Tamada Travels: A Camel Looks for Love in the Caucasus For a country, like Georgia, keen on promoting its European credentials, a camel attack in the center of its capital city is not exactly the most expected event. Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 11, 2014
Georgia: Remembering Eduard Shevardnadze (1928-2014) A man of controversy as much as change, former Georgian President and Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze has died at the age of 86. Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 7, 2014
Georgia: Memories of Stalin’s Purges That division over how to view the Stalin era is not limited to statues alone. Giorgi Lomsadze May 12, 2014
Tamada Travels: Iran’s Forbidden Rockers The Iranian heavy-metal band Masters of Persia left Iran in 2011 in search of a place amenable to their music and style. Giorgi Lomsadze May 2, 2014
Tamada Travels: The Color of Parajanov Iconic filmmaker Sergo Parajanov – a man who in his lifetime gained a reputation as the Soviet Union’s Fellini – would have turned 90 today. Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 9, 2014