North Caucasus news

Azerbaijan: Detained journalists report physical abuse

Azerbaijan

December 01, 2025

They claim that the head of the convoy at the Baku Court of Appeals pushed and kicked journalists while escorting them to the courtroom or back to the holding cells.

Who owns newly opened Euronews office in Baku?

Azerbaijan

November 19, 2025

In the past two years, around 30 journalists have been arrested in Azerbaijan, and local offices of the BBC, Reuters, Voice of America, and Bloomberg have been shut down.

Ossetian man spends six months in neutral zone between Georgia and Russia — how did he end up there?

North Caucasus

November 19, 2025

An Ossetian man, Alan Gatsoyev, who holds Tajik citizenship, has been living in his car on the Russia–Georgia border for six months.