Almost 400 prisoners in Azerbaijan were pardoned in total, after President Ilham Aliyev issued an amnesty to mark the Novruz holiday.
Georgian social workers to begin strike after negotiations with Health Ministry break down
Staff from the Social Services Agency are demanding more resources and better working conditions.
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.
Armenia’s new plan: an economic revolution or empty promises?
Nikol Pashinyan has introduced the government’s ‘revolutionary economic programme’, but not everyone is convinced.
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?
In pictures | Tbilisi’s dying evergreens
As the trees on Tbilisi’s periphery turn orange and die, environmental activists say more must be done to save Tbilisi’s last green areas.
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.
Georgia to toughen laws on child-sex offenders
A new government bill would restrict the rights of convicted sex offenders on their release as well as create a child-sex offenders registry.
Protests as Yerevan authorities demolish cafés around Opera Square
The authorities said they wished to restore green areas in the city that had been developed on and vowed that more areas would be cleared.
Chechnya sentences rights activist Oyub Titiyev to four years in prison
The head of Russian rights group Memorial’s Chechen branch was defiant in court vowing to ‘fight injustice’ until the end of his life.
New bill in Georgia would scrap military exemptions for non-Orthodox religions
Under the new bill, Georgian Orthodox priests would be the only people eligible to defer military service for religious reasons.
Feature Stories
In pictures | Life along the Azerbaijani border regions of Gazakh and Tovuz
Along the Armenian Azerbaijani border, ceasefire violations occur frequently from both sides.
In pictures | The uncertain life of lorry drivers along the Georgian Military Road
One of the most common sights along the Georgian Military Road, after the mountain views, is the lines of lorries queuing at the Russian border.
In pictures | Tbilisi’s dying evergreens
As the trees on Tbilisi’s periphery turn orange and die, environmental activists say more must be done to save Tbilisi’s last green areas.
Armenia’s new plan: an economic revolution or empty promises?
Nikol Pashinyan has introduced the government’s ‘revolutionary economic programme’, but not everyone is convinced.
‘The appearance of change’ — Azerbaijanis question if the government is opening up
After their reaction to public opinion on a number of issues, many in Azerbaijan have questioned if the government is changing course for the better.
Equal and more equal: Abkhazia’s passport policy
Ethnic Armenians, Russians, Georgians, and others fear the reason behind new citizenship regulations is to deprive them of Abkhazian passports.
Soviet-era conditions persist for Armenian prisoners with disabilities
Prisoners with disabilities must contend with a lack of adapted living spaces, a lack of healthcare, as well as exclusion from prison life.
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.
