Caucasus

Azerbaijan: Ilham Succession Uncertain

Exiled politician Rasul Guliev may be in the running for the presidency in this year’s election.

22 May 03

Pro-presidential parties sail home as turnout hits an all time low.

22 May 03

Larisa Ovsepian's 14 adopted children come from diverse ethnic backgrounds - and advancing old age won't stop her adopting more.

15 May 03

An influx of Azerbaijani prostitutes, some the victims of crime, some the perpetrators, is shaking up eastern Turkey.

15 May 03

Armenia is marking Soviet Victory Day again - but its Second World War veterans have little else to celebrate.

9 May 03

As President Heidar Aliev looks set to mark his 80th birthday in a Turkish hospital, the Azerbaijani opposition is weighing its options.

9 May 03

High unemployment in Georgia spawns rogue job centres which rob their customers.

9 May 03

Concern is growing over the rise in night-time raids by masked Russian soldiers, with few of the men they detain ever seen again.

9 May 03

Armenia's largest factory is without an owner for the second time in a year, following the withdrawal of a British investor.

1 May 03

Prominent human rights activists are targeted in campaign of violence fuelled by state press.

1 May 03

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