Caucasus

Relentless Baku Building Boom

City residents watch in alarm as their skyline is transformed by developers with little regard for planning regulations.

28 Apr 04

Is it too late to save the culture and language of a North Caucasian minority?

21 Apr 04

Local politicians compete with one another to express loyalty to President Saakashvili.

21 Apr 04

A self-help group is a tentative step towards getting society to recognize homosexuals.

21 Apr 04

Hundreds of Azerbaijani women are being trafficked each year and the scale of the problem is only now becoming evident.

21 Apr 04

Dozens are hurt or arrested in the centre of Yerevan as the Armenian opposition calls for the resignation of President Kocharian.

15 Apr 04

Azerbaijan’s “third sector” appeals for better treatment from the authorities

15 Apr 04

A stolen medieval ivory triptych will be returned to Tbilisi, not the museum that used to exhibit it in South Ossetia.

15 Apr 04

Rebels are using improvised and home-made weapons to continue their guerrilla war.

15 Apr 04

New foreign minister expected to raise the country's profile, but no real change in policies expected.

8 Apr 04

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