Chechen Plan Hammered Out
The recent discussions in Liechtenstein on the future of Chechnya were the most serious attempt yet to forge a compromise between the warring sides.
30 Aug 02
Caucasus
Pankisi In Uproar At Bombing Raids
A Georgian security sweep in the Pankisi Gorge has been welcomed by locals - but Russia is sceptical.
30 Aug 02
Armenia: Is Ex-President Plotting Comeback?
Yerevan is rife with speculation about whether Levon Ter-Petrosian is planning to run again in next February's presidential elections.
30 Aug 02
Bosnia: Agent to Stand Trial
A former intelligence operative is charged with leaking information to the extremists he was supposed to be keeping under surveillance.
28 Aug 02
Georgian Ostrich Farm Fails To Take Off
An ostrich farmer's dream of riches is dashed by export headaches and conservative Georgian palates.
20 Aug 02
Armenians Doubt Anti-Graft Programme
Many ordinary Armenians question whether new bid to combat corruption will stop bureaucrats lining their pockets.
20 Aug 02
Chechnya: Russia Counts The Cost
Russia's biggest military disaster since war resumed in Chechnya in 1999 comes amid a new rebel offensive.
20 Aug 02
Karabakh Talks Do Not Deliver
The presidents of Armenia and Azerbaijan are trying hard to keep the Nagorny Karabakh peace process alive.
20 Aug 02
War Veterans' Peacetime Struggle
Abkhazia’s ex-soldiers find themselves unemployed, depressed and even suicidal.
14 Aug 02
Georgian-Abkhaz Truce Barely Holds
Exactly a decade on from the start of the war between Georgia and Abkhazia in August 1992, nothing has been resolved, and the disputed Kodori Gorge could be a new flashpoint.
14 Aug 02
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