Geography

Why Armenia can’t cope with corona

The country has hundreds of new cases every day. The situation has remained the same for weeks. Doctors are hesitant to say that the virus is retreating

The immortal parrot and all things impossible to divide: the Armenian-Azerbaijani musical legacy

How 'mixed-heritage' songs survived the Nagorny Karabakh conflict

Who is the new Azerbaijani foreign minister with no experience in foreign affairs?

Azerbaijan's new foreign minister, Jeyhun Bayramov, was formerly the minister of education, but he is better known as the head of the OMNI law firm

Azerbaijani downed drones on display in Yerevan

Things are quiet on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Armenian Ministry of Defence has released information on the state of the wounded, the Minister of Foreign Affairs excludes Turkey from peace talks

Head of Chechnya responds to US sanctions with two machine guns

After head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was added to the United States blacklist, he published a photo with two machine guns saying that he "accepts the fight." What are the accusations against Kadyrov?

Quarantine in Azerbaijan: suicide, sexual harassment by police and other consequences

Strict quarantine in Azerbaijan due to the coronavirus and police attempts to harass women during random checks

Armenian FM: “Azerbaijan once again trying to extract unilateral concessions in Karabakh issue”

In an interview with TV channel Sky News Arabia, Zohrab Mnatsakanyan expressed his point of view on the reasons behind the military escalation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border.

At least 40 prisoners infected with coronavirus in Azerbaijan, including one political prisoner

"There is hope that people will change." Solidarity with the trans community in Georgia

How the public responded to the problems facing the most vulnerable community during a pandemic

Abkhaz police officers beat superior, fight with Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs

In a fight, policemen in the Gagra district of Abkhazia beat their superior officer and the deputy minister of internal affairs, causing an investigation and a wave of memes

Russia Today, Sputnik head accuses Armenian gov’t of being anti-Russian

Armenia harshly criticised the statement made by Margarita Simonyan, head of Russia Today and Sputnik, which many call the mouthpiece of Russian propaganda

Flare up on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, battle against coronavirus - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews, video

Past week's news in the South Caucasus - Flare up on Armenian-Azerbaijani border, battle against coronavirus

90 seconds: video from an Armenian street named for a Georgian poet

Shota Rustaveli Street appeared in the second largest city in Armenia, Gyumri, in the 1950s. Now, the street has been restored along with its old buildings

Armenia-Azerbaijan border relatively calm on 6th day of violence outbreak

8,500 Azerbaijani citizens applied for military service; Armenia discusses the threat of Azerbaijan bombing the Armenian nuclear power plant

‘Not the child we dreamed of’ – how Armenia is preventing the abandonment of disabled children

Often doctors themselves push parents into giving their children to the orphanage. Parliament has already amended the criminal code, according to which persuasion and coercion to abandon a child are considered a crime

Azerbaijan extends strict quarantine regime for another two weeks

Cabinet prepares quarantine extension plan

Fragile ceasefire on Armenian-Azerebaijani border broken, fighting resumes

More details about the situation on the border from both the Armenian and Azerbaijani perspective, five days since the escalation started.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister dismissed

The President of Azerbaijan criticised the Minister of Foreign Affairs, dismissed him and transferred the Minister of Education to this post