120 results for Georgia

17 October 2008

Following this summer’s Georgian war, breakaway territory Abkhazia has been recognised as independent by Russia and Nicaragua. Limited diplomatic credibility hasn’t stopped it wanting the trappings of statehood: it hopes…

17 January 2009

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…

20 October 2011

Georgia’s second city is in the midst of a frantic transformation from sleepy resort to major tourist and investment hub. Intent on branding itself as a European-style cultural hotspot, it also aims to become a Caucasian…

27 September 2019

The first edition of a Georgian festival that’s bringing together musicians from the Caucasus to discuss their shared future.

17 February 2011

Style leader Sandra Roelofs, brain drain in the Czech Republic and election watch Estonia.

17 September 2008

During the conflict in South Ossetia, western media were given free access by the Georgian government, while on the Russian side, foreign journalists were being either arrested or herded around by the military. In both…

17 October 2008

Tapping into renewable energy in the Rift Valley, military news, and trouble for the US Navy's submarines.

17 October 2019

Georgia’s inaugural Tsinandali Festival is not merely a celebration of classical music. It’s also an attempt to bring together musicians in one orchestra from countries with fractious relations.

17 May 2007

Moscow says goodbye to brutalism and the twentysomethings running Georgia.

17 April 2014

Kosovo wants its own army, India wants to build its own weapons and the countries considering joining Nato.

17 November 2008

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…