Daghestani MMA fighter Vagabov arrested after assault and bus shooting incident
He had been evading justice for three months.
People in Georgia are starting to rethink how products are packaged and what happens to them afterwards.
Pashinyan says Armenia ‘needs’ to sign peace treaty with Azerbaijan by end of 2025
Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed on the terms of the text of the treaty on 13 March.
Georgian man reportedly ‘tortured to death’ in police custody
Witnesses reported hearing ‘desperate cries’ from Alan Kakitashvili’s cell before he was transferred to hospital.
Caucasian activists rally against deportation of Ingush asylum seeker from Belgium
A rally in support of Ingush refugee Ruslan Meyriev was held in Brussels.
Podcasts
Podcasts
Podcast | Can OC Media survive in a new global reality?
OC Media’s Robin Fabbro, Dominik Cagara, and Mariam Nikuradze talk about OC Media’s plans to survive and thrive in the new global reality.
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In Focus
Reviews
Review | Tbilisi Open Air: Intergenerational sympathy
Guili Chokheli and Nani Bregvadze’s appearance in the all-Georgian line-up of Tbilisi’s Open Air Festival 2025 closed the gap between generations of Georgian musicians.
Reviews
Review | Holy Electricity — a love letter to the inhabitants of Tbilisi
Tato Kotetishvili’s debut feature is an impressive passion project celebrating the beauty of everyday life in Tbilisi.
Reviews
Review | April — Slow Georgian cinema at its most visionary
Dea Kulumbegashvili’s sophomore feature is a hypnotic but unflinching portrait of power, violence, pain and gender in rural Georgia.
Georgian Dream
Explainer | The 16 legislative changes that have shaped Georgia’s authoritarian slide
The sheer number of laws passed in recent months have overwhelmed observers and media outlets alike.
Reviews
Review | The Embroidered Kheberi: Adjarian Women’s Heritage — Between Myth and Contemporary
Irma Sharikadze’s exhibition, consisting of cloth, film, and sculpture, showcases the rich but endangered Adjarian tradition of embroidery.
Culture
Bacho Jikidze — the Georgian musician whose sharp tongue cuts through systems and melts hearts
Bacho Jikidze's music moves between razor-sharp satire and romance, capturing Georgia’s absurd politics and tender emotions with bold honesty.
Reviews
Review | Shopsh — an exploration of Circassian vocal traditions
Shopsh is a challenging but rewarding listen that offers a rare, curated glimpse into Circassian vocal music performed by a variety of artists.
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Opinion
Armenia
Opinion | Armenia’s conscription reforms codify class division
By allowing the rich to skip military service, the government is undermining the principles of social justice and equality that brought them to power.
Mzia Amaghlobeli
Opinion | Mzia Amaghlobeli is a political prisoner
The authorities in Georgia go to extreme lengths to pursue opponents of the government, while giving tacit approval to those who attack such opponents.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
Opinion | Georgian civil society needs to prepare for the worst
As Georgian Dream flaunts its authoritarianism, civil society and its international backers need to dig in for a long fight.