Caucasus

Azerbaijan: Taxing Time for NGOs

Local non-governmental organisations are lobbying the authorities to overturn a damaging amendment to the grants law.

17 Apr 03

Abkhazian politics have been deadlocked by government resignation, but the opposition wants more fundamental reforms.

17 Apr 03

Controversial businessman rounds off his media empire with a new TV station.

17 Apr 03

Brandy production is under threat as farmers abandon grapes after a disastrous winter.

17 Apr 03

Armenians are sceptical about their government's latest bid to curb dishonesty in public life.

11 Apr 03

Thousands of Kurds forced to leave Nagorny Karabakh a decade ago find themselves under threat once more.

11 Apr 03

Council of Europe is pressing for a special international tribunal to deal with war crimes in Chechnya.

11 Apr 03

Tbilisi is beginning to try to combat the steady loss of its artistic heritage.

3 Apr 03

Grozny’s football club is so determined to compete in the Russian league that it has relocated 200 km from home.

3 Apr 03

Refugees from Chechnya cannot get residence in a neighbouring republic - even though the law is on their side.

3 Apr 03

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