Georgia

Kyrgyz Officials Send Pre-Election Warning

Protesters' arrests seen as signal that authorities won't put up with unrest in advance of next year's elections.

21 Feb 05

Opposition politicians in Tbilisi claim authorities are short-changing locals whose homes were damaged or destroyed.

3 Feb 05

The pollution of the River Debed is causing manifold problems in northern Armenia.

13 Jan 05

Kutaisi’s local government is now mostly composed of former civil society workers – leaving nobody to keep a critical eye on the authorities.

7 Jan 05

President Saakashvili turns to his closest loyalists in ministerial changes.

22 Dec 04

Photographs by Giorgy Kraveishvili (17-Dec-04)

17 Dec 04

A local land dispute has escalated following the death of an elderly Azerbaijani woman in southern Georgia.

16 Dec 04

Draft bill aimed at stamping out corruption is denounced as “anti-Georgian” by nationalists and viewed with suspicion by students and minorities.

16 Dec 04

The Georgian Orthodox Church rejects criticism that it is abusing its special status in society.

1 Dec 04

Public discontent with Tbilisi’s new regime in Ajaria mounts, not helped by officials’ refusal to talk about where revenues have gone.

25 Nov 04

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