Aka Mortschiladze, born in 1966, is one of the most popular contemporary writers in Georgia. He is also a great football fan, which made life difficult for him in Soviet times: when the USSR did not take part in an international tournament the match was not broadcast. It was a different kind of oppression, which the Georgians successfully fended off.
A year after the beginning of vaccination campaigns in Europe, a survey coordinated by Lighthouse Reports and Picum reveals that when it comes to vaccinating undocumented residents, governments have often not done enough, and sometimes nothing at all, putting the health of the general population at risk.
Nataliya Gumenyuk is an experienced reporter who has covered several major events in recent years in Ukraine and elsewhere. Yet, as the current tension with Russia seems to be spiralling out of control, she feels that, as a Ukrainian journalist, she is powerless when it comes to her own reporting on the war looming on her country.
Western media and public opinion seem to care about Ukraine only when the sabre-rattling at the Russian border is bad enough for diplomats to get involved. But citizens in Ukraine have had to learn to live with the prospect of a Russian invasion for over seven years now, notes Kyiv-based journalist Veronika Melkozerova.
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