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Irina Yanovskaya is an Ossetian journalist in Tskhinvali. In this article she talks about how women in South Ossetia are trying to bridge the ethnic divide.

"We are ready for direct dialogue with our Abkhazian and Ossetian brothers. I am convinced we will find common language to build common relations in the future." said the Georgian PM

The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia has helped stabilise the situation after the bloody August 2008 War. However the situation on the frontline is often tense, and the future far from certain. Commonspace.eu Joseph d'Urso travelled with an EUMM patrol, and talked to villagers and IDPs whose life has been deeply affected by the war.

Interim Head of the EU Monitoring Mission talks to commonspace.eu about the role of the mission

in an extensive interview with Rustavi 2 the Georgian president warns about threats to Georgia's statehood.

Prime Minister Dimitri Medvedev on Sunday told the Russian international broadcaster RT that the future needs to be determined by the people of georgia, Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

On the fifth anniversary of the Russia-Georgia August 2008 war, the Government of Georgia reiterates that its goal is to resolve the existing conflict with Russia in a peaceful manner through negotiations based on the principles of international law.

In this op-ed Dennis Sammut reflects on lessons to be learnt from how the conflict over South Ossetia spiralled into a short but bitter war between Georgia and Russia in 2008.

In this exclusive interview with commonspace.eu South Ossetia's envoy to Moscow blames Georgia for starting the 2008 war, and the international community for complacency bordering on complicity. He dismisses the role of civil society in resolution of the conflict and says Russia was the salvation of the Ossetian people.