Turkey

Pankisi Gorge: Chechens Fear Backlash

Chechen refugees fear they will be the losers in Georgia's campaign to clear the Pankisi Gorge of Islamic militants.

30 Jan 03

Georgia's pledge to allow the return of Meskhetian Turks has provoked widespread public opposition.

23 Jan 03

Forgotten by the outside world, 36 leprosy sufferers are fading away quietly in the small Azerbaijani village of Umbaki.

17 Jan 03

How deep does enthusiasm in the breakaway republic of Abkhazia for Russia run?

19 Dec 02

The Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan oil project may have been given the green light, but local environmentalists are still seeing red.

5 Dec 02

A quarrel between Georgians and Abkhaz over seizure of a Turkish trawler has put sea trade with the unrecognised republic under scrutiny.

28 Nov 02

Sofia risks confrontation with EU after backtracking on agreement to close two nuclear reactors.

21 Oct 02

Businessmen in Armenia, fed up with being fleeced by police and customs officials, are urging Yerevan and Tbilisi to deal with the problem.

20 Sep 02

Villagers from Armenia’s largest minority community have lost their grazing pastures and are being forced to leave.

1 Aug 02

As the start date for the Baku-Ceyhan pipeline nears, villagers along the route are asking what they will get out of it

1 Aug 02

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