After the 2008 Georgian-Russian war, besides the challenges of reconstruction, people living in South Ossetia faced problems with the quality of products. Though the variety has risen, it is hard to find anything produced locally. The market is full of imported goods.
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Tamara Terashvili
Tamara Terashvili is a philologist and English teacher. She started her career in journalism in 2008 by working in the state media, foreign radio stations and online media outlets. Since 2013 she works as a freelancer in various genres of journalism.
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The Dominance of Imported Goods
The question "where to give birth: in Tskhinvali or in Vladikavkaz," is still actual question for women in South Ossetia.
Tskhinvali or Vladikavkaz-Where to Give Birth?
Nariman Kalaev is one of the few woodworkers of Tskhinval. As he has been in woodworking for a long time, he recently started to share his mastery with the schoolchildren. Nariman sells his work, however, it’s not his main source of income.
Carving One’s Living
Say “civil society” and people would hear “NGO.” In South Ossetia distrust, when not open hostility, towards non-governmental organizations is widespread - a mix of lack of awareness, pressing daily frustration, and government obstacles contribute to skepticism. As a result NGO struggle to function. And survive.
You Give Civil Society a Bad Name
When he was young, Alan Parastaev used to play in a band. His group started in Tskhinval’s school number 6, and later upgraded to an older audience at South Ossetia’s Pedagogical University when they took the name of Tsiferblat. Their repertoire was mainly pop; The Beatles and the like, branching out to popular rock like the Guns ‘n Roses.’ They ventured into composing their own music and dressed in all-black outfits, replicating the punk trend.
Being a Rock Band in South Ossetia
Reporting on sexual education in South Ossetia is like reporting on a mirage. It does not happen, it is not in the cards in any foreseeable future, and the bottom line is that no one wants to talk about it - as if sex simply does not exist. There is a feeling of imbalance with reality, and in the republic, traditional customs have it that sexual life starts at marriage and everyone seems to be fine with it. But is it really?