Even before Russia invaded Ukraine, passenger ferry services between the five countries of the Black Sea were few and far between. A possible new service from Constanța...
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Solidarity Community is battling to advance the cause of Georgia’s Muslims, and to change public perceptions about a heritage long seen as foreign. Georgia is an...
Mikheil Saakashvili’s return to Georgia last weekend – and his subsequent arrest – likely had little impact on the country’s local elections. In his...
Central and Eastern Europe was late to the skyscraper party, but it’s quickly catching up. Here are ten of the tallest buildings in the region: some of which are...
Regional actors need to work together to make the most of the potential for greater trade connectivity between Europe and wider Central Asia via the Black Sea and the...
One of the world’s most renowned classical pianists and a UNESCO artist for peace, Elisso Bolkvadze is preparing for a new role, as an MP with a vision for the role of...
Now in its eighth year, the Batumi Black Sea Music and Art Festival (BBSMAF) is once again set to bring together classical music lovers, learners, and aficionados from...
Georgia got Covid-19 right, but its tourism industry is paying the price for others getting it wrong
Few countries in emerging Europe have dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic as well as Georgia, where the total number of cases has been limited to fewer than 1,000. Just 15...
Georgia’s coastal city of Batumi is set to be one of the first destinations in the world to reopen to international tourists. Following the recommendations of the...
I last took a flight, a two-legged trip from Tallinn to Bucharest (via Warsaw), on March 13. Friday the 13th, for what it’s worth, two months ago. It was uneventful...
Just arrived at Batumi International Airport on Georgia’s Black Sea coast? The chances are you will need a ride into town. There’s a bus, the number 10...
Officially, it’s still known as Man and Woman, the name with which it made its debut at the Venice Biennale more than a decade ago. To the people of Batumi, the...