Georgia
Georgia’s new vineyard rules draw accusations of ‘Soviet-style thinking’ from small producers
While the government insists the regulations will safeguard Georgian wine’s reputation abroad, critics argue they could wipe out smaller producers.
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Armenia
Buckets, sticks, and stories — Inside Armenia’s woman-led tradition khabukhaz
Khabukhaz is a woman-led milk exchange now only practiced in a few villages in Armenia’s Shirak province.
Reviews
Review | Small Town of Anara — a subversive Soviet Georgian exploration of drinking culture
Georgian director Irakli Kvirikadze’s 1976 film turns a drinking tradition into a portrait of a society trapped in itself.
Nikol Pashinyan
Hand-hearts and drum solos — Pashinyan’s populist social media strategy
The Armenian Prime Minister has turned his social media into a viral regional sensation — but does his charm survive contact with reality?
Abkhazia
How Georgian artist Tedo Rekhviashvili smuggled an Abkhazia piece into Nauru’s Biennale pavilion
Rekhviashvili, whose family is from Abkhazia, tells OC Media how he slipped the piece into the exhibition of a microstate that recognises Abkhazia.
Armenia–France Relations
The ‘Emmanuel’ Political Community summit — or how Macron took Yerevan by storm
As EU leaders met in Yerevan for a key summit, Macron set Armenian social media ablaze with his walkabouts, selfies, and duet with Pashinyan.
Azerbaijan Prison Dispatches
Azerbaijan prison dispatches: isolation, self-harm, silence — the psychological toll of detention
Imprisoned Azerbaijani journalist Ulviyya Ali writes of the psychological toll on Azerbaijani prisoners in a letter dated one year after her arrest.
