Issues

Russian football mascot or example of corruption?

July 10, 2018

These three football fans were caught donning Russian kokoshniks. They turned out to be family of the head of a pro-government propaganda company which is suspected of large-scale corruption

Criminal case launched in Vladikavkaz over group rape of girl with autism

July 09, 2018

The case may not have been launched had it not been for the efforts of activists who created an online petition

Shepherd confesses to murdering American-Georgian family

July 09, 2018

19-year-old shepherd confesses to murder, life sentence expected.

One man dead in cable car accident in Azerbaijan

July 09, 2018

Four more wounded

Revenge for an offended sister or an attempted coup in Azerbaijan?

July 08, 2018

Conspiracy theories and conflicting versions on Mayor of Ganja shooting

Nephew of former Armenian President suspected of attempted murder

July 06, 2018

Sargsyan's associates claim the new government is targeting “specific people”

UNICEF study reveals troubling findings - Tbilisi daycares overfilled, underfinanced

July 06, 2018

The upbringing of children is entrusted to unqualified low-income staff

Thousands of Armenian trucks on Georgia-Russia border

July 06, 2018

Drivers in panic - fuel is running out and cargo may spoil on this the fourth day of the border crisis

Nenskra river floods in Georgia's Svaneti region

July 05, 2018

Local residents are sharing videos of rocks and trees being carried down the river

Major black out in Azerbaijan

July 03, 2018

Increased usage at the main electricity supplier left the nation in the dark

320 youth return to Armenia to serve in the army after Prime Minister’s appeals

July 03, 2018

Annual conscription round under way in the country. The place of service is determined by drawing lots.

Civic activist in South Ossetia announces hunger strike in protest against persecution by authorities

July 02, 2018

Civic activist Mearakishvili would like to attract the public’s attention to the inaction of the authorities in regard to her suits against the prosecutor's office of the Leningor district of South Ossetia

Georgia university entrance exams held in sweltering heat

June 29, 2018

Because, the education ministry explains, "the state has no money to furbish exam centres with air conditioners"

12 suicides in Abkhazia in past two months

June 29, 2018

The statistics have given rise to active discussion on social media, but the prosecutor’s office does not believe that there is a spike in suicide in Abkhazia