Caucasus

18 May 12
Critics say change will do little to bring down prices.
Parviz Amiraliyev and Firdovsi Gasimov are working together to rebuild their homes. (Photo: Seymur Kazimov)
5 Apr 12
Government wants people to go back to villages, and helps them raise old homes from ruins.
Renovated airport in Stepanakert. (Photo: Marut Vanyan)
30 Mar 12
Azerbaijani officials insist Armenian-held entity must not reopen airport, and suggest passenger planes flying on “illegal” route might be shot down.
Protestors with a placard showing Alla Jioyeva’s decisive election victory over her rivals in November. She is not among the four candidates standing this time. (Photo: Zarina Sanakoeva)
23 Mar 12
Rerun of presidential election stems from debacle in November.
Khadija Ismailova. (Photo: Shahla Sultanova)
16 Mar 12
Secret filming and open threats, coinciding with unsubstantiated claims in pro-government papers? The target, Khadija Ismayilova, thinks the trail is pretty clear.
The Putin Club in Yerevan. (Photo: Putin Club)
16 Mar 12
Comic turn, or nefarious plot to project Russian power?
A powerful flood in April 2010 left several families in village of Mleta (Dusheti district) without a home. Officials say they can’t provide new houses for flood victims at the moment and suggest that they stay in a school building in a neighbouring village. (Photo: Giorgi Kupatadze) President Mikhail Saakashvili turns the water on, April 2010. (Photo: TV company Metskhre Talga.) IWPR Armenia event held on 24 November 2010. (Photo: IWPR) Azerbaijani writer Rafiq Tagi, who died on November 23 four days after a brutal knife attack, (Photo: APA news agency) Much of Armenia’s farming sector consists of smallholdings which are especially vulnerable to sudden increases in running costs. (Photo: Anahit Hayrapetyan)
Leaders of evangelical churches felt that the round table helped them to bring to the fore concerns over intolerance and discrimination. (Photo: IWPR)
Nairit factory workers protest over non-payment of wages. (Photo: Photolur) Newspapers that have been sued since the libel law reform. (Photo: Karine Ionesyan) (l to r) Alexander-Ahmad with his daughter Hadicha, Fazylo (son of Gennady-Nekmuhammad), Gennady-Nekmuhammad; his daughther Malposha; his wife Havo with their daughter Santimo. (Photo: IWPR) Some refugees complain that the government has not lived up to pledges to ensure decent housing for them. (Photo: Giorgi Kupatadze) House in Gori. (Photo: IWPR) Residents of Kond, a district of Yerevan, are waiting to find out when their homes will be demolished. (Photo: Mary Aleksanyan)