The National Bank cited ‘violations’ of laws regulating conflicts of interest which were discovered in transactions from 2007–2008.
Georgia took ‘no steps’ for women’s empowerment in 2 years for EU AA
A group of leading civil society organisations have been assessing the government’s progress in its 2017-2020 EU Association Agenda.
In pictures | Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — the hardships of selling lemons to survive
Selling lemons in the streets at ₾1 for a bag of 5, Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — almost exclusively elderly women — struggle to scrape out a living.
In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless
There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets.
To change the system from within or without — the dilemma for feminists in ‘New Armenia’
A debate is raging within the country’s feminist circles: how best to transform Armenia's patriarchal systems?
Anti-mining activists put New Armenia’s ‘people power’ to the test
An environmental protest against an offshore mining company in Jermuk has put Armenia’s revolutionary government between a rock and a hard place.
Georgia’s education initiative for Abkhazia leaves Gali students out in the cold
For Abkhazia’s ethnic Georgians in Gali, the Georgian government’s new peace initiative does little to help.
Georgian President in disagreement with government over exclusion from security council
A former deputy secretary of the NSC warned that the ‘excessive powers’ it’s new head may wield were a bigger problem.
Armenia sends military ‘humanitarian mission’ to Syria
An 83-person team of deminers, medics, and an accompanying security detail have deployed to the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Georgian social workers set to strike unless work conditions improve
Almost all of the country’s social workers are set to go on strike on 1 March, over what they say are poor working conditions and a lack of resources.
Daghestan bans rally in support of activist denied access to dying daughter
The protest’s organiser held a single-person picket as part of the Russia-wide ‘March of Maternal Anger’ after authorities prohibited a larger rally.
Feature Stories
In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless
There is one shelter in the city, with a capacity of 100, but it is not enough to house the hundreds living on Yerevan’s streets.
Not welcome in Daghestan — anime, K-pop, and rap
Film screenings, an anime festival, and a rap concert were all cancelled after pressure from self-proclaimed defenders of Daghestani traditions.
In pictures | Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — the hardships of selling lemons to survive
Selling lemons in the streets at ₾1 for a bag of 5, Tbilisi’s lemon vendors — almost exclusively elderly women — struggle to scrape out a living.
In pictures | ‘Who would agree to live in Salvard?’
Near the border with Nakhchivan in Armenia’s southernmost Syunik Province, the locals who have remained behind say the village of Salvard is dying.
Georgia’s education initiative for Abkhazia leaves Gali students out in the cold
For Abkhazia’s ethnic Georgians in Gali, the Georgian government’s new peace initiative does little to help.
‘The Police are Ours!’ — Armenia’s revolutionary police reform at a crossroads
While police reforms have made a dent in corruption, calls to take on the force’s reputation for brutality appear to have so far fallen on deaf ears.
In pictures | Ghost apartments and hyperbuilding in Batumi
Soaring tourism in the popular casino town has brought with it a construction boom — one that seemingly has no end in sight.
Taxes, corruption, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Turkey: Pashinyan’s vision for the ‘New Armenia’
Having swept to power, the new government of Nikol Pashinyan is now laying out its vision for a ‘New Armenia’.
