Georgia
Temuri Iakobashvili: 'Russia loves Georgia; they just don’t love the Georgian state'
Obama in Russia, G8, ‘military exercises’ - the post-August war scene looks set to reach 100 political degrees celsius. The vice prime minister of Georgia, 42, on his young political generation, family and mutual love
georgia, dmitry medvedev, michail saakaschwili , russian federation
Vito Kolelishvili: rugby player on 'unpaid managers and sportsmen' in Georgia
In 2004, Vito Kolelishvili became a professional rugby player with Lelos, the national rugby union team. At 19, he is one of the few rugby players nominated ‘best player of 2008’, shortly after the Georgian national tournament ended. Interview
georgia, education, sport, money, interview, tbilisi, training
2008, war and independence: our ‘best’ of some of the worst events
January. Franco-German MEP and former student activist Daniel Cohn-Bendit tells the collective conscience to get over the 1968 riots. August. Russian bombs pepper Georgia. February. Kosovo becomes the world’s newest country with amidst divisions within the EU, a fact which was consolidated by the Irish people’s ‘no’ vote to the Lisbon treaty – September. It hasn’t been the most sparkling year for the EU
Press review: EU-Russia summit in Nice, friends again?
In a 14 November meeting in the southern French city, the EU wants to resume negotiations for a partnership agreement with Russia. Talks had been temporarily broken off after the August conflict in Georgia
georgia, european summit, energy, nato, summit, abkhazia, south ossetia
Barroso in the land of the rising sun
Is the EU trying to interfere in Japan? Plus, European troops in Georgia - weekly news from Brussels
georgia, japan, european elections 2009, euweek, josé manuel barroso, eudebate2009, diplomatie
LinEa babelblog: caricatures in democracy
A babelblog where satire is a speciality. Italian and Belgian cartoonists
georgia, italy, satire, robert mugabe, culture, belgium, war
Russia-Georgia: another summer war
When Georgia attacks South Ossetia, Russia attacks Georgia. Since the four-day conflict, Russia has 'recognised' the latter's two breakaway provinces. A historical summit follows up the EU's peace plan on 1 September. Diplomatic reactions, interviews with Abkhaz-Georgian politicians, plus a blogosphere roundup
- The Caucasus war viewed through Europe's blogs
- Poland and others - Europe's reactions to war
- War: Russia shows who is boss after bombs on Georgia
- Georgi Khaindrava: ‘Russia can't remain a member of the G8’
- Giulietto Chiesa on Russia-Georgia war: ‘Europe is responsible too’
- Voices: a South Ossetian in Turkey
- Abkhazia's Maxim Gunjia: 'the US reaction was openly pro-Georgian'
Ahiska: exodus into the unknown
Three years ago the Ahiska/ Meskhetian Turks resettlement programme began, from Russia to the USA. But what is in store for those who haven’t made it over the Atlantic?
georgia, immigration, turkey, human rights, world affairs, russian federation
Energy - new Russian missile?
As it plays an increasingly larger role in the relationship between Russia and its neighbours, is energy supply a way of seeing who is in control of the region?
georgia, estonia, europe, european union, eu frontiers, tallinn, central and eastern europe
Georgian women, invisible citizens
Women’s rights are neglected in the Caucasus, as illustrated in Tblisi, Georgia's capital
georgia, labour, men and women, discrimination, post-soviet states, caucasus, violence
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