Conflicts in Caucasus

Survey in Armenia reveals most pressing public concerns, popular officials and sources of discontent

December 23, 2019

Most people are now worried about unemployment and low pensions, while corruption has become a secondary concern

Chief obstetrician of Armenia detained in adoption case of orphans – organ harvesting suspected

December 19, 2019

His accomplices illegally took away newborns from mothers – some claimed that the babies had allegedly died at birth

Sensational arrest in Azerbaijan – regional executive head detained for corruption for first time

December 19, 2019

The charge: appropriation of public funds

Azerbaijan keeps silence after Ukrainian president expresses countries' mutual support for territorial integrity

December 18, 2019

Meanwhile Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev made no open statement regarding the territorial integrity of Ukraine

White House refuses to support Armenian Genocide resolution adopted by US Congress

December 18, 2019

A State Department statement says the US President’s administration is not going to change its attitude towards the massacre of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

Azerbaijani student sentenced to 400 hours of corrective labor for ‘expressing doubt in feat of national hero’

December 17, 2019

Narmin Shakhmarzade was bullied for posting on Facebook and ultimately accused of insulting national hero of Azerbaijan, Mubariz Ibrahimov

New, disputed Armenian Patriarch of Istanbul slams US Senate recognition of Armenian Genocide

December 16, 2019

The Armenian community of Istanbul does not recognise the new patriarch and considers him a supporter of the Turkish authorities

Azerbaijani blogger deported from Ukraine, jailed upon arrival in Baku

December 16, 2019

Some say Isaev may have been lured to Ukraine in order to have him deported

US Senate passes resolution recognising Armenian Genocide

Turkey

December 13, 2019

In becoming the 32nd country to recognize the Armenian Genocide, US Senators have defied the Trump administration

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

Prenuptial medical exam in Azerbaijan: 135 diagnosed with HIV

December 13, 2019

297 others were diagnosed with syphilis, and 3,393 carried blood diseases.

Armenian draft evaders have until end of year to avoid criminal prosecution

December 12, 2019

The government intends to give a last chance to draft dodgers who left the country and avoided service to pay and return to their homeland – by the end of the year

107 people died under the wheels of cars in 2019 in Baku

December 11, 2019

Pedestrians accounted for more than half of all traffic accident victims

Yerevan mayor’s office under fire for budgeting record $700k for New Year's Eve

December 11, 2019

The opposition has criticised the decision of the city authorities and the government, while the Armenian PM considers the spending justified

Armenian Constitutional Court judges offered pension equal to salary for early retirement in bid to ‘reclaim court’

December 10, 2019

The head of the Constitutional Court is the government’s main target in its newest attempt at dealing with the body’s connections to the former ruling Republican Party of Armenia

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

One of three school children in Baku subject to bullying

December 09, 2019

The recent and perhaps preventable suicide of a 14-year-old girl in Baku has brought the topic of school bullying to the forefront on Azerbaijan

‘Washingtonian palms’ come to Abkhazia after former destruction by palm weevil

December 07, 2019

60 palms were brought from Italy and will be planted on the promenade in Sukhum, in place of the dozens of palms that died in 2019 from the invasion of the stink bug

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