Bad debt to “disappear” in Georgia A near total bailout of delinquent loans brings relief to many Georgians, in spite of criticisms that it was a vote-buying scheme. Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 20, 2018
Georgian coal town longs for Chinese rescue Locals need the jobs; environmentalists and transparency activists are aghast. Nicholas Muller Nov 13, 2018
Turkmenistan threatens Belarusian company with international arbitration A Belarusian-built potash plant is producing way less than it should. Nov 6, 2018
Perspectives | Tourism sustains, and threatens, Georgia’s highland heritage Tales of an authentic society living at the edge of time fail to account for higher living standards in the Soviet heyday. A visual commentary by Stefan Applis Nov 2, 2018
Marijuana exports become the talk of Georgia's presidential campaign The opposition claims that kingmaker Bidzina Ivanishvili is aiming to be “Georgia's Pablo Escobar.” Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 19, 2018
Georgia bans plastic bags, marking the end of an era In the Soviet Union, plastic bags were hallmarks of modernity. Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 8, 2018
Belarus: Eco-protestors target proposed shipping route through Ukraine and Poland The EU and multilateral lenders are studying the project. Tom Allan Sep 5, 2018
Georgia’s predatory lenders are punishing the poor Georgian indebtedness has reached crisis proportions. And lenders take a scant, if any, look at customers’ creditworthiness. Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 15, 2018
Istanbul's storied 'suitcase trade' with ex-USSR remains resilient despite downturn The trade is one of the strongest links between Istanbul and the former Soviet world. Paul Benjamin Osterlund, Photos by Hilaneh Mahmoudi Aug 9, 2018
Will there be wine on Mars? Georgia prepares its grapes for an interplanetary mission Giorgi Lomsadze Jun 26, 2018
With loss of parliament, Georgia's second city prepares for a downgrade Prospective changes would reverse the previous government's efforts to share with Kutaisi some of the development that booming Tbilisi has enjoyed. Joshua Kucera Jun 21, 2018
Report details increasing trade between Georgia, Abkhazia, South Ossetia Political disputes still continue to hinder efforts to formalize the trade, however, the International Crisis Group found. Joshua Kucera May 24, 2018
Georgia stakes place on wild frontier of blockchain governance Georgia was the first country to register land titles using blockchain. Bradley Jardine May 16, 2018
Stink bugs invade Georgia; Russia blames the U.S. Could an insect war be hatching in the Caucasus? Giorgi Lomsadze May 11, 2018
As Stalin-era factory turns to crypto mining, Georgian workers protest Workers are concerned that energy-hungry cryptocurrency mining is killing jobs. Bradley Jardine Apr 20, 2018