Caucasus

Beslan Inquiry Under Fire

Three months after the Beslan tragedy, families of siege victims challenge official investigation.

1 Dec 04

The distribution of aid money for Beslan residents has been held up by wrangling over how it should be spent.

1 Dec 04

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

Economic transformation will help resolve Georgia’s armed conflicts, president says on first anniversary of “Rose Revolution”.

25 Nov 04

ArmenTel loses mobile phone monopoly as government ushers in Karabakh-related company.

25 Nov 04

Presidential security service viewed as a dangerous irregular force whose loyalties remain unclear.

25 Nov 04

Nurses hope to transfer skills learned in one war-torn region to their own homeland.

17 Nov 04

Furious crowd occupies president’s office after seven dismembered bodies are found in a pit.

17 Nov 04

Governments of South Ossetia and Georgia try to make a compromise agreement work, but the situation on the ground remains tense.

17 Nov 04

Even seizing the presidential palace is not enough to bring the opposition to power.

17 Nov 04

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