising pointed...
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Published in: oDRWhat do Georgians have against trade unions?
Faced with unemployment, people in Georgia are more likely to turn to support systems of family and friends than...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia’s grotesque democracy
Neoliberal dogma has taken root and, ahead of parliamentary elections next year, our political elites have nothing...
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Published in: oDRIn Georgia, justice delayed is justice denied
Giorgi Ugulava, political ally of Mikheil Saakashvili and former mayor of Tbilisi, has gone behind bars. Behind the...
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Published in: oDRSouth Ossetia's creeping border
Renewed tensions along the de-facto border between Georgia and South Ossetia have raised concerns in Tbilisi—and...
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Published in: oDRKakha Bendukidze and Georgia’s failed experiment
Kakha Bendukidze died in November 2014 at the age of 58. Bendukidze directed the whirlwind of economic reform that...
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Published in: HomeThe failed "mental revolution": Georgia, crime and criminal justice
Crime has been near the top of Georgia's political agenda for a decade. But successive governments have still to...
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Published in: oDRGeorgia and the Ukraine crisis
Georgians see the struggle for Ukrainian sovereignty as an analogue of their own fate.
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Published in: oDRGeorgia looks west, Armenia east
This summer, Georgia signed an Association Agreement with the EU, but its southern neighbour, Armenia, has opted for...
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Published in: oDRFrom Georgia to the EU is a long road
Georgia has signed an association agreement with the EU. But there is a long road ahead toward establishing...
Tell Priti Patel: Stop your attack on journalistic freedom
Journalists who share leaks of official information should not face life imprisonment for doing their job