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23 February 2012

Georgia: Online Campaign Targets Russian President's Facebook Page

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Freedom of Speech, Governance

With Russian soldiers stations in Georgia's breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, hundreds of Georgians called for their withdrawal on the Russian president's Facebook page.

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2 January 2012

Caucasus: The Year in Review

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Freedom of Speech, Arts & Culture

As popular uprisings spread through the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, opposition forces tried to replicate the Arab Spring in the South Caucasus. However, they failed.

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26 June 2011

Armenia: LGBT Persons Still Facing Discrimination

Written by Liana Aghajanian · Human Rights, Women & Gender

LGBT persons are still facing discrimination in Armenia and much of the rest of the South Caucasus, a new groundbreaking two-year study by the Council of Europe (CoE) has found.

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20 June 2011

Georgia: Government 2.0

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Development, Governance

With 621,640 Facebook users in the country, Georgia boasts the largest penetration for the social networking site in the region. Naturally, government agencies and officials are now starting to reach out to citizens online.

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5 June 2011

Georgia: Sharon Stone Seducing the Nation

Written by Ana Keshelashvili · Arts & Culture, Film

The most popular topic for discussion on social networks, as well as by the online and traditional media, this weekend was the premiere of Renny Harlin's movie about the 2008 Georgia-Russia war. However, the most important guest invited for the premiere was Hollywood actress Sharon Stone.

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5 April 2011

Azerbaijan: Novruz Bayramı

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Arts & Culture, Ethnicity & Race

Novruz, a holiday celebrated in Iran, Afghanistan and other countries, was once again also observed in Azerbaijan on 21 March although festivities started weeks before. This year was no different, and Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in the former Soviet republic once again commented on the event.

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19 March 2011

Georgia: Journalists Dismissed Because of Facebook Hate Speech

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Human Rights, Religion

On 18 March 2011, the Georgian Public Broadcaster dismissed two of its journalists, Giorgi Tukhareli and Giorgi Gabrichidze, because of offensive comments they made on Facebook against homosexuals as and the Vatican as well as the Catholic Church.

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3 February 2011

Georgia: Blogger action in support of evicted IDPs

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Development, Governance

Following the eviction of IDP families from Abkhazia and South Ossetia, bloggers in Tbilisi, Georgia, have joined ranks with protesters demanding an end to their often forcible relocation and demands for proper housing.

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9 January 2011

Christmas in Armenia and Georgia… and on Twitter

Written by Onnik Krikorian · Arts & Culture, Religion

While Christmas was observed in the West on 25 December, other countries instead celebrated it earlier this week. In Armenia, however, it even became a trending topic on Twitter .

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7 January 2011

Georgia: Policeman fired after being identified on Facebook

Written by Mirian Jugheli · Governance, Human Rights

After the excessive use of force by policemen to break up a demonstration in Tbilisi, Georgia, many Facebook users used the site to identify those responsible.

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Updates about Georgia

17 May 2012

14 May 2012

English

The Young Georgians posts video of this weekend's flash flood in Tbilisi, Georgia. Five people, including two children, are reported dead.

• Onnik Krikorian

9 May 2012

English

Despite growing concerns about plans to build a new city on swamp land, Democracy and Freedom Watch says that Lazika will be included in the country's Constitution. With no transparency in the decision-making process, the blog sarcastically notes that for now the city exists only in the form of a Facebook page.

• Onnik Krikorian

4 May 2012

2 May 2012

24 April 2012

English

Writing on The PIK.TV blog, the channel's English-language editor, Tbilisi-based Nicholas Alan Clayton, comments on plans to construct a new city in Georgia. With little transparency in planning the Lazika development, recently referred to as an ‘instant city in a swamp' by the New York Times, the blog says that while many reforms since the 2003 Rose Revolution have been inspiring, this is not one of them.

• Onnik Krikorian

4 April 2012

31 March 2012

Georgian

A satirical video posted on YouTube takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the development of Georgia ahead of parliamentary elections later this year and a presidential vote in 2013. With the current president, Milhail Saakashvili, unable to run for a third term in office it foresees him following in the footsteps of his nemesis, Russia's Vladimir Putin, by becoming prime minister as Georgia joins NATO, regains the lost territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, hosts world famous rock bands in seaside resorts, launches a space programme, develops a small town to take the place of Amsterdam as a sex-capital, and much, much more.

• Onnik Krikorian

30 March 2012

Comments on "Georgia"

Georgia: LGBT Activists Attacked by Orthodox Religious Group

I always find it humoring when "christians" claim that this is a christian or predominantly christian nation. It may be...

Ahiska Turks have not Disappeared they Live in the United states Freely and i am One of them there Are...
As a Meskhetian Turk living in Georgia and are actively looking the process , I think that our Mesketain's repatriation...
Thank you for this very striking article Onnik. As a 3rd generation ethnic Abkhaz refugee in Turkey, I know how...