Caucasus

Azerbaijan: The Funeral Business

With cemeteries in the capital Baku officially full, people are being asked to find increasingly large sums to squeeze in deceased relatives.

5 Nov 01

The Council of Europe is pressuring Baku to start releasing political prisoners.

5 Nov 01

South Ossetia is surviving on the proceeds of contraband flowing through a huge smuggler market outside its capital.

5 Nov 01

The number of kids begging on the streets of Baku is expected to rise dramatically when new social spending cuts are introduced.

30 Oct 01

Armenia's Molokans, who have endured many upheavals in their time, are struggling to cope with the country's post-Soviet transition.

30 Oct 01

Georgians living in the Kodori gorge are not sure what to make of their new Chechen neighbours.

30 Oct 01

Aid organisations use theatre to warn Chechen children of the dangers of untold numbers of mines and unexploded bombs.

27 Oct 01

International Red Cross officials are to end their operation in the country after falling out with their Georgian partners.

27 Oct 01

Power cuts are a feature of Tbilisi winter life but residents have found ways and means of getting around the problem.

27 Oct 01

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.

22 Oct 01

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