Georgia

18 June 2013
Tajikistan’s Airlines Get a Deadline, Georgia Aims to Destroy Illegal Tapes

Plus, a Bosnian official holds up a key border agreement and Kyrgyzstan struggles to solve the ‘Batken question.’

By Ioana Caloianu, Barbara Frye, Vladimir Matan, and Molly Jane Zuckerman
 
17 June 2013
Abkhazia’s Railway Offers Vital Trade Link

Despite clear benefits, reopening the route would be fraught with problems. From IWPR.

By Anaid Gogoryan, Nino Gerzmava, and Tigran Hovhannisyan
 
12 June 2013
Duma Passes Anti-Gay Law, Kremlin Would Consider Asylum for NSA Leaker

Plus, Georgia is said to be the source of a ‘Taliban’ video and phone codes bedevil Serbia-Kosovo talks.

By Ioana Caloianu, Barbara Frye, Vladimir Matan, Erik N. Nelson, and Molly Jane Zuckerman
 
10 June 2013
Stranded Arctic Scientists Rescued, Former Kosovo Fighters Convicted

Plus, Russia’s anti-corruption crusader eyes the Moscow mayor’s office and Georgia’s president sees domestic politics in ‘Taliban’ video.

By Barbara Frye, Ioana Caloianu, Vladimir Matan, and Molly Jane Zuckerman
 
30 May 2013
Prison for Bosnian Croats, a Budget Break for Hungary

Plus, a Belarusian beaver bites and kills, and Russia strengthens Central Asia ties.

By Erik N. Nelson, Ioana Caloianu, Vladimir Matan, and Molly Jane Zuckerman
 
24 May 2013
High-Profile War Crimes Arrests in Kosovo, Pussy Riot Member Denied Parole
Plus, Georgian clerics are charged in anti-gay violence and Bulgaria's Socialists may lead the new government.
By S. Adam Cardais, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 
22 May 2013
Russia Gets Tough on Blasphemy and Rails at Lost Eurovision Votes

Plus, more politicians face corruption charges in Georgia and Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan hangs a “closed” sign at Manas airbase.

By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Ky Krauthamer, and Vladimir Matan
 
20 May 2013
Russia Shocked by Orphanage Violence, Gay Rights Ralliers Beaten Back in Georgia, Russia

Plus, new polls spell trouble for Poland’s center-right government, and a long-delayed dam hangs over a Georgian village.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 

14 May 2013
Georgian Deputy Minister in Blackmail Charge, Bulgaria's Far Right Sets Sights on Government
Plus, a trial reopens old questions about the sell-off of Czech state companies and a disco divides Krakow's Jewish community.
By Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, Ky Krauthamer, Vladimir Matan, and Connor Zickgraf
 

13 May 2013
Familiar Name Tops Bulgarian Voting, Georgian Presidential Contender Announced

Plus, Macedonia’s attempt to extradite two mass-murder suspects from Kosovo is complicated, and Latvia eases up on some non-citizens.

By Barbara Frye, Joshua Boissevain, Ioana Caloianu, and Vladimir Matan
 

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