Caucasus

Armenia: Travel to Turkey Eases

Tensions between Turkey and Armenia have eased a little after the former's decision to relax visa regulations.

11 Feb 02

Pankisi residents unimpressed with police attempts to re-establish control over the lawless region.

11 Feb 02

The leader of North Ossetia has been re-elected for a second term after a violent and dirty campaign.

1 Feb 02

Protests by Georgian refugees against the Russian-led peacekeeping force in Abkhazia are causing new tensions.

1 Feb 02

Newspapers editors fear privatisation of kiosks will lead to a further collapse in sales.

25 Jan 02

A much-awaited police operation has begun in the Pankisi Gorge - but will it achieve anything?

25 Jan 02

Reports of Russian military atrocities in the latest mop-up operations in Chechnya are finally drawing US criticism.

18 Jan 02

Cossacks in the Russian region of Krasnodar have been effectively given the go-ahead to bully minority groups into leaving.

18 Jan 02

Talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh have descended into mutual accusations of sabotage and ill-will

18 Jan 02

Church tributes for controversial interior ministry unit prompts Albanian militants to threaten renewed violence.

16 Jan 02

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