Azerbaijan: Prisoner Amnesty Urged
The Council of Europe is pressuring Baku to start releasing political prisoners.
The Council of Europe is pressuring Baku to start releasing political prisoners.
The number of kids begging on the streets of Baku is expected to rise dramatically when new social spending cuts are introduced.
Armenia's Molokans, who have endured many upheavals in their time, are struggling to cope with the country's post-Soviet transition.
Georgians living in the Kodori gorge are not sure what to make of their new Chechen neighbours.
International Red Cross officials are to end their operation in the country after falling out with their Georgian partners.
Aid organisations use theatre to warn Chechen children of the dangers of untold numbers of mines and unexploded bombs.
Power cuts are a feature of Tbilisi winter life but residents have found ways and means of getting around the problem.
Government social security cutbacks will cause impoverished Azeris yet more hardship.
Moscow's pledge to withdraw its forces from Abkhazia by the end of the year lessens the likelihood of a new war in the region.
Yerevan is attempting to stand up for the rights of its minority in Georgia, but is anxious not to fall out with Tbilisi over the issue.