Stories about Georgia from June, 2006
Georgia: Tbilisi Driving
Hans reports on the dangers of driving in Tbilisi.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
Standing at the edge of the abyss close to Kyrgyzstan's Pik Lenin, let's not waste any time to present you the highlights from two weeks of online conversation from Central Asia and the Caucasus. Armenia: Onnik Krikorian posts another one of his indispensable roundups from the Armenian blogosphere on his...
Georgia: An Armenian in Tbilisi
Zarchka writes about Tbilisi and Georgia, remarking on the difficulties associated with trying to speak Russian there, noting the parks and scenery in the capital, and contrasting the country with Armenia.
Georgia: The Paradox of Choice
Sue of SueAndNotU writes about Georgia's regional food specialties and remarks that the constant availability of foods in the United States denies Americans some of the great pleasures of unavailability.
Armenia, Georgia: Tourism Promotion
Onnik Krikorian discusses Georgian and Armenian plans to promote tourism to their countries to Western audiences.
Voices from Central Asia and the Caucasus
The Pamirs in sight, Kyrgyzstan Welcome to the latest roundup of the Central Asian and Caucasian blogosphere, brought to you bi-weekly by neweurasia. This edition reaches you from sunny Berlin, where the World Cup is in full swing (making this roundup inevitably brief). Unfortunately, the Azeri blogosphere is still underrepresented...
Kazakhstan: Joining the BTC
Ben Paarmann notes that Kazakhstan has finally officially announced it will join the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline and gives an overview of the country's oil export options.
Georgia: Borjomi
Jeremy, who is on his way to Armenia, sings the praises of Borjomi, Georgia, known to many in the Soviet Union as a summer retreat, the source of the country's famous mineral water, and a candidate for the 2014 Olympics.
Georgia: Batumi Boom
Tourism in Batumi is flourishing, and as a result, refugees living there are being paid to move on, notes Hulegu's Campaign.
Ukraine: Georgian Wine Banned in Russia, Advertised in Kyiv
Konstantin Dlutskiy of Russian Marketing Blog doesn't think highly of the recent ad campaign of Georgian wine in Kyiv, Ukraine: “The caption on the poster goes, ‘It has more freedom than allowed. Georgian wine is banned in Russia.’ […] The message is clear but the target audience is probably too...
Russia, Georgia: Railway Reopened
The railway between Moscow and Tbilisi hasn't been used in 13 years, but now the service is being restored, reports Vilhelm Konnander: “Even though the newly reopened Tbilisi-Moscow connection is not via Abkhazia, negotiations are underway between Russia, Georgia, Armenia and Abkhazia, to reopen also the line running through Abkhazia...