Affairs / Film
Monocolumn
Thursday 22 October
Lights, camera, propaganda!
A president, dressed in a sharp suit and red tie, addresses crowds of cheering flag-waving Georgians from outside the parliament building in Tbilisi.
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Design / Architecture
Tbilisi two
In an attempt to attract foreign investment and ditch its Soviet-era image, the Georgian president has enlisted Michele De Lucchi to fill the capital’s skies with ambitious architecture. The Italian is clearly succeeding…
Affairs / Government
New iron lady
After last summer’s disastrous war against Russia, Georgia’s opposition leaders felt that patriotism should come before any attack on their president, Mikheil Saakashvili. But now the time for retribution is getting nearer…
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Thursday 20 January
A case of opposites attract for Georgia and Iran
If Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visits the Georgian capital Tbilisi this year, he might feel somewhat uncomfortable as his motorcade speeds down the main road from the airport to the city centre – it’s called George W Bush Street…
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Friday 30 October
Shore thing?
A sensible investor could be forgiven for looking elsewhere. Batumi doesn’t quite scream out “promising resort town with guaranteed return on investments” to those with a tuned sense of risk.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Monday 19 July
Back to old-school agitprop
Russian television has been airing some unusual programmes over the past week.
Affairs / Television
Monocolumn
Thursday 4 February
Mystery of the missing TV channel
On Monday a new television channel was due to take to the air but when viewers tried to tune in it wasn’t there.
Affairs / Politics
Infamous five
For every politician who thinks before speaking, there are more who charge ahead regardless. And for every firm that embarks on intelligent design or innovative commerce, there are numerous others littering landscapes with…
Affairs / Politics
Europe Briefing
The elections, the people, the big ideas and the issues you'l be hearing more about in Europe in the year to come.
Affairs / Government
Europe Briefing
Style leader Sandra Roelofs, brain drain in the Czech Republic and election watch Estonia.
Edits / Travel
Expo 55: Tbilisi
Chaotically beautiful, brimming with optimism and inhabited by friendly, fun-loving people, the capital of Georgia is a lesson in transformation.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy Briefing
We meet Georgia’s ambassador to Germany and take a dip at the UN swimming club in Geneva.
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
For the past three years, people travelling on the E4 motorway from Helsingborg to Haparanda have been following the construction of Dragon Gate with wonder. Why on earth would someone build a Chinese cultural centre and…
Affairs / Politics
Europe briefing
Moscow says goodbye to brutalism and the twentysomethings running Georgia.