Features and Analysis

Russia prepares for pandemic peak

Coronavirus

March 30, 2020

The government is introducing new taxes, the wealthy are buying up medical equipment, experts are in quarantine, and residents are having barbeques

Afgan Mukhtarli: "They told me the Georgian government took a bribe to kidnap me”

Opposition in Azerbaijan

March 27, 2020

The Azerbaijani journalist who has just been released from prison in Azerbaijan tells how was kidnapped in Georgia

“We’re afraid of losing our jobs” - Georgian city Akhalkalaki hunkers down for COVID-19

Coronavirus

March 26, 2020

How the Armenian community lives in the Javakheti region of Georgia after the state of emergency was declared due to the coronavirus epidemic

Deaths, dismantling benches, and forced disinfection of the elderly – coronavirus in Turkey

Coronavirus

March 26, 2020

Coronavirus is spreading rapidly across Turkey. Experts blame the government, which allowed thousands of believers to go to Saudi Arabia, although several coronavirus deaths had already been reported in the country.

“Wash your hands after watching TV” – how fake news is using the coronavirus

Coronavirus

March 24, 2020

The media has been flooded with unreliable messages about the ways the coronavirus is spreading and how it should be dealt with

Georgia: Marneuli braces for epidemic – what’s happening in the city on lockdown. PHOTOS

Coronavirus

March 24, 2020

Shalala Amirjanova, a journalist based in Marneuli, spoke to JAMnews about what has happened overnight

Novruz and coronavirus: how the spring holiday was canceled in Baku

Coronavirus

March 23, 2020

Novruz in Baku against the background of coronavirus: how in Baku, due to the epidemic, the popular ancient holiday of the arrival of spring was canceled

Iconovirus. Russian parishioners defending themselves from global pandemic by kissing holy relics

Coronavirus

March 18, 2020

The relics of John the Baptist were brought to Petersburg from Jerusalem: thousands came to kiss the relics, and take communion from one spoon for all. Priests say there is no risk of infection

Struck out abroad, back to Azerbaijan – three stories

Migration

March 16, 2020

Young people explain why they did not start a new life abroad

Where are all the Abkhaz anchovies going?

Abkhazia

March 13, 2020

Fishing season is just beginning and Abkhazia and with it comes the same old problems: income from the fishing industry goes to foreigners, local residents are left with nothing but a fishy smell

Children leaving autism behind – secrets of success

Armenia

March 07, 2020

“If a parent keeps a child isolated from society because of their problems, they will never recover”

Doctor has no horse, has to walk dozens of kilometers to treat a patient, but there will be no one to treat soon

March 07, 2020

Georgia’s unique mountainous villages need urgent support to keep their population leaving

Things you cannot touch

March 02, 2020

The story of the inexplicable restrictions that divide life in Azerbaijan into male and female worlds

Georgia: “Emine and I shared a husband – but we loved each other like sisters”

March 01, 2020

Once upon a time, these women dreamed of studying, but according to tradition, they were married early. Now they talk about how their lives have developed since then

A childhood in Baku’s ‘Armenian’ neighborhood

Azerbaijan-Armenia

February 24, 2020

Lemon tree, Viennese pastry, Gayane the fashionista and other stories

Barekendan – Armenia’s spring festival

February 23, 2020

Masks, song, dance and feasts before Lent

The fate of Armenia’s abandoned pensioners

Armenia

February 15, 2020

“When I get my pension I hurry to repay my debts. Only after that can I calmly fall asleep”

EU visa-free not so free anymore – how, why are Georgians prevented from traveling to Europe?

February 14, 2020

European border guards are checking passengers at airports in Georgia, while the authorities remain silent

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