Middle East

Baku Mayor Under Fire

In the three months since he was elected mayor of Baku, Gadjibala Abutalybov has shaken the capital to its foundations.

20 Apr 01

The cost of renovating Armenia's ageing gas infrastructure has been estimated at $1.3 billion

13 Apr 01

Chechnya's rival leaders are waging a war of words in cyberspace

23 Mar 01

Yerevan is resisting calls to decommission its only nuclear power plant - an obsolete legacy of the Soviet era

9 Mar 01

Bosnian nationalist leaders back-pedal on threats to revoke accreditation of "meddlesome" US ambassador.

16 Feb 01

Kosovars celebrate as United Nations travel documents replace hated Yugoslav passports

8 Feb 01

A NATO trip to Armenia and Azerbaijan proves disappointing for both countries

29 Jan 01

The Macedonian government is rocked by wire-tapping accusations.

24 Jan 01

International officials in Kosovo seem powerless to stop a dramatic increase in crime.

7 Jan 01

A new Russian law on "ethnic minorities" has given the Shapsug people fresh hope of reclaiming their historical homeland

8 Dec 00

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