Caucasus

Azerbaijan: Tourist Industry's Own Goal

British football fans due to visit Baku for a World Cup qualifying match may be unable to find a hotel room for the night.

6 Oct 04

Parliament begins to ponder president’s plan to send Armenians to Iraq.

6 Oct 04

Being pardoned in Azerbaijan only brings a new set of problems.

29 Sep 04

There’s heated speculation about the significance of the pardoning of an Armenian commander.

29 Sep 04

Armenians are the main victims of the shutting of the chief Georgian-Russian border crossing point.

29 Sep 04

Concern grows that republic will be targeted by Islamic extremists while local Muslims say they are subject to groundless persecution.

29 Sep 04

Chechen refugees in Pankisi fear they will be in Russia’s sights after Beslan tragedy.

23 Sep 04

Abolition of direct elections in the North Caucasus likely to deepen bureaucratic feuds and corruption.

23 Sep 04

Unanswered questions about the identity of the group who seized the school in Beslan.

23 Sep 04

In devout Orthodox Christian Armenia, only four women have become nuns – but they don’t regret it

23 Sep 04

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