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Women Building Peace in the South Caucasus

Platform helps activists and writers from conflict regions come together.
Georgians Long to Visit South Ossetia

People cut off by the de facto border still want to visit cemeteries on the other side.
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Investigation of Russia-Georgia War

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda says there are reasonable grounds to look into crimes allegedly committed during 2008 conflict.
Georgia and South Ossetia in Rare Accord

Pragmatism wins out in agreement to sort out defective waterways vital to both sides.
Georgian Journalists Report from No Man's Land

IWPR takes Georgian reporters to a village on the fragile boundary with South Ossetia.

Georgian parliament. (Photo: Akhali Gazeti newspaper)

7 Feb 13

As new administration seeks thaw with Moscow, president’s people want pro-West, anti-Russia clauses written into constitution.

Women and Displacement in Georgia

IWPR Georgia

1 Nov 12

IWPR/UN Women event focuses on areas with high numbers of refugees from Abkhazian and South Ossetian conflicts.

Russian Army Returns, Bringing Familiar Bad Tidings

IWPR

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.

Georgia At The Crossroads

Ia Antadze

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.

In Search Of Another 'Small Victorious War'

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"

Building Democratic Culture In The Caucasus From The Ground Up

IWPR

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.

Planning joint stories and networking activities for the Georgian, Abkhaz and South Ossetian participants in an IWPR workshop. (Photo: IWPR)

IWPR Caucasus Builds Women's Rights Reporting Network

IWPR Georgia

4 Oct 12

Georgian, Abkhaz and Ossetian activists and reporters to work on joint stories.

Protestors with a placard showing Alla Jioyeva’s decisive election victory over her rivals in November. She is not among the four candidates standing this time. (Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva)

South Ossetia Heads Into Crucial Vote

Gana Yanovskaya

23 Mar 12

Rerun of presidential election stems from debacle in November.

Mamuka Kuparadze, a Georgian film-maker who often works with his counterparts in Abkhazia. (Photo: Mirian Koridze)

Georgia Struggles to Find Viable Paths to Peace

Giorgi Tskhvitava

30 Sep 11

Government roadmap envisages direct route to restoring sovereignty over Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but experts say more innovative approaches are needed.