Middle East

Kocharian Woos Europe

Armenia's overtures to the EU are seen as new evidence of a growing pro-Western outlook

18 Jun 01

Armenia's energy sector survived the tough post-Soviet years but is now running out of steam

17 Jun 01

Skopje officials dismiss report implicating army in attack on Albanian civilians.

6 Jun 01

Rival groups claim the Adygeans have no right to call the North Caucasus their "ethnic homeland"

21 May 01

Some experts believe the $1.3 billion project will never get off the drawing board

8 May 01

Ministers in Yerevan believe that Armenia is in danger of political and military isolation

8 May 01

In the three months since he was elected mayor of Baku, Gadjibala Abutalybov has shaken the capital to its foundations.

20 Apr 01

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

13 Apr 01

Chechnya's rival leaders are waging a war of words in cyberspace

23 Mar 01

Yerevan is resisting calls to decommission its only nuclear power plant - an obsolete legacy of the Soviet era

9 Mar 01

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