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People cut off by the de facto border still want to visit cemeteries on the other side. -
Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says there are reasonable grounds to look into crimes allegedly committed during 2008 conflict. -
Pragmatism wins out in agreement to sort out defective waterways vital to both sides. -
IWPR takes Georgian reporters to a village on the fragile boundary with South Ossetia.
7 Feb 13
As new administration seeks thaw with Moscow, president’s people want pro-West, anti-Russia clauses written into constitution.
1 Nov 12
IWPR/UN Women event focuses on areas with high numbers of refugees from Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts.
8 Oct 12
Moscow is again embarking on an attempt to subdue Chechnya by force. Although many of the stated aims are different and so far the military tactics are marginally less brutal, the experience for the local population is exactly the same.
8 Oct 12
Politics has, it seems, never been so popular in Georgia. But the voters are being offered two very different views on the country's future by parties contesting the coming parliamentary elections.
8 Oct 12
The message from the Kremlin PR machine on its latest campaign in the north Caucasus is simple. "We'll win it this time"
8 Oct 12
Unresolved conflict in the Southern Caucasus and the return to war in the North is a problem for all. But democratisation must be a fundamental part of the solution.
4 Oct 12
Georgian, Abkhaz and Ossetian activists and reporters to work on joint stories.
23 Mar 12
Rerun of presidential election stems from debacle in November.
30 Sep 11
Government roadmap envisages direct route to restoring sovereignty over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but experts say more innovative approaches are needed.
19 May 11
Some analysts warn that delving too deep into other people’s history could create problems in the here and now.
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