Ajaria: Concern Over Missing Funds
Public discontent with Tbilisi’s new regime in Ajaria mounts, not helped by officials’ refusal to talk about where revenues have gone.
25 Nov 04
Middle East
Azerbaijan, Turkey end Debt Quarrel
Economic cooperation between the two allies is hurt by a very public dispute.
3 Nov 04
Iraq Despatch Splits Armenia
Parliament begins to ponder president’s plan to send Armenians to Iraq.
6 Oct 04
Basayev and Maskhadov Under Pressure
Chechen warrior Shamil Basayev is a prime suspect in the Beslan attack. Rebel leader Aslan Maskhadov has condemned it, but is facing fury from the Russians.
6 Sep 04
Russia, Armenia Cultivate Alliance
Joint military exercises are "a continuation of politics by other means".
2 Sep 04
Armenia Debates Ethnic Rights
Cool reception from Armenia’s tiny minority communities to a draft law designed to help them.
25 Aug 04
Kabardino-Balkaria: Circassian Clears Last Repatriation Hurdle
Deported ethnic Circassian wins the right to return to his ancestral homeland.
14 Jul 04
Armenia: Border Villages Get New Lease of Life
Resettlement programme aimed at bolstering depressed border regions is gaining momentum.
14 Jul 04
Armenian-Georgian Market Losing its Role
The decline of what was once the biggest wholesale market in the South Caucasus marks a change in the way Armenia and Georgia trade with one another.
1 Jul 04
Circassians Recall Long-off War
Are Circassians losing their rights once again as they commemorate the anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War?
27 May 04
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