Georgia

Sixty Minutes Plays with Fire

Government attempts to gag a crusading TV programme spark widespread condemnation in Tbilisi. The president backs down. For the time being, at least.

9 Jun 00

Search for Abkhazia UN Officials

Fears are growing that a group of UN observers and charity workers may have fallen into the hands of Abkhazian separatist gunmen.

2 Jun 00

Radiation Victims to Lobby President

A group of Georgian ex-soldiers, who are suffering from radiation sickness, are demanding a government probe into the true legacies of the Soviet nuclear arsenal

12 May 00

Georgia Awaits a Transfiguration

Eduard Shevardnadze's inauguration ceremony was redolent with omens of a brighter future but thin on promises of decisive reform.

5 May 00

Ajaria: A Fool's Paradise?

Ajarian leader Aslan Abashidze is fond of boasting that he has created a virtual "paradise" on the shores of the Black Sea. But not of all his subjects would agree with him.

28 Apr 00

The Shadowland of Abkhazia

Lacking natural resources and political stability, Abkhazia's hard-won independence has doomed its people to a life of grinding poverty.

20 Apr 00

Georgia's Winter of Discontent

Eduard Shevardnadze hopes that an upsurge in the electricity supply on the eve of the presidential elections will blur bitter memories of winter deficits.

5 Apr 00
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