Caucasus

Armenian Election Clash Looms

Government and opposition are set on a collision course following the disputed first round of Armenia's presidential election.

27 Feb 03

A row over leadership of the Azerbaijani football federation is virtually shutting down the whole national game

27 Feb 03

Smugglers and armed gangs flourishing in the border zone between western Georgia and Abkhazia

27 Feb 03

Envoy of rebel Chechen president tells IWPR he looks forward to fighting Russian extradition charges in a British court.

21 Feb 03

Opposition demonstrators accuse Robert Kocharian of electoral fraud as a second round is declared in the Armenian presidential election.

21 Feb 03

Presidential decree designed to put a stop to building spree in walled medieval section of Azerbaijani capital

21 Feb 03

Local customs and poverty are hampering the fight against TB in Dagestan.

21 Feb 03

Scores of men from the mountains of Khevsureti are being enlisted to help guard Georgia's troubled border with Chechnya.

21 Feb 03

Georgia's Kurdish community say they are in danger of losing their culture, language and faith.

13 Feb 03

Industrial collapse in Azerbaijan has spawned a popular street trade in a poisonous substance.

13 Feb 03

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