In a largely Muslim region of northeastern Georgia, sectarian rifts are widening along generational lines.

Minority communities can be well-nigh invisible in Georgia’s media, except in the work of some pioneering bloggers.
Two years after being recognized by Russia, Abkhazia must decide what kind of nation it wants to be. From openDemocracy.
Aid groups warn that Georgians displaced by the war two years ago face food shortages this winter. From EurasiaNet.

The conflict over Georgia’s breakaway province won’t be resolved anytime soon. But one small change could improve its people’s lives.

For Georgia’s few remaining Roma, traditional music goes out of fashion.
Tbilisi hopes to lure foreign high-tech companies through tax breaks and cheap labor. From EurasiaNet.


Seven years before the town of Gori lost its Stalin statue, the late dictator’s museum was largely empty, but his admirers were steadfast.
The new Russian-led customs union may enable Georgian companies to do an end run around Moscow’s damaging ban on their products. From EurasiaNet.
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