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The puzzles and problems of the most populated city in the South Caucasus

23 June 2018 by Vafa Zeynalova

Archi­tects say town planning reg­u­la­tions forbid the con­struc­tion of high-rise buildings on the coast. (Vafa Zeynalova /OC Media)

The lack of job oppor­tu­ni­ties and devel­op­ment prospects in the rural regions of Azer­bai­jan has provoked a pop­u­la­tion influx to the capital, and the rapid growth of Baku’s pop­u­la­tion has increased the load on the city’s infra­struc­ture. Problems faced by the metrop­o­lis and its inhab­i­tants include gas cutoffs, waste man­age­ment issues, water shortages, and traffic jams. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Feature Stories, Society, Top Tagged With: architecture, Azerbaijan, baku, city development, city planning, construction, development, infrastructure, urban development, urban planning

A new road with no drainage leaves a southern Georgian village in fear of flooding

20 August 2017 by Samkhretis Karibche

Tskordza (Tamuna Uchidze/Samkhretis Karibche)

A new road to Tskordza has left local residents far from happy. They worry that with no drainage system, the road will exac­er­bate flooding in the village. The local gov­ern­ment, however, has dismissed their fears as ground­less. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: Akhaltsikhe, flood, georgia, government, infrastructure, roads, village, village life

Rockfall hits car of tourists on Tusheti road

11 August 2017 by OC Media

Accident on Tusheti road, archive (Samkhretis Karibche)

А large rock fell on a car full of tourists heading to Tusheti, north eastern Georgia, on 10 August. They were lightly injured. There are frequent accidents on the Tusheti road, which are often fatal. [Read more…]

Filed Under: News Stories Tagged With: deadly roads, georgia, infrastructure, road safety, roads, tourism, tusheti

Support for Georgia’s blind and visually impaired has all but dried-up

19 June 2017 by Nika Vetsko

A world atlas in braille (Nika Vetsko/OC Media)

Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and Georgia’s economic struggles, infra­struc­ture and support for people with visual impair­ments has all but evap­o­rat­ed. This — exac­er­bat­ed by a lack of under­stand­ing — has created serious barriers in education, employ­ment, and in life. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Society, Top Tagged With: disabilities, georgia, human rights, inclusion, infrastructure, people with disabilities, ponichala, tbilisi, visually impaired

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In pictures |  Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

In pictures | Nowhere else to go: the stories of Yerevan’s homeless

Armine Avetisyan

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.

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Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I am not convinced, even now, that everything is over’

Voice from the Georgian–South Ossetian conflict | ‘I am not convinced, even now, that everything is over’

‘My Soviet childhood was very happy. I thought that my whole life would be like a fairy tale. But the fairy tale ended abruptly.’

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Interview | De Waal: ‘Is it time to come up with a bigger offer to Abkhazia?’

Interview | De Waal: ‘Is it time to come up with a bigger offer to Abkhazia?’

Thomas de Waal is a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, a London-based think tank.

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Opinion | Accepting our past is the only way we can move forward

Opinion | Accepting our past is the only way we can move forward

Javid Agha

In Azer­bai­jan, as in Armenia, remem­brance of the victims of past atroc­i­ties often takes on a one-sided nature.

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