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Tikaradze visiting a hospital in Batumi

Georgia’s COVID outbreak grows from molehill to “Everest”

In the early days of the pandemic, Georgia enjoyed one of the most enviable rates in the world. Things began to fall apart in late summer.
Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 7, 2020
No crowds, except when he comes out. (state media)

Turkmenistan: The dammed united

Travel bans, dams and Russian fans. This and more in our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.
Akhal-Teke: A Turkmenistan Bulletin Nov 24, 2020
parliament

Election clashes, COVID deepen crisis in Georgia

Rights activists blasted the authorities' use of force.
Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 9, 2020
Giorgi Gakharia

New wave of COVID complicates Georgian ruling party’s election strategy

The Georgian government’s strict, successful early response earned it political dividends. But with a new outbreak, that success is coming under question.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 25, 2020
Fire breathing

Georgia experiences its first wave of COVID-19

With their borders still largely closed, Georgians hit the beach and let their guard down. The epidemiological result was inevitable.
Giorgi Lomsadze Sep 18, 2020
all photos by Giorgi Lomsadze

Georgia’s park of runaway trees

Crowds are flocking to visit a new botanical wonderland that stands as testimony to the sway the billionaire chairman of the country’s ruling party holds over the nation.
Giorgi Lomsadze Aug 19, 2020
USAID/EU aid to Abkhazia

Abkhazia calls for volunteers to help with COVID outbreak

Many in the territory blame the rising numbers of coronavirus cases on the authorities’ decision to open up to Russian tourists.
Joshua Kucera Aug 19, 2020
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia’s approval rating has tripled over the last year (gov.ge)

Georgia’s epidemiological elections

If Georgian Dream wins a third consecutive term as Georgia’s governing party – a feat no party has achieved before – it will largely have COVID-19 to thank.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 23, 2020
Wizz Air

Georgia demurs on restoring travel to Europe

Georgia was one of a select few countries to be approved for travel to the EU in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the Georgian authorities are taking a pass.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 1, 2020
Testing in Tbilisi

A Georgian COVID-19 survival story

Georgia’s coronavirus prevention efforts have been widely praised. But its treatment strategy also appears to have been a success.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jul 1, 2020
Putin and Bzhania

Abkhazia leader meets Putin hoping for Russian bailout

As coronavirus cripples the territory’s tourism season and Russia has stopped sending aid, Abkhazia faces a 10 percent GDP decline this year.
Joshua Kucera Jun 25, 2020
Demonstrations in Tbilisi last summer continued for weeks after the Gavrilov Night. (David Trilling)

Georgian opposition starts uniting ahead of fall elections

While the country’s volatile politics went to the back burner during the coronavirus pandemic, the opposition is getting into action again with a new unity slate and a planned weekend protest.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jun 19, 2020
Gakharia Armenia

Georgia offers Armenia help to fight COVID-19

The neighborly gesture comes after the two countries sparred over their respective responses to the pandemic.
Giorgi Lomsadze Jun 11, 2020
The Chachava Clinic, one of the oldest maternity hospitals in Georgia, started surrogacy services in 2014 (photo: Chachava Clinic)

Parents struggle to reach newborn surrogates in Georgia

Dozens of babies are marooned in hospitals, their international parents unable to travel during the coronavirus crisis.
Pearly Jacob May 27, 2020
Health Minister Arsen Torosyan (Health Ministry)

Georgia and Armenia bicker over pandemic response

Tbilisi may have refused to let the insult slide because Georgia’s coronavirus response has become an electoral platform for the governing party, which faces a parliamentary vote this fall.
Giorgi Lomsadze May 26, 2020

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