Georgia

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

One Horse Race in Tbilisi

Most voters quietly accept that President Eduard Shevardnadze will win the April 9 elections - but they bitterly resent the fact that there is no real alternative.

5 Apr 00

Georgian Women Break the Mould

New economic realities are eroding the traditional stereotype of Georgian women as devoted home-makers and long-suffering martyrs.

3 Mar 00

Clash of the Tbilisi Titans

Georgia's political heavyweights are set to cross swords in the wake of Shevardnadze's expected election victory

11 Feb 00
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