Natia Kuprashvili
Contributor
Contributor
Natia Kuprashvili is the head of the PhD programme in Mass Communication at Tbilisi State University and the director of the Journalism Resource Centre. With over 20 years of experience in the media, she previously served as the editor of IWPR's South Caucasia newspaper Panorama.
Government insists there is no contradiction between ties with Tehran and its pro-western stance.
Georgian constitutional changes raise fears among opposition, who suspect president may be trying to emulate Putin.
New equality law not enough to stop beatings, say campaigners. By Natia Kuprashvili in Tbilisi
Volunteers try to help bereaved youngsters still traumatised by the conflict.
Press and broadcasters seen as subservient, misleading many about their safety.
But reluctance to remove figure from town damaged in August war reflects nation’s ambivalence towards dictator.
Georgians uprooted by the war wonder what a year of neglect will have done to their homes.
As number of bank defaulters expands almost tenfold in only a year, calls grow for government to step in.
They say talk of radical democratic reform highlights past failings.
Lengthy list of missing in action suggests official death toll may be under-estimated.