Outcry in Azerbaijan After Student Protest Broken Up
Campaigners condemn police crackdown on demonstrators who disrupted commemoration of ex-president’s birthday.
15 May 09
Caucasus
Minority Schools in Georgia at Risk as Class Sizes Fall
Growing trend to opt for education in Georgian means future of Armenian schools in remote Marneuli region is uncertain.
13 May 09
Border Turks Want Door to Armenia Kept Shut
Plan to reopen frontier between Armenia and Turkey wins few friends in towns and villages on Turkish side.
13 May 09
Russia's Gift of Recognition Hurts Abkhaz Traders
Exports nosedive as an unintended consequence of Moscow’s diplomatic gesture of friendship.
13 May 09
Armenia Talks Strain Turkey's Ties With Azerbaijan
Perceived cooling in relationship between Ankara and Baku may have ramifications for the latter’s energy strategy.
13 May 09
Opposition Rallies Fail to Unseat Saakashvili
It looks as if the president may pull off his gamble to simply ignore the wave of protests demanding his resignation.
13 May 09
Copyright Pirates Defy Clampdowns in Azerbaijan
Flourishing market in fake products ensures intellectual property rights remain dead letter.
13 May 09
War Memories From Another Age
Surviving veterans of the Second World War living in Tajikistan often find themselves living on the margins, in a society that has changed greatly since the end of the Soviet Union.
9 May 09
Karabakh Eyes Armenia-Turkey Thaw With Suspicion
The recent warming in the relations of the two estranged neighbours provokes ambiguous reactions in Nagorny Karabakh.
8 May 09
Karabakh Eyes Armenia-Turkey Thaw With Suspicion
The recent warming in the relations of the two estranged neighbours provokes ambiguous reactions in Nagorny Karabakh.
8 May 09
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