Since gaining the independence, Georgia’s “cultural intelligentsia” did its best as a group to interfere in politics. Directors, actors and writers have turned themselves into a group within the society, who present ready- made “recipes” for the internal and foreign policy. Yet we must remember that for the last 22 years the Georgian intelligentsia has been [...]

Georgia is known as a former part of the Soviet Union – a socialist republic, with all the attendant consequences. For an ordinary Georgian citizen, socialism is identified with economic prosperity, low utility costs, free health care and education. Although Georgians remember also queues at grocery stores as well as coupons for food, the adult generation reminiscences [...]

On the eve of Georgian elections, political struggle for power became intense. The competing parties put forward not only different ideas, but also tried to use different symbols. For political rallies, supporters of the ruling party wore white and red dress, linked to the national flag of the country. The point is that in the [...]

The Iron Curtain between Georgia and the West officially ceased to exist after the collapse of the Soviet Union, yet in the Georgian subconsciousness another curtain – a velvet one – still separates the country from the Western world. Authorities in Tbilisi currently work on a “language revolution” – a process of replacing Russian, the [...]

From the historical point of view, Georgia is an Orthodox-Christian state, populated by representatives of other religions. The second largest population are Muslims – both Shiites and Sunnis. From among 4.5 million citizens, around 300-400 thousand of them are Muslims. This group includes Georgians who live in the region of Adjara, which borders with Turkey. [...]

On its path towards the European integration, Georgia, unlike other countries located in the eastern part of the continent, was forced to prove its connections to Europe. Today, Georgian main political goal is to gain membership of the European Union. Even ten years ago, no one in the country would have dreamed about leaders of [...]