• Future of Chechen Refugees in Georgia

    June 11, 2011 | admin

    Reporter Nina Akhmeteli, from BBC’s Russian service searched for an answer to the question: “Chechen refugees in Georgia: Will they stay or leave?”

  • Japanese Embassy in Georgia will Help Residents of Pankisi

    April 18, 2011 | admin

    The website Gruzya Online has reported that representatives of the Japanese Embassy in Georgia recently visited the Pankisi valley and met with residents of the area.

  • The Guards of Vainakh Culture in Georgia

    March 20, 2011 | admin

    The Russian language Georgian satellite TV channel, “PIK” published a news about the Chechen music ensemble “Daymoxk,” which is located in Georgia’s Pankisi Gorge.

  • EU Representative visits Pankisi Gorge

    February 2, 2011 | admin

    EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, Peter Semneby visited the Pankisi Gorge in Georgia on January 31.

  • UNHCR Project Leads the Way for Socio-Economic Integration of Refugees

    December 21, 2010 | admin

    The UN refugee agency has joined forces with the UN Development Programme (UNDP) to launch a project that should ease the socio-economic integration of Chechen refugees in a poverty-stricken corner of Georgia as well as benefit their host communities. The project, in the Pankisi Gorge region, could become a model for other operations.

  • The Norwegian Refugee Council Office was Closed in Pankisi Gorge

    January 29, 2010 | admin

    Office of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) was closed in the Pankisi Gorge. All those programs, which the Norwegian Refugee Council had been carrying out for Chechen refugees living in the gorge, were stopped.

  • Chechens Mark Ten Years of Exile

    January 2, 2010 | admin

    A decade after they fled their homeland, Chechens in Georgia still fear it is unsafe to go back.

  • Assistance in Pankisi Gorge to Focus on Development as UNHCR Exits

    December 23, 2009 | admin

    The picturesque Pankisi Gorge in north-east Georgia has long been known as a haven for Chechen refugees. That should change soon as the remaining Chechens take Georgian citizenship and commit themselves to a permanent life in the sprawling valley.

  • Pankisi Valley: “The Chechens are the Bravest Men”

    November 21, 2009 | admin

    Three weeks ago Alexander Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s federal security service, accused Georgia of harbouring Al Qaeda extremists in Pankisi. No terrorists have been discovered either by the numerous reporters who have travelled to the area or the delegation of journalists and foreign diplomats whose trip was organised by the Christian Democrat opposition party. But all the media attention aside, Pankisi remains an underreported region, home to people who have experienced the devastating power of both war and rhetoric.