Kodori Gorge Refugees in Limbo
Abkhaz officials encourage them to return but Georgian refugee leaders warn against doing so.
22 Jan 09
North Ossetia
Children in Care Become Vulnerable Adults
Even as adults, people who grew up in children’s homes suffer the consequences of marginalisation and poor education.
19 Jan 09
New Hope for Relatives of Karabakh Missing
Azeris and Armenians set aside differences to trace thousands of soldiers who went missing in the war of the early Nineties.
16 Jan 09
Tajik Teachers Vote With Their Feet
Tajikistan is desperately short of teachers, in many cases because newly-qualified staff do not want to take jobs in the countryside.
13 Jan 09
Caucasus: Nov-Dec ‘08
Georgian authorities to collaborate with IWPR on provision of religious tolerance training for journalists.
12 Jan 09
Uneasy Calm on South Ossetian Border
Georgian villagers begin to rebuild as a fortified frontier is erected.
8 Jan 09
Kyrgyzstan's Controversial Winter Sale
Opponents of privatisation say it’s a bad time to start selling off the family silver, while the government insists there will be no bargain-basement deals.
7 Jan 09
Tajiks Stare into “Black Hole” Economy
Tax dodgers, drug traffickers and others create virtual economy which bears little relation to official figures.
19 Dec 08
Georgian, Russian Clash Narrowly Averted
Russian u-turn on withdrawal from Georgian village underlines fragility of peace agreement.
18 Dec 08
Fears of Mass Return of Migrant Workers
The global economic crisis is beginning to result in job cuts in Russia and other countries where hundreds of thousands of Tajiks have found work, leading to fears they will return home en masse.
17 Dec 08
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