Opinion

Op-Ed: Catastrophic rise in coronavirus cases in Armenia just a week away

May 26, 2020

This may cause overly serious strains on the healthcare system

“I have a fever of 37.5 °C. What do I do?" To get coronavirus treatment in Moscow, you need money, connections. Personal stories

May 12, 2020

My mom caught coronavirus in Moscow, and the whole family knew that getting in to a hospital before you are on the verge of death is only possible if you have connections.

Is the pandemic a chance for the ruling party in Georgia?

May 09, 2020

Will the crisis help the Georgian Dream party win in the upcoming elections? Expert opinions

Armenia, Velvet Revolution, Two Years Later, Anti-Corruption,

Quality of life improvements, fighting corruption and oligarchs: how Armenia has changed 2 years since the revolution

May 08, 2020

“There is a well-known formula: if a country wants to consider itself democratic, it is necessary to conduct three cycles of fair elections. We have had only one so far. As soon as there will be three, we can assume that we are moving in the right direction” – political analyst

Pandemic may be Georgia’s chance to reduce its economic dependence on Russia

May 08, 2020

So say the authors of the new report by Transparency International Georgia

Did the Azerbaijani public and government pass the “coronavirus test”?

May 03, 2020

COVID-19 shows whether the people and the authorities are ready to cooperate

“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?

Op-Ed: Georgia’s fight against coronavirus - groping in the dark

April 25, 2020

Opposition MP Zurab Tchiaberashvili speaks about how Georgia is coping with the crisis

Op-Ed: Azerbaijan's ‘glorious’ victory over the coronavirus: what isn’t adding up?

April 25, 2020

Bridging the gap between official data and common sense

Armenia, economy, coronavirus, state of emergency, consequences of coronavirus, business, government of Armenia, steps to overcome the crisis, overcoming the consequences of coronavirus

Armenia: forecasts for business and the economy amid the state of emergency

April 21, 2020

The country is trying to mitigate losses in the face of severe restrictions on the operation of enterprises. Is the government succeeding? And when can one expect the previous growth indicators - the opinion of economists, forecasts of international organizations

Op-Ed: “Russia has abandoned its people”

April 04, 2020

The Russian government suddenly “suspended” the evacuation of Russian citizens from abroad

Afterword to the elections in Azerbaijan – what went wrong and why?

February 23, 2020

Material interest or the instinct of self-preservation?

Op-Ed: Georgia. The vengeance of the oligarch

February 20, 2020

The reinstatement of the prosecutor general who was dismissed as a result of mass protests over the murder of a teenager marks the official formation of a repressive regime in Georgia

Op-ed: 100 synonyms for ‘intimate services’ or How to get a job in Azerbaijan

January 14, 2020

The story of how one job searche turned into a dangerous experiment

Op-ed: how long will political groups continue to chase one another out of the Akbhaz presidency?

January 10, 2020

How to get out of the deadlock of the opposition controlling the presidential administration but the president not intending to resign

Op-ed: Abkhaz opposition's storm of parliament resembles events of 2014

January 09, 2020

The main reason for the protest is the low trust in the authorities and in general the entire political elite in Abkhazia – political observer Inal Khashig

Op-ed: a subjective take on the best and worst in Azerbaijan in 2019

January 06, 2020

Increased awareness of femicide, amnesty for political prisoners, unpunished crimes and indomitable feminist spirit are but a part of what 2019 brought Azerbaijan

Op-ed: “Georgians have chance to rethink past, rebuild relations with Ossetians”

December 29, 2019

Political analyst Tornike Sharashenidze on the arrest and release of Georgian doctor Gaprindashvili in South Ossetia and the need to learn to admit to mistakes

Геноцид армян, Ереван, факельное шествие,

Op-ed: US Senate resolution on Armenian genocide will not become law

December 13, 2019

The resolution does not have any legal force and thus does not require the signature of President Trump

Op-ed: What’s more important for Abkhazia – confiscating weapons or anti-corruption laws?

December 09, 2019

The topic of the confiscation of weapons has become relevant in Abkhazia against the backdrop of a spike in crime. Meanwhile, activists have been fighting for a law against corruption for the second year