Georgia

Georgia in the Black, For Once

The treasury coffers are filling up at last, although it’s hard to say whether quick-fix tax collection methods are legal or sustainable.

4 Aug 04

Activists fear media under pressure following detention of independent newspaper chief.

4 Aug 04

Residents of areas adjoining planned Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline fear construction work may trigger landslides.

23 Jul 04

After a turbulent first half-year as president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili shows no signs of slowing down.

7 Jul 04

The Georgian president has completed his takeover of the former dissident republic of Ajaria – but opened up a split in the ruling regime.

23 Jun 04

Most people seem glad to see the back of Ajaria’s former ruler Aslan Abashidze.

6 May 04

A stolen medieval ivory triptych will be returned to Tbilisi, not the museum that used to exhibit it in South Ossetia.

15 Apr 04

Azerbaijan’s “third sector” appeals for better treatment from the authorities

15 Apr 04

Opposition coalition organises protests in an attempt to bring about a "rose revolution" of its own.

8 Apr 04

The Georgian president and the Ajarian leader have averted the threat of civil war – for now.

18 Mar 04

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