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Published in: oDRAn unlikely home
Abkhazia may not be the first port of call for Syrian refugees, but historical ties link this unrecognised state on...
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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: oDRLeft in the dark: inside Georgia’s Chiatura mines
Workers at the Chiatura mines in western Georgia toil in abysmal conditions. Strikes, puppet trade unions and a...
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Published in: oDRIs the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway worth the fuss?
The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway costs hundreds of millions of dollars and has been delayed several times. It is set to...
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Published in: oDRThe mountains have ears: legislating against surveillance in Georgia
The late 2000s saw illegal wiretaps and surveillance ramp up in Georgia. New laws to deal with this legacy are yet...
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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: oDRGeorgia’s healthcare privatisation stands as a warning to Ukrainian reformers
Ukraine's government is eager to overhaul the country's ageing healthcare system. Following Georgia's example may be...
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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: oDRSaakashvili is turning politics upside down in Ukraine
Down on the Black Sea, ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakasvhili is making waves as the new governor of Odessa. Is...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian fiction – in translation at last
At last, we can read what we have been missing – a literature as unpredictable as Georgian politics.
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Published in: oDRHappy Independence Day, Georgia!
Since 1991, Georgia has celebrated Independence Day annually on 26 May. But this national holiday only exposes the...
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Published in: oDRA new partnership for co-operation in the Black Sea
An economic and strategic partnership between Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey is ramping up, and turning to the West.
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Published in: oDRGeorgia's puzzled transition
The disintegration of the Soviet Union has given birth to a new and difficult reality in Georgia.
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Published in: oDRAgreement by association: Georgia edges closer to Europe
Georgia’s signing of the Association Agreement with the EU has been welcomed by the country’s people and its elite,...
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Published in: oDRGeorgian Muslims are strangers in their own country
The Republic of Georgia is an avowedly Christian country, but one out of every ten Georgian citizens is Muslim.
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Published in: oDRFilm review: (Oscar-nominated) 'Tangerines'
Tangerines, an Estonian film about the Abkhaz-Georgian conflict, is up for an Oscar in the category of Best Foreign...
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Published in: oDRThe end of the Georgian dream
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili's decision on 4 November 2014 to dismiss Defence Minister Irakli...
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Published in: oDRLetter from Tbilisi
Academic concepts about EU foreign policy and the European Neighbourhood Policy are not always enough to explain...