Explainers

Georgian president in Yerevan: “We have a common vision of the future”

March 14, 2019

Salome Zurabishvili met with the Armenian authorities during her first official visit as president of Georgia

US State Department: human rights situation in Azerbaijan is deplorable

March 14, 2019

The US State Department's report for 2018 touches on the lack of freedom of the press, torture and political prisoners in the country

Armenia holds security meeting in Karabakh, Azerbaijan flexes its muscles with large military exercises

Azerbaijan-Armenia

March 13, 2019

The Armenian Security Council has held its first ever meeting in Nagorno-Karabakh. Why?

Young Georgian commits suicide in Abkhazia, Tbilisi demands investigation

March 13, 2019

"It's very important to establish the objective circumstances of this gravest incident," - Ketevan Tsihelashvili, the State Minister for Conciliation and Civil Equality, said at an emergency briefing in Tbilisi

Moscow accuses Azerbaijan of discriminating against Russian citizens who are ethnic Armenians

March 13, 2019

The Russian Foreign Ministry has warned citizens that ‘Azerbaijan may refuse [them] entry under the pretext of the Karabakh conflict’

Armenian businesses protest tax hike on soda beverages

March 12, 2019

Protestors stood outside the Armenian government building in Yerevan claiming that the tax would destroy their businesses and leave people without jobs

Azerbaijani officials against divorce float ‘compatibility checks’ before marriage

March 11, 2019

The Family Affairs Committee says psychological incompatibility is at fault for divorce rates in the country

Education in Georgia in numbers – the latest data from GeoStat

March 11, 2019

Most students, professors and doctoral students are women

Turkey: inflation is out of control. Might this help the opposition?

March 10, 2019

The Turkish authorities deny there is inflation in the country and say that the price hike is the result of ‘businessmen sabotaging the market’

Cigarette prices to skyrocket in Armenia

March 09, 2019

The Armenian minister of health says a 45 per cent price hike in cigarettes will prevent 88,000 early deaths

Baku police disperse feminist rally on International Women’s Day

March 08, 2019

A number of demonstrators have been detained

Most passengers from Georgian airports fly to Russia

March 08, 2019

passenger traffic at Georgian airports increased by 23 per cent in 2018 compared to the previous year

Has Abkhazia’s war on corruption finally taken off?

March 07, 2019

Who’s pressuring the Abkhaz parliament to tackle the criminal liability of corrupt officials and how

Op-ed: The fight for Bidzina Ivanishvili

March 07, 2019

What is happening in the "Georgian Dream"?

Armenia to allow draft-dodgers to avoid prosecution by paying a fine

March 07, 2019

The bill aims to allow young Armenian men who are 27 or older to return home without facing criminal prosecution

New homes being built for Azerbaijan earthquake victims

March 07, 2019

The foundation of a multistory building has already been laid in Shamakhi

More than a dozen participants in deadly Ganja protest sentenced to five years in prison

March 06, 2019

The details surrounding their involvement in the protest remain unknown

New thermal energy plant in Yerevan to work on Iranian gas

March 05, 2019

The plant will produce energy cheap enough to reduce electricity tariffs across the country

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