Explainers

More people on the streets in Belarus, less violence. What will come after Lukashenko

Belarus Protests

August 15, 2020

A week after the presidential elections in Belarus, many thousands are protesting the rigged elections and unprecedented violence of the security forces. What can be expected to follow?

Open-air cafes, restaurants to reopen in Azerbaijan

Coronavirus

August 15, 2020

Baku will allow outdoor seating at cafes and restaurants, but the number of coronavirus cases in Azerbaijan continues to grow

Armenian PM in BBC interview: Azerbaijan attacked Armenia first

Nikol Pashinyan

August 14, 2020

About the July aggravation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Karabakh conflict, relations with Russia and the West, the fight against coronavirus – in a BBC interview with Nikol Pashinyan

Belarus: horrific evidence of torture and beating of protesters, general strike begins

Alexander Lukashenko

August 14, 2020

"They were stripped naked, everything was covered in blood, they didn't give them food and water, they didn't let them go to the toilet." Officially, two protesters in Belarus were killed, but 34 people are said to have died

Georgian schools to resume studies on September 15

Coronavirus

August 14, 2020

At the same time, schools will have to adhere to some mandatory regulations

Accounts of Putin-Aliyev phone call don’t line up – congratulations over coronavirus vaccine or reproach for weapons supply?

Azerbaijan

August 14, 2020

President of Azerbaijan Aliyev called Russian President Putin: was it to congratulate him on the creation of a coronavirus vaccine or reproach him for supplying weapons to Armenia?

Arrests of corrupt officials continue in Baku, this time – Azerbaijani ambassador to Serbia

Azerbaijan

August 14, 2020

Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Serbia Eldar Hasanov was accused of embezzling budget funds. A short list of anti-corruption arrests that have been going on in the country since December 2019

Counting Georgia’s losses due to the pandemic

Coronavirus

August 13, 2020

Due to the coronavirus, Georgia's total trade turnover in the first half of 2020 decreased by more than a billion dollars

Coronavirus battering Armenia’s wine industry – and what’s being done to stop it

Coronavirus

August 13, 2020

The pandemic brought Armenian wine and brandy production to a halt. The producers’ losses will hit farmers, as they have a rich harvest of grapes, but factories are not in a position to begin purchasing

Coronavirus-affected tourism sector to receive aid from the Armenian government

Coronavirus

August 13, 2020

The assistance is intended for those companies that avoided layoffs during the crisis

“I took my grandmother and went to live in the village” – the story of a winemaker from the Georgian village of Khvanchkara. Video

Travel Georgia

August 13, 2020

History of a winemaker from Khvanchkara

Belarus: journalists quit state news channels, security forces publicly destroy their uniforms. Video

Alexander Lukashenko

August 13, 2020

The European Union is threatening the Belarusian authorities with sanctions, thousands of people in the streets demand that Lukashenko resign from the presidency. But Lukashenko calls the protesters "unemployed people with criminal records"

Additional police forces brought into Akalkalaki in Georgia after murder, riots, arson

August 13, 2020

The funeral of a 27-year-old man killed several days ago in Akhalkalaki took place on August 12

Georgia: ruling party beats out opposition in pre-parliamentary election polls

2020 elections in Georgia

August 13, 2020

Patriarch Ilia II enjoys the highest authority among the Georgian population, with an 89% approval rating

“We have no leader and we don’t need one” - third day of riots in Belarus

August 12, 2020

How the events in Belarus differ from other post-soviet revolutions

Serbian diplomats in Baku after weapons supply to Armenia scandal

Azerbaijan

August 12, 2020

Arms supplies from Serbia to Armenia during the escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border were the main topic of Serbian Deputy Prime Minister's meetings in Baku. But he did not comment on the issue to reporters.

Putin announces success, release of coronavirus vaccine. Worth believing?

Coronavirus

August 12, 2020

Scientists warn: an untested vaccine is a threat

Murder, arson and criminal infighting – what’s happening in southern Georgia?

August 12, 2020

The opposition says the authorities have lost control over the Samtskhe-Javakheti region and the local criminal communities.

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