Caucasus

Azerbaijani Prostitutes Flock to Turkey

An influx of Azerbaijani prostitutes, some the victims of crime, some the perpetrators, is shaking up eastern Turkey.

15 May 03

Armenia is marking Soviet Victory Day again - but its Second World War veterans have little else to celebrate.

9 May 03

As President Heidar Aliev looks set to mark his 80th birthday in a Turkish hospital, the Azerbaijani opposition is weighing its options.

9 May 03

High unemployment in Georgia spawns rogue job centres which rob their customers.

9 May 03

Concern is growing over the rise in night-time raids by masked Russian soldiers, with few of the men they detain ever seen again.

9 May 03

Armenia's largest factory is without an owner for the second time in a year, following the withdrawal of a British investor.

1 May 03

Prominent human rights activists are targeted in campaign of violence fuelled by state press.

1 May 03

Misinformation and false versions of history in Armenia and Azerbaijan perpetuate Nagorny Karabakh tragedy.

1 May 03

Descendents of Caucasus emigres hoped to make new lives back in their ancestral lands, but many are giving up in disappointment

1 May 03

In the latest blow to media in Kutaisi, the entire staff of a local television station are hospitalised by a gas leak.

1 May 03

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