Ilia State University
Why Georgia’s most vocal university now faces the biggest cuts
Reforms that would slash Ilia State University’s student intake by 92% have sparked protests and raised concerns the cuts target a vocal critic.
Tamuna Chkareuli
Tamuna is a freelance journalist and a professional photographer. With a keen interest in social issues, she focuses on labour rights and disability and gender-related problems.
Georgia
Monstrous costumes and cracking whips — the Georgian village preserving the spirit of Berikaoba
The centuries-old tradition of Berikaoba, a special masquerade to invoke spring, is now only found in a few villages in western Kakheti.
Cinema
Georgia’s cinema paradox — acclaimed abroad, yet struggling at home
Georgian films are failing to reach local audiences, largely due to weak infrastructure, monopolies, political pressure, and limited distribution.
Georgia’s EU U-turn
‘I want to know what happened’ — Georgian protesters on the lingering effects of chemical exposure
Testimonies by Georgian protesters highlight their ongoing health impacts, as well as contradictions in the official account of the events.
Georgia–China Relations
A mega-mall with few shoppers: the unfulfilled promise of Tbilisi’s Hualing Sea Plaza
Georgia gave Hualing extraordinary privileges, but what did the public get?
Pankisi Valley
The last women performing Zikr in Pankisi — Georgia’s sacred Sufi chants edge toward silence
In Georgia’s Pankisi Valley, a sacred Sufi ritual endures — led by elderly women, the chants may soon fall silent with no one left to follow.
