Caucasus

Georgian Ex-Minister Arrested After Denouncing President

Police swoop following former minister Irakli Okruashvili’s lurid allegations about the Georgian president.

2 Oct 07

Proposed legislative amendments impose large penalties on companies that lie about the number of foreigners they employ.

28 Sep 07

Murders, shoot-outs in the streets and “mop-up operations” shatter island of stability.

28 Sep 07

Karabakh conflict doesn’t stop Armenians and Azeris buying each others’ goods.

26 Sep 07

An Abkhaz journalist on the elusive statehood of Nagorny Karabakh.

26 Sep 07

Relatives distraught as bodies exhumed to make way for new highway.

26 Sep 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

Government won’t fund restoration of Azerbaijani cemeteries, saying they do not have any intrinsic cultural value.

20 Sep 07

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