Geography

February 23 marks the 73th anniversary since 1944 deportation of the Chechens and the Ingushs

The date has not been commemorated in Cheshnya since 2011

NASA discovered another 7 Earth-like planets

Three of them may be habitable

Blogger Lapshin’s mother visits her son in Baku jail

Lapshin to be defended by a new lawyer

Georgian parliament voted for the controversial law on wire-tapping

Wire-tapping will be implemented by an agency responsible to the special services, despite opposition and NGOs protest

Georgian clergymen hold talks at NATO headquarters

Bishop Saba: myths about NATO are to be repealed

Murder, trial, new trial: one more scandal around a high-profile case in Abkhazia

‘I suggest dissolving militia, prosecutor’s office and courts! Let’s get back to a primitive communal system, get undressed and climb the palms!’

Formula-1: Why does Azerbaijan need it?

‘Royal races’ may theoretically become a tourism driver

UK contemplating sanctions against foreign officials who abuse human rights

UK House of Commons clear a bill that is similar to the Magnitsky Act

Key Georgian and Abkhaz hydro power plant put on hold

Abkhazia will now receive most of its energy from Russia, with "backup" supplies from Georgian side

Ingushetia bans Stalin

The Russian republic’s parliament passed the first reading of a bill that forbids honouring the memory of the soviet leader

Committee of Permanent Representatives in the European Union approved visa-free travel for Georgia

There are still three more procedures to be cleared before the regulation can take effect.

UN mourning Russian envoy’s death

Vitaly Churkin would have turned 65 today

Once again, possible links to Fethullah Gülen have been named as the reason for the dismissals

Azerbaijani MFA to blacklist Karabakh referendum observers

Azerbaijan’s ‘persona non grata’ list to be expanded

Mehriban Aliyeva appointed First Vice-President of Azerbaijan

First Lady becomes the country’s second top official

Land mine blast kills young man in South Ossetia

The mine is a remnant of the 2008 war.

Lavrov’s stance on South Caucasus as insecure place not applicable to Georgia, says Georgian envoy

Russian foreign minister said the region was turning into a transit route for militants and extremists

Georgian Patriarch calls for “joint investigation” of assassination attempt

Illia II said Georgian public deserved to obtain answers to all the questions in this case