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“Get ready, hucksters” : Saakashvili appointed to official position in Ukraine

May 08, 2020

Why the former president would need a "post without power"

Russia, coronavirus: suspiciously low mortality, soaring infections– and a very large number of dead doctors. Why?

May 08, 2020

113 out of 1625 people who HAVE died of the virus in Russia are medics. Italy and Great Britain each report around the same number of medical staff casualties, but the overall death toll in each is around 30,000. The credibility of the Russian statistics is under question.

Ex-President of Georgia appointed to high public position in Ukraine

May 06, 2020

Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has confirmed his upcoming appointment to a government post in Ukraine.

Homosexuality in Turkey: Minister of Religious Affairs v. lawyers

May 04, 2020

Ankara Bar Association under fire for criticism of Turkish Minister of Religious Affairs Ali Erbaş' harsh statement on sexual minorities

“Become more Catholic than the Pope” Georgian experts on ways out of the economic crisis

May 02, 2020

Will the government's anti-crisis plan help?

Turkey preparing to welcome tourists end of May. How?

April 30, 2020

As long as no new coronavirus problems arise, Turkey plans to resume domestic tourism first, and then open the country to foreign tourists by mid-summer

Coronavirus, updated. 28-29 April, 2020

April 29, 2020

Coronavirus pandemic: news, cases and deaths statistics, analysis, preventive safety measures, focus on the Caucasus and Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia

Stalin revived in towns in South Ossetia, Eastern Ukraine

April 28, 2020

South Ossetia's city of Tskhinval has been given a second name - Stalinir. Why people here continue to love Stalin, after so many Ossetians perished in the repressions during his rule

Coronavirus, updated. 25-27 April, 2020

April 27, 2020

Pandemic: facts and figures, analysis, safety measures, with the focus on the Caucasus

“Feed my cats, and I will stay at home” - thousands of Russians “protest” online

April 24, 2020

The gathering place is the Yandex.Maps online navigator. People demand or declare an emergency as a method of combating coronavirus - or open businesses

Saakashvili may become deputy prime minister of Ukraine

April 22, 2020

This post was offered to him by president Zelensky

Pandemic in Russia: despite new outbreaks, healthcare system critically unprepared, authorities discussing lifting quarantine restrictions

April 10, 2020

Official stats, alarming as they are, do not reflect the whole picture, as even a bigger number of cases may have gone undiagnosed. What doctors, journalists and and officials say in Russia.

How coronavirus forced Belarusian officials to be more communicative

April 09, 2020

How one of the most closed-off countries in the region is trying to be more open to the public, and what happened as a result

New Belarusian meme: what will Lukashenko say when I die?

April 07, 2020

Belarusians express their discontent with Lukashenko's statement about coronavirus victim

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

Coronavirus in the Caucasus: facts and figures by region. 19 March, 2020

March 19, 2020

A round-up of coronavirus statistics and what security measures have been taken in different parts of the Caucasus in connection with the epidemic

What are your chances of being killed by your husband or partner?

March 08, 2020

UN data shows 137 women die everyday at the hands of their family members or partners

Belarus gets first case of coronavirus from Iranian student arriving from Baku

February 28, 2020

This is the first confirmed case of coronavirus in the country

Case of Azerbaijani Hajiyeva: UK launches hunt for property of “inexplicably wealthy” foreigners

February 10, 2020

The wife of a former major Azerbaijani official may be the first foreigner to lose British property on suspicion of corruption – and not the last

Presidents of Russia and Belarus unable to reach agreement on oil

February 08, 2020

The Russian Federation is using its agenda of Belarus-Russia integration as a threat in the establishment of sale prices of oil to Belarus

Erdogan: Turkey does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea

February 04, 2020

After the talks of the presidents, it became known that Turkey will provide military assistance to Ukraine

TI's Corruption Perception Index 2019: Georgia holds strong, Armenia soars

January 27, 2020

Transparency International says Georgia is the leader in the fight against corruption in the region, while Armenia is ahead of China and things are better in Azerbaijan than in Russia

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