Testimonies by Georgian protesters highlight their ongoing health impacts, as well as contradictions in the official account of the events.
Georgia gave Hualing extraordinary privileges, but what did the public get?
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.
Kisturi Draft reimagines a time-honoured tradition in Georgia’s Pankisi Valley — non-alcoholic rosehip and hawthorn berry ‘beer’.
Unionising is seen as unappealing and even dangerous by many Georgians, but some new public and private unions are gaining support, taking on their employers — and winning. For decades, Georgia’s labour unions have been a mostly unsuccessful endeavour. While big enterprises are plagued by company-dominated unions or take revenge against unionised workers, 29% of the workforce is informally employed and 21% unemployed. With two of Georgia’s largest employment sectors — hospitality and cons
Two years after OC Media went undercover at a Tbilisi factory, a former worker reached out with a harrowing story of psychological and physical abuse. When 46-year-old Eleonora took the job at a Eurotex-managed textile factory in Tbilisi, Georgia she was excited. She didn’t think that only a few years later, in this very factory, her life would flash before her eyes as a pair of hands tightened around her neck. Eleonora Ter-Poghosyan was promoted to quality control within a year of working
