North Ossetia

Tbilisi Violence Follows Mounting Protests

Heavy-handed police action against demonstrators follows days of opposition protests.

7 Nov 07

Thousands earn an income picking wild capers, but this new industry has spawned debate about sustainability, fair pay and government regulation.

5 Nov 07

In what could be a test case, prosecutors have started looking into the widespread practice of using minors to work on cotton farms.

5 Nov 07

Lawyers for defendant say court did not give sufficient weight to his guilty plea.

20 Oct 07

The system by which voters will decide the fate of a new constitution is obsolete and open to abuse, analysts say.

19 Oct 07

Vine-growers’ anger at depressed market conditions spills over into political row.

19 Oct 07

War-torn republic struggles to cope with a sharp rise in cancer sufferers.

18 Oct 07

Ex-US war crimes envoy rubbishes claim that West allowed major Bosnian Serb suspect to escape.

21 Sep 07

Official mistrust hampers Georgian and Abkhaz parents in their search for the remains of their missing sons.

20 Sep 07

Officials want to refute Baku’s claims that Muslim monuments are being systematically destroyed.

20 Sep 07

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