Explainers

Russian President Vladimir Putin on short but long-awaited visit to Azerbaijan

September 28, 2018

Putin: “The main base of support of the Russian language in Azerbaijan is in the hearts and minds of the people”

Armenian gov't revokes diplomatic passports of former presidents' family members

September 28, 2018

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confiscated the diplomatic passports of more than 250 people, including that of the well-known footballer Henrikh Mkhitaryan

25 years since the Georgian-Abkhaz War: Georgia marks 27 September as the day Sukhumi fell

September 27, 2018

State institutions are flying flags at half-mast today across Georgia

"Victory Day" in Abkhazia: 25 years after the Georgian-Abkhaz War

September 27, 2018

What activities have been planned in honour of the day? A short survey of local residents

Op-ed: Has Vladimir Putin run out of luck?

September 27, 2018

The list of the Russian president's failures grows every day. Why that's so, and what the current state of affairs may lead to

Armenian PM at UN General Assembly: “Karabakh will not be part of Azerbaijan”

September 27, 2018

Armenia's PM spoke about the Karabakh conflict and other pressing issues at the UN General Assembly

Azerbaijan launches third satellite: A victory or overspending?

September 26, 2018

$192 million sent into outer space

Op-ed: Honeymoon month in Azerbaijani-Russian relations

Politics in Azerbaijan

September 25, 2018

What’s behind all the talk about Azerbaijan joining the pro-Russian security alliance?

Op-ed: EU-Armenia relations after Velvet Revolution - why no breakthrough has occurred

September 25, 2018

How can Armenia bolster relations with Europe and not aggravate its jealous ally, Russia, at the same time?

Armenian PM party candidate named new mayor of Yerevan

September 25, 2018

His contenders have fully embraced the election results

Georgia without plastic bags: new law comes into force on 1 October

September 25, 2018

The ban will at first affect thin bags. Starting on 1 April, the ban will affect all plastic bags

Residents of Azerbaijan may have to pay off more credit than bargained for

September 24, 2018

Azerbaijan’s constitutional court has decided not to take the devaluation of the manat into account

Armenia’s potato queendom: a female-dominated industry

Armenia

September 24, 2018

Women are so involved in Armenia’s potato industry that most potato types are named after women. Photos and video

High-level Georgian Health Ministry official detained for complicity in illegal sale of psychotropic substances

September 24, 2018

He ia alleged to have been covering up the illegal sale of psychotropic substances

Yerevan votes for the "revolutionary" government

September 23, 2018

All the detail about an election in the Armenian capital that proved the litmus test of the people's loyalty to their new PM

Ethnic clashes, arrests in Kabardino-Balkaria. What’s happening and why?

September 23, 2018

Kabardians and Balkars in the North Caucasus have entered into a confrontation with one another. Is it a historical dispute or a land issue?

Night buses take to Tbilisi streets

September 22, 2018

The city's mayor is fulfilling his promise to ‘revitalise cultural nightlife in the city’

European Court of Human Rights rules against Armenia in three cases

September 21, 2018

The deadly events of 1 March 2008 were revisited in two of the three cases

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