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Elderly ‘domik’ resident freezes to death in Armenia

The 70-year-old woman was living alone in a makeshift ‘domik’ home in the city of Gyumri. 

Elderly ‘domik’ resident freezes to death in Armenia

The 70-year-old woman was living alone in a makeshift ‘domik’ home in the city of Gyumri. 

Georgia offers older school teachers redundancy in education shake-up

Elderly teachers offered a generous retirement package as part of controversial new reforms by Georgia’s Education Ministry.

Georgia offers older school teachers redundancy in education shake-up

By Shota Kincha

Elderly teachers offered a generous retirement package as part of controversial new reforms by Georgia’s Education Ministry.

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 | 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.

Georgia’s new pension scheme challenged in constitutional court

The Georgian Democracy Initiative argues the new scheme constitutes an intrusion into a citizen’s right to control their own property.

Georgia’s new pension scheme challenged in constitutional court

The Georgian Democracy Initiative argues the new scheme constitutes an intrusion into a citizen’s right to control their own property.

Opinion | Georgia’s pension reforms do nothing for most Georgians

Despite the good intentions of the government, Georgia’s pension reforms are doomed to failure.

Opinion | Georgia’s pension reforms do nothing for most Georgians

By Tornike Chivadze

Despite the good intentions of the government, Georgia’s pension reforms are doomed to failure.

‘People’s goodwill is my only hope for survival’ — elderly poverty in Georgia

Struggling to make ends meet, many Georgian pensioners end up relying on donations from charities or support from relatives or kind neighbours.

‘People’s goodwill is my only hope for survival’ — elderly poverty in Georgia

By Tamuna Chkareuli

Struggling to make ends meet, many Georgian pensioners end up relying on donations from charities or support from relatives or kind neighbours.

Protests in Kabardino-Balkaria over retirement age rise

More than 500 people gathered in Nalchik on Saturday with protests also in the republic’s second city, Prokhladny, and cities throughout Russia.

Protests in Kabardino-Balkaria over retirement age rise

More than 500 people gathered in Nalchik on Saturday with protests also in the republic’s second city, Prokhladny, and cities throughout Russia.

Voice from Guria | ‘The prices for medicines are insane; isn’t this repression?’

Rusudan Chelidze, 80, from the village of Zemo Bakhvi, Guria remembers growing up as the child of a politically repressed family with her sister and the difficulties they had to face.

Voice from Guria | ‘The prices for medicines are insane; isn’t this repression?’

Rusudan Chelidze, 80, from the village of Zemo Bakhvi, Guria remembers growing up as the child of a politically repressed family with her sister and the difficulties they had to face.

Elderly in Azerbaijan: venerated yet lonely

With an average pension of $100, elderly in Azerbaijan can only hope for help from shelters, kind neighbours, and volunteers.

Elderly in Azerbaijan: venerated yet lonely

By Vafa Zeynalova

With an average pension of $100, elderly in Azerbaijan can only hope for help from shelters, kind neighbours, and volunteers.