Caucasus

No Signs of Turkey-Armenia Thaw

Turkey now says Armenia must mend fences with its other neighbour Azerbaijan before rapprochement can happen.

24 Dec 13

Environmentalists fear that too many hydroelectric dams will destroy Armenia's ecosystem. This is the Tatev power station in the south of the country. (Photo: Photolure agency)

Armenia's Greens Take On Hydro-Schemes

Too many dams will dry up rivers downstream, they warn.

23 Dec 13

Georgia's justice minister Tea Tsulukiani. (Photo: Georgian justice ministry).

Prison Protests in Georgia

Anger at government backtracking on pledge to review past convictions.

22 Dec 13

(Left to right) Prizewinning journalist Olesya Vartanyan, IWPR Caucasus Programme Director Beka Bajelidze, EUMM Chief of Press and Public Information Unit Ann Vaessen, EUMM head Toivo Klaar. (Photo: IWPR)

IWPR Fellowship for EU Caucasus Prizewinner

EU awards first prize for peace journalism.

20 Dec 13

Vardan Gevorgyan, head of the PSI company in Armenia. (Photo courtesy of V. Gevorgyan)

Appliance of Science in Armenia

Academic focus used to be on pure research, but now the country needs ideas that can feed into manufacturing.

19 Dec 13

The speaker of Georgia's parliament, David Usupashvili, mounted a robust defence of the local government reform bill. (Photo: Georgian parliament website)

Storm Over Local Government Bill in Georgia

Influential church leader warns devolution means separatism. “Nonsense”, say critics.

19 Dec 13

Anar Mammadli, head of the Election Monitoring and Democracy Study Centre in Azerbaijan. (Photo: EMDS)

Election Critic Arrested in Azerbaijan

Western diplomats join local rights groups in questioning tax evasion charges against Anar Mammadli.

18 Dec 13

Poster of Heydar Aliyev in Sumgait. The words say "I will be in Azerbaijan forever”. (Photo: Shahla Sultanova)

Azerbaijan: Presidential Parent Larger Than Life

Ten years after his death, Heydar Aliyev still looms large over the country.

17 Dec 13

Aleko Tskitishvili of the Human Rights Centre in Georgia. (Photo: IWPR)

Georgian Government Promises Push on Human Rights

A year after coming to power, the Georgian Dream administration has improved conditions in detention although there’s still work to be done on this and other issues.

13 Dec 13

Forests in Georgia are losing trees to loggers who supply villages with firewood. (Photo: CENN)

Georgian Forests Face Burning Issue

Overuse of firewood leads to environmental problems in rural areas.

10 Dec 13

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