Middle East

Karabakh Rejects Drug Claims

Allegation made to the UN that Nagorny Karabakh is used as narcotics route is angrily denied by the Armenians.

18 Mar 04

Armenian and Turkish specialists are stepping up their collaboration, despite scepticism on both sides.

21 Feb 04

Thousands of Armenian women end up being sexually exploited in Turkey or the UAE – and the perpetrators are going unpunished.

15 Jan 04

Project to build pipeline from Azerbaijan to Turkey has some obvious winners, but some may also lose out.

23 Dec 03

Mikael Saakashvili can count on popular goodwill and western aid, but from the moment he is elected president he will face huge problems.

23 Dec 03

The extraordinary career of the man who dominated Azerbaijan for more than 30 years.

18 Dec 03

Public grief for a dead president gives way to speculation about what the future holds for his son.

18 Dec 03

With a little help from Moscow, the leader of the Black Sea region of Ajaria continues to defy the leaders of Georgia's revolution.

11 Dec 03

Moscow's energy expansion in Armenia lights the way to new "liberal empire".

24 Oct 03

Aspiring female athletes find they are hamstrung by lack of funds and a conservative society that disapproves of their participation.

22 Oct 03

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