http://www.bsj.ge Online journal on the Caucasus School of Journalism and Media Management varlam@yahoo.com http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/12/13/EEAZVkAVVVlFMnVBle When Georgian Special Forces used tear gas, water jets and rubber bullets to stifle a demonstration of unarmed people on November 7, it raised international outcry and also spawned debates at the Georgian Institute of publicadministration,... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/11/07/EEAuuupElZsuIOwiMC November 7: See special Photo report http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/08/07/EElZZEukVkPSztPHpT Although more and more souvenir shops are popping up around the capital, tourists are still drawn to the charm of the Dry BridgeAntiques and "interesting" thingsA bus teeming with Turkish tourists pulls alongside an... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/08/07/EElZZZAEVlTLVAIgJg The cultures of Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey are woven together by the threads of Caucasian carpets. Although the art form floundered under the Soviets, tourism has given it a second chance.Creating a legendEvery carpet... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/06/21/EElZZEkFkEgBbXoKqx Russian mobile phone company VimpelCom Group is making a big play for Georgia. Operating under the brand name "Beeline", the Moscow-based company is aggressively advertising – its clever bee-like black and yellow ads... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/05/30/EElEZFZEAphhosfcYv Georgia leads the world in the number of people vaccinated against rabies, according to Georgian National Center for Disease Control.The study also reported that the number of people bitten by dogs in Tbilisi has dramatically... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/05/30/EElEZFyyVZFQLkIhhU To have medical officers in public schools is not a state requirement in Georgia. It depends on the own decision of the concrete school director will he have medical office in his school or not.Every public school in Georgia gets... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/05/30/EElEZFyVklMAqleqjm Second-year music student Maria Mazanishvili's parents must pay five times more for her music classes than they used to pay. Beginning in January, the tuition for music education increased because of changes in Georgia's civil... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/05/30/EElEZFkZkAxZPBcTmv Some private insurance companies are banking on the idea that Georgians, who have lost the safety net of state-funded health care, will be willing to spend their own money to get health insurance.Until last year, only group health... http://www.bsj.ge/newspaper/2007/05/30/EElEyFuulkMfcpZunH By 2010, Tbilisi will have five more hotels, run by world-famous hotel operators. Apart from the Marriott, which operates two hotels here, and the Sheraton, hoteliers Hyatt, Kempinsky, Radisson and Intercontinental have also signed...