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Georgia, Caucasus

Coronavirus testing Georgia’s faith in its church

Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 23, 2020
Georgian priests Georgian priests drive around Tbilisi on March 17 in an effort to protect the city against the coronavirus outbreak. (photo: Facebook, Georgian Patriarchate)

Georgia has imposed a ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, in what many have interpreted as an end run around a church that is refusing to properly protect its services against the spread of the novel coronavirus, setting off an unprecedented rebellion against its previously sacrosanct church.

Georgia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus

Azerbaijan releases imprisoned journalist who had been abducted from Georgia

Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 18, 2020
Mukhtarli Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli shortly after being released from prison on March 17. (photo: Facebook, Leyla Mustafayeva)

Azerbaijan has freed a journalist who was the victim of an alleged conspiracy with the Georgian government to silence an outspoken reporter.

Georgia, Caucasus

Georgian parties reach agreement to resolve crisis

Giorgi Lomsadze Mar 9, 2020
Degnan U.S. ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan, center, meets leaders of Georgian opposition parties on February 18 to help resolve a long-running political crisis. The ruling and opposition parties announced a deal on March 8. (photo: U.S. Embassy, Tbilisi)

An end to Georgia’s political unrest appears to be in sight following a landmark agreement to reform the country’s election system. With the new system, the country could be entering an era of coalition governance and ending the current dominance of disproportionately powerful ruling parties. 

Georgia, Caucasus

Georgians advised to stop kissing amid coronavirus scare

Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 28, 2020
Gamkrelidze The director of Georgia’s Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Amiran Gamkrelidze, at a press conference where he advised against kissing to prevent the spread of coronavirus. (photo: Facebook, Center for Disease Control and Public Health, Georgia))

Georgia’s top doctor has instructed people to refrain from kissing following the arrival of coronavirus in the country. The prescription might be hard to follow, though, as kissing is something of a national pastime in Georgia.

Azerbaijan, Caucasus

Azerbaijan’s post-(Soviet)-truth moment

Giorgi Lomsadze Feb 20, 2020
Aliyev Munich Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev speaking at the Munich Security Conference. (photo: president.az)

One of the perks of being an authoritarian ruler is that you never say anything wrong. Or rather, if you do there is an entire state apparatus ready to auto-correct you.

When Azerbaijan’s fourth-term president, Ilham Aliyev, made a slip of the tongue about his nation’s most vital security interest, the main state news agency simply edited the video recording to pretend that he had said nothing wrong.

Azerbaijan, Iran, Caucasus

Can Azerbaijan serve as a playground for Iran?

Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 27, 2020
Esteghlal Iran's Esteghlal soccer club celebrates during the 2018 AFC Champion's League campaign. This year's tournament games may have to be held outside Iran, and Azerbaijan is volunteering. (photo: AFC)

Soccer is among the arenas where international tensions are taking a toll on Iran. Under a temporary ban from hosting international matches, Tehran might need a home away from home for games scheduled in Iran. Its neighbor to the north, Azerbaijan, appears ready to step into the breach.

Georgia, Caucasus

Georgia’s crowd-size politics

Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 17, 2019
GD rally The crowd at a government-organized rally to celebrate Georgia's chairmanship of the Council of Europe. (photo: Georgian Dream Facebook page)

An extravagant rally in Tbilisi on December 14 was ostensibly a celebration of Georgia’s debut as the chair of Europe’s top human rights body and the new, continental role it brought the country. But all politics is local, and on closer look the massively attended rally was an effort by the ruling Georgian Dream party to show that it can outman its domestic opposition.

Georgia, Caucasus

Ivanishvili puts Georgia’s opposition on the couch

Giorgi Lomsadze Dec 4, 2019
Ivanishvili Imedi Screenshot of the chair of Georgia's ruling party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, sitting for an interview with Imedi TV.

The very idea of mother is losing its meaning around the world, Georgian billionaire and political overlord Bidzina Ivanishvili has lamented in a recent interview, resulting in a growing global dependence on anti-depressants.

Georgia, Caucasus

Georgia’s billionaire boss to rebuild radioactive Soviet spa

Giorgi Lomsadze Nov 1, 2019
The resort collapsed along with the Soviet Union, and civil war and economic crisis nearly finished it off. The resort collapsed along with the Soviet Union, and civil war and economic crisis nearly finished it off. (photos by Giorgi Lomsadze)

Once a Soviet response to Baden-Baden, the Georgian spa town of Tskaltubo, where ailing comrades used to bathe in warm mineral springs, is today a post-apocalyptic sight. The palatial sanatoria are now gutted, taken over by moss and ivy. Crumbling mosaics celebrating health and communism offer rare flashes of color amid clusters of grey, grand structures.

Georgia, Caucasus

Post-Soviet world mourns passing of iconic Georgian composer

Giorgi Lomsadze Oct 4, 2019
Kancheli Giya Kancheli (photo: Georgian National Library)

You cannot be from the former Soviet Union, or claim familiarity with the region, and not know the 1977 comedy film Mimino and its signature tune, Chito-Gvrito.

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