Since remote antiquity nestled between the Black and Caspian
Seas on the majestic Caucasus mountain chain, the Republic of
Georgia today continues its centuries old relations with its
neighbors as it seeks to create new alliances. One of the 15
federated republics of the Soviet Union throughout most of the
twentieth century, Georgia declared its independence in 1991.
Its diverse population has since that event actively explored,
created and used the new electronic environment both to foster
their emerging democratic state and present themselves to the
world community. The sites listed in each category of this selective
portal page have been chosen for their utility in providing accurate
narrative (either brief or extensive) information, as well as
directories, extensive portal pages and other resources concerning
all aspects of Georgian life and culture. Most originate within
the confines of the Republic itself. All are either English language
alone or bilingual, unless noted in an annotation which follows.
Many sites offer down- loadable Georgian fonts to make them easily
accessible. For a variety of reasons, the links to Georgia and
the NIS countries in general often are inactive; we recommend
that you try again, should you not be successful in connecting.
For Library of Congress contact information and research and
bibliographic materials on Georgia, consult the Georgia
Country page of the Near East Section of the African and
Middle Eastern Division. See also the Library's
online catalog for books, and materials in other formats
held by the Library and the Library's Thomas
Legislative Information page for legislative materials, bills,
hearings, acts, etc.) on relations between the United States
and the Republic of. Finally, see also An
illustrated chapter on the Georgian collections for an illustrated,
historical analysis.
Select online newspapers and journals as well as journalistic
associations from Georgia.
BBC World Service (http://www.bbc.co.uk/)
Searching this site by country or by topic, offers a choice of news headlines,
country profiles, and additional web links on specific aspects such as sports.
Civil Georgia (http://www.civil.ge)
This online trilingual (English, Georgia and Russian) magazine is ‘devoted
to delivering quality news and analysis about Georgia. The United Nations Association
of Georgia, a Georgian non-governmental organization, created Civil Georgia in
order to fill a critical information gap.' It is up-to-the-minute and with
features on domestic and international affairs.
Clandestine Radio Intel Web (http://www.clandestineradio.com/intel/)
Includes essays as well as very specific information about non-government sponsored
radio stations, and related web sites.
Committee to Protect Journalists (http://www.cpj.org/)
Searching this site results in a list of recent documents from a number of web
sites concerning media activities and press freedom in many countries.
Council of Europe Office (Tbilisi) (http://portal.coe.ge/index.php)
Bilingual (English and Georgian) homepage of the COE's office in Tbilisi.
Daily Georgian Times (http://www.geotimes.ge/)
Published in English in Tbilisi the Daily Georgian times presents extensive news
reports about all subjects from Georgia, the Caucasus and the world.
Global Archive -- Total Search (http://search.ft.com/search/index.html)
Searches the archive of the British newspaper, Financial Times, online version.
Independent Association of Georgian Journalists (http://www.iagj.org.ge/)
‘Independent Association of Georgian Journalists founded by the group of
professional journalists. It was created in order to solve the issues concerning
Journalists' professional activities, also to protect pluralistic democracy and
internationally recognized human rights. Association is independent from all
kinds of ideological, governmental, political and religious bodies.' Its
homepage supplies basic information about its mission, structure, projects, membership
as well as its constitution.
Internews Georgia (http://www.internews.org.ge)
Trilingual (English, Georgia, and Russian) site dedicated to all aspects of media
in Georgia and the growth of independent journalism in that country. Included
are up-to-the-minute print news reports and basic information on all media in
the Republic.
MediaGuide.ge (Georgia) (http://mediaguide.ge/index.en.html)
Produced and mounted by The Association of Georgian Independent TV and Radio
Companies, this home page is a bilingual (English and Georgian) guide to all
aspects of mass media in the Republic of Georgia, from television to radio to
print media to internet and web design studios.
Minority Web (Georgia) (http://minority.iatp.org.ge)
This independent site dedicated to timely news reports on minority issues in
Georgia is funded by Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. State
Department and by IREX (International Research and Exchange Board).
OnlineNewspapers.com-Georgia (http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/georgia.htm)
The Georgian page of the global OnlineNewspapers.Com network provides a extensive
list of and connection to Georgian newspapers. Many of these provide downloadable
Georgian fonts.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (http://www.rferl.org)
This U.S. funded news service is searchable by country name and subject. There
is also access to the news provided in the languages of the targeted countries.
Broadcasts are also made available.
Sakartvelos Biblioteka (http://www.library.ge/)
This is the tri-lingual (Georgian, English, and Russian) home page of the journal
Sakartvelos Biblioteka (Georgian Library) which was' founded in 2000 by National
Parliamentary Library of Georgia and Georgian Library Association. Currently
this is a unique Georgian journal for bibliographers, library and Information
professionals, students and friends of books and libraries.' Both current and
archival issues are available.
Sarke Information Agency (http://www.sarke.com/)
Begun 1n 1992, the bilingual (English and Russian) Sarke Information Agency provides
news in general about Georgia and in particular, about its business activities
and economy. Daily and weekly reports are supplemented by legislative updates
and a searchable archive.
Washingtonpost.com: World (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/)
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