Georgia

Georgia's Culture of Graft

Time and again the Georgian government targets corruption but it just seems to be part of the make-up

17 Aug 01

Can the prime minister take the bribery out of bureaucracy, where his predecessors have failed?

17 Aug 01

The current escalation in crime in northeast Georgia could fuel renewed conflict in the region.

31 Jul 01

The killing of popular Georgian journalist Giorgi Sanaia has triggered an unprecedented outpouring of public grief and anger.

31 Jul 01

Georgians uprooted by the Abkhaz conflict are finding imaginative ways of overcoming the state's failure to provide them with decent accommodation.

24 Jul 01

The recently-founded New Right Party joins the race to become Georgia's political alternative

29 Jun 01

A symbolic victory by Georgia's united opposition points towards a lack of party discipline in the CUG

18 Jun 01

The soldiers' protest over pay and conditions is symptomatic of a growing malaise in Georgian society

29 May 01

A protest staged by disaffected guardsmen on the eve of Georgian Independence Day is followed by riots in downtown Tbilisi

29 May 01

An opposition coalition could force President Shevardnadze to rethink his local government bill

21 May 01

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