Explainers

Op-ed: Recognition of the Ukrainian Church could lead to similar results for the Abkhaz Church

Abkhazia

January 23, 2019

The ‘Ukrainian way’ for the recognition of the Abkhaz Church? What choices does the Georgian Church have in this difficult situation?

Armenian State Revenue Committee returns $20 million to state treasury in 8 months

January 23, 2019

The $20 million was returned as a result of anti-corruption measures and dealing with the country’s shadow economy

Azerbaijani police call opposition protesters to “verify number and address”

January 23, 2019

Several thousand people have received calls from local police departments

Blackmail, corruption and populism - why residents of Chechnya have had their gas debts written off

January 22, 2019

Observers on why the Chechen prosecutor’s office insists on writing off debts and why Gazprom is opposing it

Case of Georgian Supreme Court nominees causes rift in ruling party

January 22, 2019

A brief look at the largest political scandal in Georgia so far this year

Case dropped against imprisoned Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov

January 22, 2019

The authorities have decided to drop newly levered charges against Huseynov – why, and what does the move mean?

Georgian wrestling foundation president hits two-time European champion over head with metal object, refuses to resign

January 22, 2019

The incident took place at the Georgian championships in front of hundreds of fans

The Economist Democracy Index-2018: Armenia moves forward, Georgia steps back

January 21, 2019

The countries of the South Caucasus on the Economist's annual Democracy Index

Vox-pop: Azerbaijanis on why they came out to recent opposition rally in support of political prisoners

January 21, 2019

Protesters demanded the release of blogger Mehman Huseynov and other political prisoners, an end to corruption and the return of Karabakh

Indians in Armenia – why they’re coming and what they’re doing here

Armenia

January 21, 2019

There are ongoing debates about their migration to Armenia. Indians, meanwhile, are opening businesses and trying to integrate

Armenia's children with disabilities often abandoned, rarely adopted

January 20, 2019

The stories of two mothers

Azerbaijan remembers the victims of the 20 January 1990 tragedy

January 20, 2019

More than 140 people were killed in Baku when the Soviet military tried to suppress protests in Baku on 20 January 1990

Opposition protest in support of political prisoners takes place in Baku

January 19, 2019

This was the largest protest rally to take place in recent years

Armenian, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministers agree to ‘take measures to prepare people for peace’

OSCE Minsk Group and Karabakh conflict

January 18, 2019

However, observers in both countries are skeptical

European Parliament calls on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Mehman Huseynov, other political prisoners

January 17, 2019

The resolution also calls for putting an end to pressure on journalists and human rights advocates

Four dead in Tbilisi residential building gas explosion

January 17, 2019

17 January has been announced a day of national mourning in Georgia

Swine flu dwindles in Armenia

January 17, 2019

However, clinic doctors will now be available on the weekends as well.

School cancelled, panic, jokes, conspiracy theories – how Baku met a hurricane

January 17, 2019

Unusual precautions taken by the authorities have caused a stir in society

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