Stories about Georgia from January, 2008
Georgia: Political Alternatives
TOL Georgia reports that while there are many things wrong in the country, the situation just can't be compared to that which it found itself in before the November 2003...
Georgia: Post-Election Distractions
TOL Georgia reports that now Mikhail Saakashvili has officially started his second term in office a new report from international election observers note further irregularities with the conduct of the...
Caucasus: Polarized Politics
This being the year of elections in the South Caucasus, Marilisa Lorusso's Blog says that reasoned political debate has given way to aggression and a polarized environment that will be...
Caucasus: High Speed Internet
Social Science in the Caucasus says that 3 percent of Georgians have Internet access at home, but that it's quality leaves something to be desired. While Azerbaijan has the fastest...
Armenia: Politics — The Driving Force Behind Blogs?
Last week, the main topics discussed in the Armenian blogosphere were the election manifesto of former president Levon Ter-Petrossian and the presidential election in neighboring Georgia. It's no wonder that...
Georgia: Election Retrospective
Anna Dolidze at Resistance Georgia has returned to the United States after observing the recent presidential election in her native Georgia. The pro-opposition human rights lawyer says that after the...
Azerbaijan: Economic Illumination
Window on Eurasia ponders whether studying images of former Soviet republics at night can't provide an insight into their economic well-being. If it can, the blog says, economic growth in...
Georgia: Election Mess
TOL Georgia examines the circumstances surrounding last November's clashes between opposition supporters and riot police, the declaration of a state of emergency, and the controversy surrounding last week's early presidential...
Georgia: Revolutionary Spirit
As thousands of Georgians again protest in the capital, Tbilisi, against the outcome of last weekend's presidential election, Marilisa Lorusso's Blog comments on the opinion of one analyst in neighboring...
Georgia: Falsified Election
TOL Georgia comments on the apparent about face from international observers regarding the conduct of the 5 January presidential election in Georgia. A day after the vote, international observers declared...
Georgia: LGBT Magazine
Unzipped: Gay Armenia reports that a local LGBT magazine, previously available only in Georgian, will now be translated into English and made available abroad.
Georgia: Election Trivia
TOL Georgia comments on the appearance of newly re-elected Georgian president Mikhail Saakashvili on a popular TV political talk show. The blog says that the opportunity to ask the most...
Georgia: Final Results
Writing for his blog, This is Tbilisi Calling, the BBC's Matthew Collin says that the official results for Saturday's presidential election have finally been declared. As had been reported in...
Russia: Nikolai Marr
De Rebus Antiquis Et Novis shares an extraordinary story of the life and work of Nikolay Yakovlevich Marr: “He became a great polyglot and could have become a great linguist,...
Georgia: Game Over
Asking Tough Questions in Tough Places analyzes the outcome of Saturday's presidential election in Georgia. Although the former head of the National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Azerbaijan says it looks...
Georgia: Saakashvili is Satisfied
Following the positive verdict on Saturday's presidential election in Georgia by international observers, TOL Georgia says that the re-elected president, Mikhail Saakashvili, is more than satisfied. However, the blog wonders...
Georgia: Parallel Vote Tabulation
Resistance Georgia, the blog of pro-opposition human rights lawyer and activist Anna Dolidze, posts the results of parallel voter tabulation by the Georgian International Society for Fair Elections and Democracy...
Georgia: 9 mm Rugers instead of AK-47s
Following on from international observers concluding that Georgia's presidential election largely met international standards with no significant irregularities, Campanastan concludes that this “probably means the ballot box monitors carried 9...
Georgia: Kicking Russian Ass
With international observers calling Saturday's snap presidential election in Georgia “broadly democratic”, Publius Pundit delights in “kicking a little Russian ass.” Now, the blog concludes, it's time for Georgia to...
Georgia: Election Concerns
Artashes98 expresses concern regarding the verdict from the international community on Saturday's presidential election in Georgia. The blogger says that had the candidate of power been someone not considered pro-Western,...
Georgia: Presidential Election Update
Although the international media is now reporting a victory for the incumbent, Mikhail Saakashvili, in yesterday's presidential election in Georgia, there has so far been very little reaction to the...
