Tbilisi’s Armenian heritage is danger of being forgotten entirely, but there is some hope. Armenian intellectuals, wealthy merchants and leading cultural figures...
Soso Dzamukashvili
Soso Dzamukashvili is a junior reporter at Emerging Europe.
It has been a decade since Tajikistan ceded part of its territory to China in lieu of loan repayments. Is history about to repeat itself? In 2011 Tajikistan offered...
Mikheil Saakashvili’s return to Georgia last weekend – and his subsequent arrest – likely had little impact on the country’s local elections. In his...
In the Georgian town of Kvareli, an NGO is following in the footsteps of one of its most famous son, writer Ilia Chavchavadze. You may not be familiar with the Georgian...
For decades, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has kept Russia at arm’s length. Today, he may no longer have the tools to do so. It has been more than 20...
Georgia’s local elections – scheduled for October 2 – are this year about far more than mayors and local councils. The stakes in Georgia’s upcoming...
Just a few metres from Georgia’s heavily-fortified border with Russian-occupied South Ossetia, an Orthodox bishop is using culture – and his love for...
October marks one year since protests against the results of a disputed election in Kyrgyzstan led to the overthrow of the country’s government and promises of a...
After almost three decades, Turkey and Armenia might finally be about to restore diplomatic relations. Russia is likely to be the biggest loser if they do. At the end of...
Georgian cinema? Go on, give it a go. To make things easy for you we have picked five films that serve as the perfect introduction the contemporary Georgian cinema. What...
The two former Soviet republics of Armenia and Moldova have a lot in common: since independence, both have been involved in armed conflict, and both have regularly seen...
What was behind the Georgian government’s decision last month to turn down an EU loan? Georgia’s government has pointed to a high level of economic growth...
